Boat Forum / Cruising / July 2007

I have a pinhole in the piece of black iron pipe where the water in
injected in my boats exhaust system.
I am trying to find a source for a similar piece of pipe.  It is about
1.25 in diameter with a 5/8ths nipple installed at a 45 degree angle.

Does anyone recognize this fuel filter?
http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Filter.jpg
I can't squirm in far enough to find a model number and didn't see anything
that looke like it in the marine store.  Considering some of the weird stuff

Has anyone here got one of those Musto Windstopper jackets?  They're fairly
pricey but they seem to be a quality item.  Any feedback?
Also, has anyone had any dealings with Pineapple Sails in SF?
Good/bad/indifferent?

I have a 17 foot Doral with an older 4 cylinder Merc I/O. (Old
fashioned carburettor and distributor.)
It's been idling a little rough and stalling at slow speed. Today I hit
a wake fairly hard and the engine stalled.

I have some exhaust hose/components on my boat which were secured using
soft steel strapping.  Obviously that hasn't held up too well. I'm looking
for 1/2" or 3/4" perforated stainless steel strapping.  My on-line searches
haven't found anything.  Does anyone know of a source?

My wife and I will be traveling to various harbors in Maine by car
this weekend with our inflatable dingy (deflated) and an old 2-horse
power outboard engine. We will arrive somewhere, inflate the boat and
spend a few hours cruising. It is a great way for us to see some

July 23, 2007
Dear BoatUS Member,
For 34 years the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has exempted discharges from recreational boats from the Clean Water
Act permit system. Regretfully, a recent court ruling cancelled this permit exemption. EPA is required by the court ...

Crew invited for Charleston, SC to Sandy Hook/Atlantic Highlands, NJ,
in late July/early August
You may have been reading our postings in the "And A w a a a a a y y
We Go" thread.

I am driving up the highway and the business report comes on...
"Sporting goods business's are reporting a big fall off .. "
Then the story;  boats, it was about boats.  Seems because of the cost of
operating [ motor boats, I'm assuming the story was more about motor boats ]

The following information might be of interest to this group (It was sent to
me by BoatUS):
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July 23, 2007

I'm just starting to see some signs of something that looks like alge on the
walls of my Racor sediment bowl so I decided it was time to put something in
the tank to get ahead of the problem before there is so much that killing it
produces a mass of sludge to clog the filters.

Why is the tides in GA higher then the tides in the MD??
Hanz

I just ran across a site that I think is really cool.  There's a company
called EarthNC (www.EarthNC.com) which has generated Google Earth overlays
with nautical chart information.  They provide a free chart database with
limited information and for $50 you can get a CD or ...

I have a Next Generation (NextGen) 3.5 KW generator on BlueJacket.  It has
an exhaust mixing elbow that combines the raw cooling water with the
exhaust and that flows into the muffler.  You can see a picture of it at
http://www.geoffschultz.org/Ebay/Exhaust_Elbow.jpg

I have been trying to find Peggy Hall's website - is she still in the
"smello" business?