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Mercruiser Sea Water Pump 807151A-9 with Serpentine Belt Pulley 807731 and Mounting Bracket 807749-1. The Serpentine Pulley has a small 1" x 1/4" piece broken off in the front I did it removing the bracket I dropped a wrench on it, has no effect works fine it's in an area where it doesn't fray...

I'm looking to sell some of my camera gear to purchase something lighter right now I mainly use a Nikon D300 or D700 I'll probably sell the D700 in 4 years it only has 1,200 shots on it the D300 has 18,000. Been looking at a light weight Nikon D5500 weighing 15 oz my D300 weighs 28 oz both...

We've been talking about selling our boat it was just getting to be too much effort & time to keep it up with family health issues and taking care of our grandson when our son needed help to keep custody of him after a nasty divorce. I ran a short add on craigslist for 3 days the first couple...

When I had the boat pulled for repairs the marina found a small amount of electrolysis on the prop, last June the outdrive & prop were both painted with new Aluminum anodes. Marina installed new prop because of log damage & partially spun hub and put Zinc anodes on this time. While greasing the...

Last Friday coming in just before sunset heard something hit the hull a couple seconds later transom started vibrating slowed down took a look couldn't see anything. Got going again couldn't get over 1800 rpm without it shaking the transom to the point of feeling like it would come apart. Had...

We're just getting ready to leave the dock after fueling up should be in the low 80*'s next few days. Not bad for the rainy PNW.

Last night went out to the garage noticed water on floor by the hot water tank the copper cold water inlet pipe had sprung a leak, 2 hours later it was fixed cost $14.7 this would have cost around $400.00 for a plumber to do it. My neighbor has American Home Shield they swear by them I looked...

WM has a super deal on All-Purpose Buoy, 8"dia. x 11.5"L, 0.6" Eye Diameter, Orange for $2.38 http://www.westmarine.com/buy/polyform--a-series-all-purpose-buoys-8-diameter--P011629912

Might be building a new engine wanting to know if these are the correct specs for a 5.7L Mercuiser that I found online. The engine block & heads I'm starting out with is a Gen III 6.0L cast iron 4 bolt main with heads ported & polished to an Edelbrock aluminum manifold. Lobe Lift +...

This article was written by a local Marine Broker NOT ME I'm just posting hoping it will help someone & I don't need to keep posting it in every insurance thread. I wrote this over the course of years or experience in marine insurance- as this is the slow season in many parts of the country...

There's been a few posts here about how often to check & tighten things like clamps, wire connections, hose condition. I have stated that I check as many clamps & wire connections that I can reach usually I'll check the battery side the next time out I'll check the opposite side some folks...

We bought ourselves a new Smart TV for Christmas, been playing with all the functions and there's a lot of them. Loaded some new apps yesterday one of them was the NFL app. If you can get this app on one of your devices it's fantastic you can view all the teams press conferences, full games...

Been looking to buy a wireless soundbar tired of the wires & large speakers from my present system. I'm really leaning toward the Sonos Soundbar with Sub. Anyone have any experience with Sonos or have experience with a quality wireless system, doing research & talking to salesman hasn't been...

We were out last week for a cruise after docking I opened up the engine hatch and noticed a couple drips of water coming out of the pressure relief valve on the hot water tank it's a 6 gallon tank. I had to leave before getting a size or part number does anyone know what the specs are for it...

I've been indoor rack stored the last 4 winters, this winter the boat will be in a boat house. The temps usually only dip into the low 20's for a short period of time some winters it has stayed freezing for maybe 1 to 2 weeks. I was out on the boat the other day & measured the bilge it's...

This happened today groups have tried to stop the use of these ducks on the streets since they relaxed the rules on where & what roads they can be used on, so far this summer they have been in several crashes & killed 1 bicyclist. SEATTLE - Four people were killed and 51 were injured -- 15...

We've had Comcast for 20 years sick of no decent shows for the price same reruns over & over. My son just hooked up a Winegard Flatwave Amped FL5500Y HDTV antenna the local channels are amazing. I just ordered one after it arrives I'm going to activate Sling TV on a Roku 3 or maybe get the new...

For anyone with a Cannon downrigger. I almost lost my downrigger a couple weeks ago, the low profile Cannon lexan base plate where the pull to rotate handle cracked. If your using one give Cannon a call they shipped a brand new design with an aluminum plate that fits over the 4 mounting bolts...

There's been a standoff at a local marina about 20 miles from us he's fired a shotgun in the air and says he has the fuel dock rigged with explosives. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-fires-shots-from-boat-claims-to-have-bombs-in-marina/ Edit: They just took him into custody & divers are...

I'm going to add a flushing system to the engine, Foss Landing Marina always flushed the engine with Salt Away before rack storing it. I'm thinking of putting a tee on the inlet side of the sea water pump with a Groco 1 1/4" brass ball valve with a hose running on the tee up to the salt away...