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I need to replace a portlight latch/dog on one of my Bomar portlights. Anyone know where I can find these? Bomar does not list these parts on their web site. Thanks for the help!

Yesterday when gasing up the boat on the trailer at Costco, I took my second ever gasoline shower! Yuk! We left the water with the fuel guage showing about 1/8th of a tank. So I figured that I could take on roughly 80 gallons (100 gallon tank) without cause for concern. Up in the San Juans...

Hi all, Any idea what might cause the rpm meter to get out of whack? We were on the lake on Sunday, getting to our usual anchorage just fine - boat ran like a charm and rpm indication as usual (and were it should be). At the end of the day I fired up the boat and slowly cruised out of the...

Hi all, Over the years of use, the plastic tracks of the galley cabinet doors that guide the doors along the front edge of the cabinet have become brittle and broken up to where they hardly want to function anymore. These tracks have a "snail-like" end that allows the roll-up cabinet door to...

For some time now the Admiral and I have been considering the addition of a small microwave oven to the galley. I'd prefer something a bit more "staionary" than your avg. countertop model, but I am not sure it's possible to retrofit the existing galley to accomodate a built-in unit. Has anyone...

So I spent my 4th in 104 degree heat installing a raw water washdown pump. I took my time with the install, wanting to make sure it ended up "professional looking". 2 trips to West Marine later (to get the correct fittings) I must say that it came out very well. I tee'd into the raw water...

For me, all the fun of boating trips end when I put the boat back on the trailer and then have to deal with the scum line and exhaust buildup on the transom. Based on the previous owner's m.o. and suggestion, I used to use "on/off" acid wash. With proper breathing and skin protection the studd...

Hi all, I am planing on cleaning up my transom below the swim step and then using a copolymer based coating (RejeX) to protect it. The manufacturer states that one first needs to clean off all dirt, grime, soot, AND old wax coatings before applying RejeX. Last winter I did hand-wax the...

Last weekend I came across a new (for me) cleaning product as referenced in the title. the boat owner that highly recommended it to me said that he and his friends swera by it to take easily take off dock scuff marks on their hulls, any type of stain in the no-slip gel goat on deck, as well as...

Hi all, I am looking to add a removable cockpit table to my 270DA and am considering a couple of mounting options. Doing a little research I found 2 styles of flush-mount bases, both made by Garelick. The first one requires one to cut a 4" hole into the cockpit floor (in my case that...

Hi all, Out on the lake this last weekend I found that my alternator didn't seem to be charging my batteries. The voltage indicated on the dash panel gage did not increase when starting and then reving the engine. At home I used a volt meter to check the voltage from the alternator's main...

Hi all, I am running a 454 EFI engine in my '94 270 DA (BR III outdrive). Over the winter I had the engine and outdrive pulled to have all the seals and bellows at the stern as well as the shift cables replaced. Shortly after the service I did a short test run and everything seemed to check...

Boy, there are some real blunders that occur when 'they' build boats! :smt021 For some time now I have been chasing recurring electrical problems on my boat. One of my windshiled wipers had twice gone inoperable and then the last time out over night my anchor light and then all nav lights...

Hi all, Seems like I've been asking a lot of questions of all of you lately, but since there's been so much good advice coming back I figured I can't go wrong by keeping going. :grin: Here's another repair I am faced with yet don't know how to fix. :smt017 My speedometer quit working...

Hi, Has anyone on this list done any modifications to their holding tank pump out plumbing that would allow one to pump out when the boat's on the trailer, say, at an RV dump station? I am thinking that there's got to be a way to "Y" into the hose downstream of the macerator pump. I could...

Hi all, For the last year I've been trying to locate a relatively minor, but highly annoying leak in my bilge. After boating for a day or weekend and then pulling the drain plug when she's back on the trailer I usually have between 1-2 gallons of raw water spill out of the bilge :smt009...

Hey all, I just got done reading the thread about the inverter install and was amazed at the collective wisdom represented by this esteemed group - my hat's off to all of you! :smt038 Maybe you can help me out with a little electrical problem on my 1994 270 DA? Here's the story: last...