I presume that one is a kicker for trolling while the other is the main engine.
If you are not sure, the easy solution is to connect both alternators, but to run only one engine at a time.
Unless that raccoon has a real good reason to come back (young ones?) .It probably will think twice before getting anywhere near the place where she does not feel welcome.
Very good advice, specially the the swim back to where you entered the water part.
That way you swim a known gradual neutralising safe route back to dry land
That was my understanding as well, but it seems that different chemicals in the water, specially as the water gets warmer, tend to react with the aluminum alloy more than with the magnesium. That was the advice I was given by my local western Lake Ontario boat mechanic /small marina owner. He...
I pulled my new to me Islander (one year) and in order to make it look nice again I decided to do a paint job. I just do not know exactly what type of paint and what shade of blue to use. Being color blind does not help. Also what type of white goes on the bottom when she is in a slip in fresh...
I do sense a little of mistrust of new and potentially better systems of energy creation.
Let's not forget that the only way to get alternatives to what we know is an energy source that pollutes and poisons is trial and error.
I think that in 20 or 30 years from now, gasoline engines on boats...
It is an outboard bracket that is attached to the transom just like the ones that are used for kickers, but this is also available with a tilt&trim setup
Are you sure that it is the boat? Maybe there is a leak in a cooling water hose or a loose connection.
Anyway 2 gallons is not so terrible. It could just be condense water that forms on the bottom of the boat
An alternative would be buying an outboard bracket that has tilt&trim.
Just install it on your transom, and attach your outboard. no need to fiddle around with hydraulic oil pump, just attach it to a 12 volt source and you're done
So I looked at how my Islander lays in the water when docked. The bow is fairly high up while the stern sits quite deep. This is because I have a 4.3 liter engine an outdrive, an extra long shaft Suzuki and 2 big fat batteries all on or near the stern. It raises the bow high enough to make the...
