You'll want to change out the impeller. It's probably deformed and/or stuck.

I've PM'd Heath (and emailed, since it looks like my PM didn't get sent - it still sits in the outbox, and not in sent. Although it says sent at 9:41 AM this morning....

Ray put it well. It's doubtful that this site will go away. Facebook isn't ever going to replace it.

We're planning the San Juans last half of July. Moving to New Mexico in 11 days, leaving the boat here, then driving back for a San Juans Farewell tour, and haul the boat back south. People thought we were crazy taking the boat with us, but San Diego, Sea of Cortez, and Gulf of Mexico are all a one ...

For those missing the 'grandpa' reference, watch the movie 'We were soldiers once'.

Tom Just cut the sucker off & then bolt a new one on like the Alum trl :wink: & then its just a bolt off/on replacement ! :arrow: :idea: is that poss. with ur trl ? J 8) Can't do it, John - it's an all-steel trailer and the pole tongue is welded in several places. Mine's 18 years old and st...

Just guessing: you have more than one issue. With the lower off, can you turn the shaft in the lower? The other two things that come to mind are the starter motor and/or a stuck valve.

To avoid the issues with shaded panels in series, we need to install a bypass diode in parallel with each panel. They cost about $0.50 each. The bypass diode will be 'open' when a panel is illuminated, and 'short' when it's in the shade. My MPPT controller won't start doing it's thing until the pane...

It's legal if they are placed before sunset and pulled after sunrise. "No fisher may set, or pull shellfish gear from a vessel, in Catch Record Card Areas 1-13, from one hour after official sunset to one hour before official sunrise. All shellfish gear must be removed from the water on closed d...

All depends on the species. Here in the PNW, we've got rock and dungeoness - on the underside, males have a narrow abdominal plate, females have a very wide one. Google around, you'll find what you're looking for.

Last September, we were anchored in 25 feet of water at the south side of Spencer Spit. Put out two traps at about 6PM, pulled them the next morning, had 27 crabs between the two. Kept the four biggest males...

That's definitely a magnetron tube driven set. Very, very old school technology. Like 1950's. Same type of tube that your microwave oven uses. They are heavier, consume more power and while it's average power isn't terrible, that's a 4kw pulse of microwave several hundred times per second. There is ...

Back in the 80's, I was a radar maintenance crew chief in the Air Force. My info is very outdated (ran a megawatt AN-TPS43E with a 33 foot dish), but the theory is the same. Yes, the radar will probably see it, but probably not on every sweep until you get closer - odds are you'll not see it at 4 mi...

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Just pulled the trigger.

My understanding is that the ballast valve needs to be removed to be rebuilt. If you are going through the trouble of removing it, it might make sense to replace it entirely. Agreed, that's the plan now. Oh, and you can adjust the furler to make it easier to attach. You have to open up the drum and...

First post - been lurking here for a while :-) 2007 26M - some mods from PO, been on a couple trips to the San Juans, Saratoga passage, Deception pass, etc. Love this boat! On to the point: left the ballast valve shut, when hauling out it leaked like crazy. Looks like it's been rebuilt once already ...