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Slow sump pump with backflow   (1)
McPhee at 8:51am 05.22.23
Yeah, I'll take a look. It looks like there's a separate ball valve that controls the flow. From the
Puget Sound Chain Plate Replacement Recommendations?
DirtyScoobie at 8:48am 05.22.23
Well, my question is 'why do you have to replace the chainplates?' Well, jviss, how much time do
1964 islander 32
jssailem at 8:42am 05.22.23
Looking at the first question, the mast in the images looks normal. The mast falling down is not rea
Puget Sound Chain Plate Replacement Recommendations?
DirtyScoobie at 8:41am 05.22.23
Forgive me if you've done this already, but I was thinking you might get a lot of help from Island
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition
jviss at 8:40am 05.22.23
About 6 mo ago I was sitting on my dock enjoying a cold one and heard the pump on a friends boat cy
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition
rgranger at 8:38am 05.22.23
The bilge pump isn't going to save the boat, it's only going to delay the sinking. About 6 mo ago
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition
jviss at 8:37am 05.22.23
I'm sure the boat would have sunk if the bilge pump wasn't active. How can you be so sure? Was th
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition
Ralph Johnstone at 8:37am 05.22.23
So, I am inclined to not follow this practice, or at least to connect the pump to the batteries thr
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition
jviss at 8:31am 05.22.23
If your boat sinks because the bilge pump is not working on auto direct from battery or water rises
Engine Alinement
Ralph Johnstone at 8:22am 05.22.23
There are a lot of good comments here but I feel some of the ideas are being trivialized by limit o
New 170 sailor
SKOTBRO at 8:15am 05.22.23
No, to the contrary. The 170 has a broad beam for a boat of its length and is very stable when comp
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition
dmax at 8:09am 05.22.23
When I went to visit a boat I bought a week after sailing it home from CT, there was water up to the
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition
FastOlson at 8:03am 05.22.23
I have known several surveyors over the decades, and they do not like to see any connection to the b
Slow sump pump with backflow
kappykaplan at 8:00am 05.22.23
Where does the sump pump drain to? You should follow the drain line and find out.
Puget Sound Chain Plate Replacement Recommendations?
jviss at 7:46am 05.22.23
Well, my question is 'why do you have to replace the chainplates?'
The Great Bilge Pump Debate, 2023 Edition
Jacktar at 7:43am 05.22.23
If your boat sinks because the bilge pump is not working on auto direct from battery or water rises
1964 islander 32
Scott T-Bird at 7:42am 05.22.23
I see nothing wrong with the mast base fasteners. Until you see movement between the plate and the

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