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carry a couple of these EVERYWHERE , in the car and on the boat. Add some tape and you are back in business in no time! http://www.carparts.com/Trailer-Wiring-Har...22691_10618.car

5200 should do. And, by the way, you do not need a wrench to take it out -remove it. There is a little flask of a special chemical product, made by 3M ( it is sort of an antidote, if you want)that just destroys the chemical bond of 5200.You could do seriuo damage just using a wrench or a screwdriver.Trust me, I have been there!

You might have found Bill Dance's nephew there...

It is great being able to follow such a project. I am happy to find another follower of David Pascoe's suggestions: I read every bit the man wrote . Please remember to publish photos of your progress.Thks

I have a Merc and what I say might not apply to a Yammi, but....I would seriously hesitate before tilting the engine while flushing.Water in the cylinder once and you will cry big $$$$. If you are looking for a confirmation on how long it takes, from dry motor to when it starts peeing, then you can do the following : put some kind of tank, full of water, to cover the water pump aspiration inlet of the motor and run it like that.Pay attention to how long it takes for water to come out of the pee hole. ( you can effectively do this also in the sea, with someone starting the motor and you watching the pee-hole). Then, when you flush with the muffs, always make sure you have plenty of excess water flowing out of the muffs, and a high pressure.You might want to manually tighten the muffs a bit .Make sure they are double muffs, one ' ear' spitting water , the other plugging the water intake grid on the motor. Question: can you flush your Yammi directly from a flush port , without using the muffs?That way you can double check if the pee hole is not obstructed by sand, silt etc. CAREFUL , if and when you flush directly from the port, not to use excessive water pressure, as doing so might force water through passages in the cylinder head where you do not want it to go. CAREFUL, if the pee hole is indeed plugged up stop the motor and proceed to clean the water path to the pee hole: usually , just disconnecting the little tube to the pee hole, sand will come out. So , recapping: With MUFFS, full pressure, make sure the muffs are tight around the water ports With FLUSHING PORT, just the pressure specified ( 4 to 5 psi should do) Good luck

Does anyone know a place /site where I can have a 3' by 1' decal custom made for my boat, by giving them a .JPG or picture file, and that would not cost me a fortune? I have seen a few advertised but I would like to get your take on this.Thks

C'mon, give Jay the T-shirt, I 'd like to see his photos in this forum here without having to do too many ALT+TAB!

I have been wondering how many of you have equipped the boat with AIS. If so, did you choose a class B box or just a receiver only box? I am considering this extention to my boat, in view of a major overhaul of electronics. So, I am looking for feedback on how well it works , to hear about your experiences on the interfacing with the plotter and/ or the radar if you have it as well as the installation tips you might have. Thanks

This knot is a very good option for high diameter leaders. On lighetr leaders I have been using 2 UNI knot loops, one into the other, and it has served well.

For all of you who made the questionable choice of living in a civilized country as opposed to 365 days of boating a year- and I have to temporarily include myself ,as I am now in cold Northern Italy-I have found a visual solution to the fuel problem .Check below and apply- at the onset of winter!

I am humbly reminded of the saying ' Excellent is the worst enemy of Very Good! '

Guys, this is not a quetsion of E10!I have been running E30 ( yes, that is 30% ethanol) in Brazil for about 7 years now.Nothing like that ever happened on my optimax.Milky stuff fouling the carbs sounds like gas that should not have been left in there so long anyways.

I knew some old fellows who used to fish with dynamite here in Italy, that was many years ago.One of them lost two fingers doing it, too!

Great to follow the whole story from survey to delivery and home port bound navigation.Your entire geographical set up proves that when PASSION is there, distances do not matter!Will keep following your posts with interest (comme d' habitude!)

Nice commercial.Any comparative figures, Yamaha250 vs. Verado 250?Impressions from any of you who might have tested this Yammi?

unforgettable moments.thanks for sharing.Your wife was fast bringing that fish in, quite obviously she had the right combination of skills, equipment and opportunity:any other big fish she brough in the same way in her life? :-) GREAT JOB.

Ludicrous,thank you from Italy.

Beats a day in the office!

It does not get any closer than this ( with flooding of the garage at high tide).What a great spot to spend a quiet day ( we are in the Cyclades islans, Greece)

Not using SAMPO swivels, luckily!

following you progress! Congratulations on the new boat

Check out the pics here. The boat camping concept seems to be very popular in the mediterranean.I did it a few times when I lived in Brazil, having adapted my center console for the purpose. Quite frankly I was the only one - the majority of the locals could not understand how someone who could afford 100 gal. of fuel would not pay for a hotel.(they do not know what they are missing!).So, this past sumer in Greece I was happy to see a big boating community camping on their boats, be it in port or at some enchanted spot like the one posted here. Any onf you like this boat camping idea or has done this before?

No, not for the sandbar, sorry.This is the beautiful island of Milos, Greece, ( the Venus of Milos being the famous statue ) where I spent a week cruising , enjoying the sun and the crystal clear waters around it. Paradise!

If I remember correctly from my Captain's exam, Yellow flashing is for hovercraft ( in non-displacement mode), double yellow flashing alternatively ( Port or Stbd) for purse seine gear fishing.The tow ( submerged or semi-submerged) is a fixed yellow light ( makes sense to associate the speed of flashes with the sense of the vessel's speed)

My view from the one European Boat show I attended ( Genoa, Italy, at the beginning of October)is that the generally superior quality of the mid to high end boats made in the USA, coupled with a weak dollar, can really make inroads into the EU market. With worldwide transportation costs also down at very low levels, I see why the FLIBS was full of foreigners looking to buy a boat in the USA. Attendance was generally down at Genoa ( about 15% lower than last year) and so was the number of deals.Remember ,though , that the FLIBS data for 2008 were taken in the depths of the financial crisis and thus 2009 is a small rebound from extremely depressed levels. I have not checked comparable numbers for the other big shows ( Southampton etc,) but will do so with a friend I have in the specialized press.