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Would that it were that easy. Disconnect the prop shaft. Ease transmission bolts you can access. Pull the engines off the mounts and lift the engine (come-along on board supported above companionway). Disconnect throttle and gear shift. Remove all transmission bolts and lift transmission as...

The shaft is one inch diameter, tapered. Contact potential prop manufacturers with engine make, model, horse power and transmission make, model. Include gear ratio for both forward and reverse. Get their recommendation for your boat. All props are not created equal. Different blade areas and...

What transmission do you have? The Hurth transmissions have been known to die at 500 hrs.

BTW, I have a Raymarine ST 4000. The person who designed those plastic mounts for the little wheels should be clubbed with a baseball bat.

No drag on the wheel. Steering is light and easy. I tighten the band until when you release the lever, there is very light drag from the belt during manual control wheel.

The belt slips. I replaced it a year after buying the boat, and over time tightened it on several occasions. When the wind gets above 10 knots the load builds up and the belt slips. If I tighten it more, the rollers inside the wheel mount break. I can fix them by running a bolt through, but that...

I have a 2005 C-310 with a wheel Raymarine autopilot. It won't hold going to weather in true wind speed above 10 knots, and has real issues running if there are any kind of waves in Choctawhatchee Bay. This makes it real dicey single handing in winds above 10 knots, because leaving the wheel to...

Catalina Direct says 5/16, 70 ft. But I don't know if that is for the Genoa or Main. https://www.catalinadirect.com/shop-by-boat/catalina-34/rigging/furling-gear/furling-line-c-30-c-320/5052/ I replaced my main outhaul in 2015. I measured the line that was available, counted the turns on the...

Thanks!!! I've had my boat for 5 years and didn't know that part existed. It wasn't there when I bought the boat.

The plug above the stove in the cupboard is a GFI. It is the only one in the boat. The plug above and and to the stern of the nav station is not a GFI. I don't know where its wires go. However, this was the only working 110VAC outlet in the boat when the others had no power - and there was no...

Well yes, there is. It is about 6 inches away. What is the wire for?

I was running down a 110 VAC electrical issue when I found this wire labeled: "ANT REM MAX 0.1A". It isn't connected to anything. I also note the green wire (a ground?) not connected to anything labeled "ATT". They are behind the power panel in the wire bundle to the stern o the compartment...

Beware that the Charleston Spar in-mast furling cross section at the top is different that that of the standard mainsail mast. Whittem's boat is just down the dock from mine. He has the standard rig and I have in-mast furling. The crane drawing for his boat won't work on mine - which is a shame...

My two cents. Given your modest requirements, I think the most cost-affective way to go is buy four deep discharge golf cart batteries (extensively discussed in other posts on this forum) and use your existing charger / solar cells / alternator. I shall now be quiet and gocolor

Peggy, there appears to be confusion regarding the freshwater flush. This was discussed between you and me a couple of years back on a threat in this forum. (I have your book). There is a T in the sink drain, above the seacock that drains the sink overboard. This seacock remains closed. The T...

I had to add coolant to my refrigerator last spring. Still working just fine. 2005 boat

The shower and refrigerator pump discharges through the head raw water intake seacock. Under the sink there will be a Y handle valve mounted on the forward bulkhead. Looking forward, rotate the handle counter-clockwise. That is the shower pump out position. Rotate it clockwise to the...

How many hours between cleanings? Boat built in 2005 and 480 hours on the engine

Getting four golf cart batteries in the boat was easy. Getting the 4Ds out was work. I go stern in at my slip. Snugged the port side up to the stub dock and swung the batteries over. Keep your back straight.

Anyone know why calcium builds up in the heat exchanger at the inlet from the water pump hose? If it makes a difference, the engine is usually only run 10 minutes at a time or less; just enough to get out of the marina, sail and then started for 10 minutes or less to get back into the marina. As...