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Butyl rubber tape will offer a better seal than a rubber gasket... and/or you could use the BRT in addition to the rubber gasket. Gluing PU... it's been my understanding that only way to get a solid bond is to first heat treat the PU to eliminate it's inherent "slipperiness"... which involves...

Never have I ever... replaced a spring. Just replace the arm. However... IF you can find just the spring (try a place like AM Equipment)... you FIRST need to take the arm off. And that will likely be the most challenging part... and may result in cutting/breaking the arm... which means we're...

No, it's "simple". And, often, I am only capable of simple... NOT brilliant :)

A buddy to do the whole thing for you is even better better :)

You'll want to measure those things that Seasick mentioned. Different anchor manufacturers will different measurements. So you need thos measurents and then compare to the anchors you are considering. It's not a "black and white" thing - there are many shades of grey here.

Ah, OK - yes the access lids are the "inspection lids"... or pie plates. You're good - if you had eyes in there and no more water was running into the aft bilge from the forward area of the bilge, then you're good. Yes, very normal for boats with floors that are close to the waterline to have...

How are you confirming that the bilge was COMPLETELY empty? It sounds like you just relied on the bilge pump? The plan was to take the garboard drain plug out while on the ramp. Or, while on the ramp, did you pop the transom well pie plates out to visually inspect? Looking at the picture of...

-- If you removed ground wires from the battery and items still work... then you haven't removed their ground... which means those battery wires you removed may be old and no longer used. -- Look for a ground bus bar... house items may be grounded there and the ground to the bus bar comes from...

The air pocket is not "just" starting to form - the air void was always there, you're just now starting to the see the effects of it. It was likely formed when a large piece of wood was laid down - it's extremely hard - if not impossible - to avoid air pockets when laying a large piece down...

Oh, got it. If that's the reasoning... they're not needed. I think my boat has a couple turn snaps "near" the floor - but there's nothing actually "on the floor".

What are you concerned about home son the floor? There are no holes needed there for either of the styles we are talking about.

You're welcome to assume....... but leave "me" out of the equation.

OK, so it really comes down to how long you're going to be using battery power without the engines running. Without a dedicated house battery to use for this purpose, you're kind of in the middle of "recommendations". Which also means there's leaway with recommendations. Best practice is a...

Oh... do you have 2 batteries? Or do you have an extra one or two batteries for the house load? Sorry - should have asked that ahead of time. All of these things get factored in to the equation!

No worries, my friend! To be more specific, how much use of various items will you have with the engines turned off? Also... "usual systesms" can vary quite a lot from one person's opinion to another :)

Sounds like you either have a clog on the intake grate on the bottom of the boat... or the pump impeller is worn out/broken

Nope, it absolutely does not. Where do you see the size/HP listed?

How will you be using the batteries? You didn't mention what engines you have? Regardless, you certainly don't need a big battery to start (I'll assume something like a 150HP) smaller engines. Group 24 is MORE than enough. But.. the first two questions need answers to start with.

Getting the covers all at the same time - that would make sense. But when a cover is bought after the fact (whether OEM or whatever), covers will need the snaps to be installed to align with where the snaps where placed on the boat. There is no "pattern" for this. When they're made all at the...

Yeah, it's not one those names/words that's used all that much!