I'm going through the dry exhaust repair of my twin QSM11 Cummins engines that all QSM11's have or will experience. The solution, by popular vote, is to de-prop the vessel to reduce load on the engines and I completely understand and agree with this argument. My wheels are 28x32 and I plan to...
When removing the mate's seat (seat next to captain's chair) in the bridge I found what appears to be a tiny motion detector hidden under the edge of the seat. This, I suspect, is to catch someone walking through the door to the salon. I broke the cover trying to remove it from it's location...
I recently installed a fuel transfer pump in my new to me 480 MY. It worked very well once I discovered how to prime the pump. I plumbed it to the inlet connection on each Racor primary filter. Just one problem. The tank levels went the wrong way. My starboard tank was pretty full, port tank...