Recent content by mutski

Years ago, I forgot the plug and almost sank our sailboat at the launch ramp. The drain hole was about 1.5" in diameter. By the time I ran back down the ramp, the water in the boat was a foot above the floor, and getting the plug in was a frantic affair. I now have a checklist I follow every...

That reminds me of rigs you find in South American jungles, like this skiff on the Amazon. I'm guessing the advantage is good steering in shallow water:

Amazon skiff

All this talk of Scotch pads and fabric softener sheets has me worried. We never had any trouble with our previous boats, but shortly after reading your post, I saw a red squirrel run by the boat. That brings to mind a shed we left closed for 20 years. When I finally opened the door, it was...

I bought a 22 Cruiser with a 90 HP Suzuki this spring. It has trim tabs but no Permatrim. My experience so far is that the trim tabs are good for leveling the boat when people and gear make one side dip. But to keep the bow down going into the wind or keep it up running downwind, motor trim has...

My washdown pump uses a through-hull fitting like this with the valve screwed to the top: https://www.westmarine.com/groco-3-4inc ... f6EALw_wcB If yours is similar, your steps would be to disconnect the hose from the valve, remove the valve from the through-hull stem, remove the nut that...

Interesting story - thanks for posting!

Well, this is embarrassing. I tightened the cable connections to Battery 2, and now the Guest switch works as expected. If I remove the leads from Bat 2, there is no voltage across them with the switch set to 1, 12.6 V with the switch set to Both and no voltage with the switch set to 2. If I...

Ack, I misspoke. I think the two batteries are wired in parallel. That is the negative posts are tied together, and I think the positive posts both go to Bat 1 in the Guest switch. I guess I'm going to have to pull out the Guest switch to confirm. I don't understand how the alternator charges...

We went to launch our recently acquired 2005 22-Cruiser today, only to find the battery wouldn't start or tilt the 90HP Suzuki outboard. It appears the culprit was a loose nut holding the ground wire from the outboard to the ground post on Battery 1. But trying to figure this out has me...

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