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    House Battery Location

    Looking for some thoughts on this setup. I have a 30 foot boat with the house batteries currently sitting in the engine room. The boat has twin engines (so two alternators), I have a genset and a 20amp xantrex true charge battery charger. I want to move the house batteries and locate them...
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    1987 Crusader 270 Carbureted (surging)

    My boat has a pair of Crusader 270's (carbureted/points ignition), the starboard engine began surging at low power settings appx from idle to 2,000 rpms (surge is appx 900 rpms variance). The engine does not appear to surge above this rpm. I am thinking fuel/water separator, fuel filter or...
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    Fuel Uh Oh

    Well getting ready to put boat back on the water and discovered the stabil that I was supposed to put in the tanks this past fall.....uh oh Should I drain the fuel (50 gallons or so) or will it help to add stabil (or something else) to it and burn it?
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    Westerbeke Remote Panel

    I have a 1987 westerbeke wtw 6.5 that I am installing into my boat. Do I have to have a westerbeke remote start/instrument panel, or will other manufacturers panels work, onan etc...
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    Any chance of?

    Any chance of talking Admin into adding a "Generator" section to this forum. This forum is by far the best forum I have found for troubleshooting most marine related problems, but it would be nice to have a separate generator section. As they say "build it and they will come". If not can...
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    Westerbeke

    Didn't see a category for generators so here goes: Looking to pick up a used Westerbeke WTW 6.5 generator, the owner says it runs fine but has a strong fuel smell coming from the exhaust while running. The only things I can think of that would cause this: - bad spark plug - bad plug wire -...
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    Polarity and Air conditioning

    I installed an OceanBreeze 10,000 btu a/c unit on my boat. I ran the air conditioning unit last week connected to shore power at a marina and it worked fine. This week I attempted to power the boat with a Coleman Powermate 3000kw (3750 surge) portable generator. I made some short powercords...
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    86 Crusader 270 hydrolocked

    I am trying to determine if operator error (mine) caused this or bad gas etc... I started my port engine one morning this weekend and let it run for appx 20 min to charge batteries. I then shut it off and it dieseled about 4 chugs. I didn't think anything of it until I attempted to start the...
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    Hatch Seals

    For those needing new seals for your hatches, if the Tiaco brand they have on here doesn't have the size you need, email me and I may be able to help you out. The Tiaco's were too wide for my replacements and I found some locally.
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    29 Foot Cruisers Inc "Elegante" Restoration

    First thanks to all of you that have helped, after months of work, skinned knuckles, a littany of words that would make a sailor blush, the old girl has a new dress. Project started with the engine room, all the vitals, new manifolds, wires, plugs etc. A bit of electrical rewiring and...
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    Stuffing Box

    1986 29 foot Cruisers with twin Crusader 350's, velvet drives.... One of the props rotates clockwise the other counter. Will this make a difference on the rotation to remove the packing nut and lock nut? I managed to get one off rather easily the other I haven't gotten off yet. thanks
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    Max Capacity

    I have a 29 foot 1986 Cruisers Elegante. I have looked everywhere for a placard that tells the maximum capacity for persons and cannot find one.....any ideas? thanks
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    Lav Pump Out

    Stupid question of the day........ I have never owned a boat with a lav onboard. I have a 29 foot cruisers with a shower/lav etc. The lav drains to an onboard storage tank. The tank outlet goes to a "Y" valve one leg of the "Y" to the mascerator then overboard, the other leg of the "Y"...
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    Interlux Brightsides

    Well I finished the first coat of brightsides on my 29 foot cruisers today, well the boat started out 29 foot long and felt more like an aircraft carrier at the end of the day. A few questions, I know I am supposed to sand between coats of brightsides and I have to since I have some mistakes I...
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    Camper top

    I have a 1986 29 foot Cruisers Elegante with the original camper enclosure. It has the maroon camper top, I am repainting the boat white with red trim, the boat originally had maroon trim but I would like something brighter. I am not sure if the camper top is sunbrella or not, I don't see any...
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