Easy trick, while you're running now, grab a piece of hose, tubing, snorkel, whatever, and use it between your ear and the steering helm to focus...
Yeah, starboard won't hold sealant and isn't structural. A little sun will soften it quickly. Powder coated aluminum or a piece of acrylic are...
So it's now obvious that you have a bidirectional pilot steering pump. That pump is injecting hydraulic pressure on one side of the system every...
We actually had blow-by with the internal workings of one of the helm pumps. Rebuilt, all noise cured. Although mine wasn't a whine.
The pilot pump, when operating, does it start and stop? Likely given the persistent whine it runs continuously. To do this it must allow fluid...
Ok, whine, I think I missed that. That's the sound of hydraulic fluid being moved through restrictions. Look for check valves while researching....
Things "not going wrong" in a Marlow seems to be more the exception than the rule. I've never heard of this being the case from multiple Fleming...
Thank you for keeping this current, Ken.
Sounds like air in the lines as one possibility for noise. Another may be the helm pumps themselves allowing bypass from the pressure provided by...
In SoFla the owner has broken the law, too, for not pulling a permit.
Rules of the road are rules of the road. Doesn't matter whether or not you have a license, that is up to the point where you engage in commerce...
Do you need to seat within CAT dealership service networks to maintain the warranty? That's the issue I see here...I have a relationship with a...
Keeping the boat north of the Savanah River during hurricane season has its own significant cost benefit.
Hell, sea time is what I need all of the time....
Many do, and you need to pay them a visit and pay them a fee to be on the list. The list requires timely arrival or you'll lose your slot. I...
The pillow talk just made me laugh and recall this ad...
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Give that leading edge with open wood grain facing the prevalent water flow off the deck some thought. Many shops lay in an alternate piece to...
Concur. I run 11 and burn 26. I could drop to 9.5 and cut the 26 down a third or perhaps more. Problem is the lack of load on the engines. Hence...
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