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Get a bale of absorbent towels, the kind designed to pick up just oil. They work remarkably well. Buy a 100 (or more) bale of them, it'll be much cheaper than getting 10 packs at a retail store. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=oil+absorbent+pads

I have a 770, set up for 3 zones. It's VERY slow to boot. Like, flip on the DC breaker and wait a full two minutes before you get any sound. It's like the old Sirius weather add-ons for plotters... fire it up FIRST and then get on with other prep. As opposed to any other boat radio out...

Make sure the accumulator still has pressure and is working. That shrader valve on the bottom will let you check it. Use a regular car tire pressure gauge. Factory ships them with 20psi (manual says no more than 40psi). There's a rubber bladder inside the tank and they can eventually get...

You'd hope the plug being RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM would be something the forklift operator would check. Guess not in this particular case.

The upside to the Blink cameras is they're wireless. And their gateway bridge uses only USB power. So you can power the bridge using a USB power bank, or a small UPS plugged into shore power. The Blink system automatically uploads on detecting motion. So even if someone discovers and...

I used a Torqeedo last summer on a 9' inflatable bottom and it really worked quite well. Easy to stow, charge lasted for a full day's traveling back/forth/around an anchorage. Charged overnight. Kept a charge for weeks, even over winter it still had a nearly full charge remaining. Not as...

If you keep it somewhere that has reliable WiFi then something like a Blink camera setup might be worth considering. https://blinkforhome.com/collections/blink-security-camera The cameras operate only on detecting motion, so be sure to point it when it'll only trip for legit motion (not...

Thanks Mark. Is the switch oriented vertically or with both contacts facing downward? How is it for added run-time once the level drops below the sensor levels? (To let the pump get the last bits of water). Or is your pump designed to do that itself? How the wiring's connected wasn't really...

In reviewing pictures from other sea ray owners (in other threads here) there have been many different types of sump boxes used over the years. Some are clearly the screw-down type made by Rule (or whichever part of ITT owns them now). This is the type of box I current have, as I posted. As...

Just great, trading one leak for another. Ya can't win sometimes. I've read where others put in a through-hull drain for their galley sink. I may just go that route. It's most often the galley sink that causes the problems. We don't use the shower every time, but the galley sink gets used...

Glad to hear it worked for you, but mine wouldn't stay in place without the screws. Water or soap foam levels would push it out of the way. I've seen it happen when I was trying to find the source of water in the area. I put a bead of caulk under the lid and made a somewhat better seal. That...

That is a Rule sump box. I already have one and am considering getting rid of it in favor of one by Attwood. I'm curious if anyone's had better (or worse) luck with the Attwood type. The significant differences are lid and pump type. The Attwood lid has a gasket and clips onto the box...

Anyone have a strong preference on using a Rule or an Attwood shower sump box? I've had a Rule sump and it's a hassle to maintain. The cover is held by screws and then tend to strip out. That and the lack of gasket tends to let soap foam leak out of it. I'm considering replacing it with an...

Yeah, in theory you can use the rudder behind the engine in forward to counter the pivoting action. That is when the rudders are neutral (just straight forward) then one engine in reverse and the other in forward will pivot the boat. The theory is if you turn the rudders hard over, the thrust...

As you'll discover, a lot of stuff in a boat is made by another company. Fridges, pumps, engines, electronics, etc. It helps to mention the make and model of them. Many vendors have manuals and specs available on their websites. Most fridges intended for use on a boat are designed to...

Probably not a bad plan. Especially given the other rusty bolts. It's certainly going to cost you more in the short term. But with properly rebuilt engines you'll have more confidence they'll keep working once you're out on the water. Assuming you've got any money left over from the rebuild...

If it's just the sleeve of the sparkplug (the threads) then you might have luck with a large ez-out bit. The greater trouble is if the plug is 'hollow' then any debris that might develop is going to drop down into that cylinder. This would a BAD thing. Even the tiniest bits of junk getting...

If you're using firefox as your browser you can use the Adblock:Plus add-on to selectively omit things from the pages. Not to deprive Jim of any ad-revenues, of course. But it is a handy way to have things like images left off the display. For here you'd block two images, the logo and the...

I'll third that. I paid to have mine soda blasted. They setup a tent under the whole boat and then went in wearing a full body suit with a hookup to an external ventilator. Had the whole thing blasted in under an hour. That and they took it all away with them. I seem to recall it was around...

I can see the wingnut on the top of the support, but how are the tabs held onto the transom? I've got a set of West Marine folding tabs on my 8'6" Bombard (inflatable keel with hard bottom boards) and they made a HUGE difference in being able to get up onto plane. The downside to them is the...