Repowering,Part 2 Article taken from Good Old Boat magazine: Volume 3, Number 1, January/February 2000. Installing a new engine Part 2: Getting it to fit In the November 1999 issue, well-known marine author Don Casey described...
Repowering, Part 1 Article taken from Good Old Boat magazine: Volume 2, Number 6, November/December 1999. This is first of a two-part series by well-known boating author Don Casey. Here he tells exactly how he extracted an Albin...
Repowering, Part 1- the decisions Article taken from Good Old Boat magazine: Volume 5, Number 5, September/October 2002. New engine or rebuild? And should you install it yourself? On a cold February day, Don studies his engine...
Repowering, Part 2- replacing the power plant Article taken from Good Old Boat magazine: Volume 5, Number 6, November/December 2002. Tips on how to extract the old one and install the new one Preparing to hoist out the old power...
Article taken from Good Old Boat magazine: Volume 1, Number 2, September/October 1998. Guidelines for evaluating and installing wet exhausts The most popular sailboat exhaust system today is a wet exhaust system which includes a...
Article taken from Good Old Boat magazine: Volume 4, Number 4, July/August 2001. A 27-year-old outboard starts a newer, deeper life I bought Brushfire, my 1975 San Juan 24, from the Sea Scouts. Before I agreed to the...
Article taken from Good Old Boat magazine: Volume 1, Number 1, June/July 1998. Diesel envy?...
The mechanic asked, “Did you check the prop?” “No,” I said into the satellite phone, “why...
Reflection and absorption create quiet on board The iron wind is a fixture aboard most of today’s sailboats. On a typical sailboat the inboard engine lives directly beneath the floor of the cockpit, so sound-proofing the engine...
When a sailboat suffers a heart attack Pictured above, a mixing elbow connects to the exhaust manifold on the engine. Since it’s impossible to see inside it, the only way to inspect for blockages is to take it off completely....
