Admit it—you’re bored. The holidays have long gone and with the Super Bowl over the prospects for any chances at fun are pretty slim until spring comes … [Read more...]
DIY
Dripless Shaft Seal Installation
October 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Tired of leaky shaft seals filling the bilge with water or having to replace the packing? The solution is to replace the old stuffing box with a new dripless … [Read more...]
Stuffing Box Maintenance
September 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
It happens every spring: Right after launching their inboard-engine-powered boats, owners are left wondering why they didn’t repack the engine shaft … [Read more...]
Boat Yard Etiquette for DIY Boaters
May 27, 2011 By 1 Comment
The trend in boat yards is to not allow do-it-yourselfers to do any work on the outside of your vessel. With high storage fees for a relatively small patch … [Read more...]
A Scribe’s Scribe or How to Make Replacement Bulkheads
March 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I’ve hired a few house carpenters and tried to train them to be boat carpenters and the first thing the yard foreman would always tell them was to throw … [Read more...]