August 2015

  1. I have a classic, old sailboat built in 1939 and maintaining it is a constant effort. The boat has an old engine built before the time of electronic ignitions and it must be adjusted regularly. There is an access hole in the center of the cockpit where you must bend down to reach the part of the engine with these components. One day, while cruising in the southeastern US we awoke to begin the day's journey and the engine would not start. We opened the cover to the engine access hole and pulled open the ignition to work on it as this was generally the problem. While leaning into the hole I dropped one of the attachment screws and it fell about 2 feet down into the dark bilge of this old boat. Without that screw we were going nowhere. Continue reading → Read more

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