Everything you need to do to get your cruising sailboat ready for the season. Covers standing rigging inspection, engine servicing, through-hull checks, and electrical systems.
— Alex Morrison
Systematic inspection of shrouds, stays, chainplates, toggles, turnbuckles, and masthead fittings before an offshore passage. Covers crack detection, swage inspection, and when to replace.
Step-by-step replacement of the raw water pump impeller on a marine diesel engine. Covers locating the pump, removing the old impeller, installing the new one, and testing water flow.
Full strip-down, clean, and regrease of self-tailing winches. Covers removing the drum, cleaning pawls, springs and bearings, regreasing, and reassembly. Annual maintenance.
Drain and protect a sailboat freshwater system for cold weather storage. Covers tanks, pumps, heaters, pressurized lines, and using antifreeze vs. blow-out methods.