Drip-Drip gives way to drizzle-drizzle, and if you don’t do something, it turns into pour-pour. This is the cycle of an above the water leak on a boat and …
Everything you need to know about bedding a new hatch lens
One day it will happen, if it hasn’t occurred yet, it will. Sitting down below in a good rainstorm or with green water flowing over the deck and you will …
Serious Wind Storm & How to troubleshoot and rebuild a Fresh Water Pump
On The Last Affair, our 43′ Gulfstar Sloop, we have a Jabsco VFlo variable speed fresh water pressure pump. We had it on the boat about five years as it …
How to clean a marine water strainer
This week, we bring a blog post to you from the Last Affair. Many of you that watch our Youtube Channel know that we have DreamChaser (our 51′ Formosa) as …
How to adjust a Single Lever Gear Shift Lever
On DreamChaser we have had a problem where the gear shifter lever does not quite go into gear before the throttle starts to accelerate. The way the single throttle lever …
How to troubleshoot and repair an HPF error
The Dreaded HPF Error If you have a boat with air conditioners or heaters, you have likely seen the dreaded HPF error (High-Pressure Freon or High-Pressure Fault) error. Depending on …
Results from Epoxy & Polyester testing
Well, The results are in. We have done several tests as most readers of this blog will now. After removing the teak from our deck, we had some core to …
How to make a vacuum bagging system for deck core
Learn how to make a vacuum bagging system for boat deck repairs with supplies you already have. It’s a great way to improve boat deck repairs.
Polyester Testing – 3rd time is a charm !!!
If you are an avid reader of this site, you likely know we are removing our teak deck and going back down with a nonskid Fiberglass deck. The big question …
Scraping and testing a new Exterior Finish
This week I wasn’t able to get a ton of stuff done. I ended up going out of town and because of that had limited time on the weekend with …