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I know of at least one F-40 that had a SABB (NOT Saab!) engine installed by the factory. This fact should add to the confusion about where the stuff comes from. This particular boat started life as a "kit" boat, and BTW had a variable-pitch propeller.

My 5 HP Honda, and the previous 7.5 HP Honda had small petcocks on the bottom of the carburetor float bowl. I always drained the bowl contents if I anticipated the engine would not be used the following day. I don't know if the 2HP has such a petcock, but if it does, using it prevents all manner of ...

To minimize the washout of lubricant, consider installing a 6" Fernco fitting intended for adapting 6" copper/plastic to 6" cast iron/clay pipe. This is a bulletproof, lifetime mast boot for less than $20 at your local plumbing supplier. You'll need to cut a little bit off the bottom so that it does...

I'm sorry to hear that you are giving up your very unique sailboat. I also have a major problem with motion sickness. However, I've found that one 25 MG. meclizine tablet 24 hours before exposure to that motion, and continuing with a 1/2 tablet, in the morning and the evening keeps things under cont...

On the topic of inexpensive rail lights. I bought a inexpensive lawn light at the local Walmart about 4 years ago. It has served at the top of my outboard piling through 3 hurricanes and required only a replacement battery about 2 years ago. The environment is sheltered, but water is brackish. I bel...

Another, important aspect of going upwind and into chop is to have enough propellor blade area. With my Freedom (Mull) 28, the factory-supplied 2-blade prop was borderline in going windward during tough times. I found a used feathering prop (PYI) whose blades had substantially larger area than the s...

Try Hamilton Marine (hamiltonmarine.com) for their Thru-transom Scupper Part # SD-520510, Order # 142577, $7.79 each. I wouldn't feel much trepidation in making holes, PROVIDED you glop up the edges of the hole with 2 or 3 coats of epoxy resin. Then after you remove those GRP pipes from your transom...

I totally replaced these drain pipes by using 1-1/2" thruhull fittings with one-way flappers on their outside. This took care of the deteriorated pipes, plus it cured the water running into the cockpit when too many lard-butts were in the cockpit and a wake slammed into the transom.. Reference in We...

Folks,As I remember the original instructions for the masthead spinnaker on the wing-mast F25, the requirement to setting the running backstays was something incredible like if apparent wind (downwind) was over 20. Frankly, if the apparent wind is over 20, I would NOT fly a spinnaker, especially a m...

I would check the prices of the rudder sets in the Schaefer catalog. If the price is more than you can bear, then perhaps you know a welder that can fill in what wear has taken away. After filling in the hole in the gudgeon, the hole can be redrilled. I would view the need to cut a hole to access th...