I posted a description of how a cut-out works few days ago. It seems only right to post something about the difference between the cut-out and the Regulator. Regulator: A regulator for a generator (not alternator) has ALL the functions of the Cut-out and components the regulate the generator output ...

I bought a set of Ongaro horns. They were expensive but have a warrenty. They also claim to have a water mitigating design. Looking at where the trumpet joins the diaphram, there is a small hole in the bottom to let water drain out. We'll see how well that works. Ive made that mod to my other horns ...

Cut-out: What the cut-out does is connect and disconnect the generator to the electrical system. It is voltage sensetive and it measures the generator armature voltage. The generator armature voltage, unloaded, is directly proportional to it rotational speed. So, as you stated, at some engine speed ...

Who has 6 volt cabin lamps for sale? I need the ones that look like household 25 watt bulbs but are 6 volt.

So what brand? Where did you get them?

I have considered air horns. That would mean dropping the cabin headliner. But, part of the headliner is down to facilitate a cabin top repair so I more interested. Trouble is, that are like the electric horns in that can collect water.

Perhaps this post is directed more to the cruiser community but that’s where I reside. How can horns be such a problem? I replaced the horns on my Corinthian Sea Skiff a few years ago after getting tired of “tuning” them every year and getting frustrated with being only able to achieve a dull minor ...

If the pump rotation is set up for the wrong engine rotation the transmission doesn't work at all. However, Some velvet drives are set up to reverse the rotation in forward. A flywheel aft engine in its original automotive dress will be a left-hand prop rotation where as a flywheel forward is a righ...

As I re-read the post I see: valve work, seats and valve grind: No cylinder or bottom end work: fuel pump OK: oil cooler OK: blow-by exiting the breather. First, 4 qts of oil is light for an M block. 6 is closer to my expectation. So check for loss of or drop in oil pressure. That would be symptomat...

How was your oil pressure during your test run? How about the oil cooler? could it be blocked?

Either way you will need to go with a flywheel forward configuration. The flywheel aft config takes a lot more room. Fort that matter, the reduction gear take up room too and would require a bigger prop, bigger shaft, bigger stuffing box, etc.

I'm not talking about the lapped joints here. The 1965 to 1969 Corinthian had a sea skiff lap streak bottom but planked topsides from the waterline to the shear. But the plank seams (longitudinal) at grooved and filled like on Constellations. Not filled to make them smooth but to fill and seal the a...

I have tended to the hull of my sea Skiff Corinthian for 25 years. I paint every four or five years . I have the same issue every paint cycle. The seams are grooved and the seam compound flakes out after a few years which adds time to the re-paint job as the seams have to cleaned out, sealed, primed...

I don't use hard paints like easypoxy or polyurathane. They are too hard for a wood hull that flexes and shrinks and swells. I use a simple alkyd enamel. My hull is painted with Interlux 220 semi-gloss white. I re paint it every 4 or 5 years, Unless your hull has been stripped and flatboarded it wil...

I discovered that the owner had paid up back storage so the marina has stopped claiming title. However, the marina was going to contact the owner to see if they were interested in selling. From the looks of things, the owner is not very interested in the boat. I'll post if I find out any more. There...

I think the Blue Water Inn is the former Thomas Edison Inn just under the Blue Water Bridge. Its a nice place, or used to be under its former name, but its a hike from Algonac on Michigan M25. Scenic, but a hike. You would do better looking around I94 at 26 Mile Rd or 23 Mile Rd. I don't think there...

For a 28ft Connie, 2 - flywhee; forward 283s (185HP) would be stock. Its probably easier to go back to stock than anything else. Even if you use 350 blocks, the 283 flywheel forward configuration would be fairly easy unless the diesel install butchered the engine stringers. I would add that the 283 ...

I had a 30 like that one. My father had one too. Outside of being very wet they are good boats. This one needs to be saved before it get trashed.

I believe the Graymarine tach drive uses a clockwise tach.

30Skiff1.jpg I'm a sucker for Sea Skiff cruisers. I've owned two, my family had two before that. So the marina where I winter store has a 30ft Sea Skiff Express cruiser that they acquired for back storage. It sat in a heated building for at least three years and then got moved outside and shrink wr...

Got mine a couple of days ago. Great to read a cruiser guy's story. Can't wait for some more cruiser guy's stories. I know we're out there.

Professional help may be hard to find. Not to defame marine mechanics but many are short of the electrical skills to diagnose generator electrical and control issues. There may be one around who has the right experience but you'll need to get a referral. The generator support techs from the manufact...

Cheek boards and apron. I can't imagine a CC cruiser that hasn't had that problem. Sometimes you get lucky and yank the transom planks off in time to save the frames. I was lucky that way. I decided to replace the transom planking after my favorite boatwright stuck his screwdriver through the transo...

I've had my 35' Corinthian Sea Skiff for 26 years. After the spring soak, it doesn't leak. I had a shaft log wear out and it leaked but even then I ran the pump only once a day. The thiocol CC put sea skiffs together with is tenacious stuff. I don't leave the pump on automatic unless I'm going away ...

You probably had the 2.5KW single cylinder 3600 rpm unit. We had one on my father's 34 skiff. I was noisy. I have the 4 KW 4 cylinder Kohler and it is quiet. You can barely hear it running and that is with a crummy muffler. It has saved out trips on many occasions. We didn't need it to for heat at n...

Generator auto-start works like this. When the generator is connected to the boat AC system via the transfer switch being manually set to the GEN position, the generator controls will start the generator. If there is enough load the generator will continue to run until the load drops below the requi...

Your '49 DCFB was probably launched with a pair of W six cylinder engines. '49 is before the strengthend WB. Still, a WB is only 200 HP and not really enough to get the hull to perform. It will be a lot more acomodating as a cruiser with a pair of 300+ engines.

I don't think sea cocks on through hulls became a requirement until well into the 80s or maybe 90s. I don't recall seeing them on any CC boat from 60s and earlier. The discussion I had with my surveyor when I asked to reach down under the engines and try to operate a make believe sea cock. You can't...

I would expect CC used a #7, yes, they used odd sizes then. Step up to a #8 and it should be at least 1 1/4" or 1 1/2" into the ribs. If you are splicing sheets together, or patching for that matter, I would use machine screws with "T" nuts like how CC fastened Sea Skiffs.

I had an M-26 1947 done by a local machine shop here in the Detroit area. Internal parts are all vintage Chrysler and mostly available. The cam shaft was not and many of the gaskets were also unavailable. Murley's Marine in Fairhaven, MI had the ones we needed. Murley claims to have scooped up all t...