Went out both days, heard a few jets but never saw one. Anchored about 1/2 mile off the pier, BBQ'd, boatload of family both days, still enjoyed it and will be out next year.
On edit: And five minutes ago we finally saw a few jets, we're thinking the Thunderbirds as they took of from NAS Los...
I don't know about modern marine engines, but on my older two-stroke Detroits I make a point to run fairly hard after a weekend spent trolling for tuna. On the way back in I get on top and run the engines for at least 30 minutes with the EGT pyrometers up around 900F.
The same for the...
Perhaps run the batteries through a desulfation sequence or two if your 6V charger has one. Maybe two batteries in series if only your 12V chargers have it? I've got one of the big boat's house 8D batteries going through this right now.
Bought one (StarLink Mini) for our bigger boat, looking to mount it up on the radar arch this weekend. Also going to upgrade our Wilson cell phone booster to a 5G version as long as we're crawling around up there.
I lost one of the Stewart Warner transmission oil pressure gauges on our '74 and it doesn't look like they make it any more. Any suggestions as to a visually similar gauge so it matches the rest of the gauges? I believe the max pressure is around 120psi on these transmissions. I'll be...
We've had our Imco SC for around 12 years now, serviced yearly by Absolute, setting behind a Whippled Pfaff 540 in a 28' Magic. Moderate use/abuse, no problems to date - but I have to admit a bit of bunghole puckering when we're getting on it.