I see no reason not to flip the impellers, if they show no signs of age. One other thing you might do is take the impeller out if you aren't using the boat for an extended time. I do that each fall fo

Sean, that sounds great!

Lee, I replaced all the waste hoses on Juniper about 6 years ago. According to my notes, that hose you describe is about 7' long. From memory, if you remove the vanity cabinet above the sink (very eas

Chris and Janet, Welcome aboard! I'm sure you will love your new "baby"! Tom & Sue Soko Juniper #307 Noank, CT

Allen, The pic you sent with the new and old sheaves together is tough to judge, as they are 90 degrees to each other. Did you try placing the 1/2" halyard in the new sheave at the deck to see if the

Mark, I think you might find that the stains on the topsides are actually dirt/soot/air contaminants that have washed off the deck, and not actually from the toe rail. I found that the streaks on the

Allen, I'm 99% sure that you do NOT have a tapered mast. Your mast looks similar to mine, and in keeping with CY philosophies, they would have installed a straight, sturdy, no-frills mast. I haven't s

Ahoy! It's that time again. I'm looking for C400 tech articles to run in the next Mainsheet Magazine. You don't have to be a Pulitzer Prize winning writer, or the most brilliant engineer in the world.

Jim, If you are looking for a quieter domestic water pump, I suggest you go with a variable flow pump. I have the Jabsco 31755, and unless the faucet(s) are wide open, it is whisper quiet. That model

Allen, PS- If it were me, I would take the toggle off the boat, take it home, and file the bottom edge flat again. Get a couple of SS washers, or maybe a delrin washer between two SS washers to fill i

Allen, One further suggestion. I'm pretty close to 100% sure that the "machining" done on your toggle was due to the boom moving slightly to port and stbd with each wave, when at anchor, and also when

Allen, I'm a bit confused as to which toggle you refer to. If you want to hold the boom in position, I would attach the main halyard to the aft end of the boom (if you don't have a topping lift), and

Mike, I don't have the Westerbeke, but most water pumps work the same way. If you take the face plate off the water pump, and briefly open up the thru hull, water should flow out of the pump. If it do

Diana, I am definitely not a chauvinist, but in this case I have to side with your hubby. We have #307, so the workmanship might be similar. Over the past few seasons we've noticed several small leaks

Scotty, That goes to show you how good Garhauer is. They also "thru-welded" the studs on my grab bars, without me asking them to. They do amazing work with stainless. Tom

Ben, I've had the binnacle grab bars in place for about 10 years, subjected to a lot of abuse, and they have been rock solid. The fiberglass binnacles are roughly 3/16-1/4" thick in this area, and ple

Ian, Not sure if this helps or not, but the fuel tank on my MkII is made by Ezell, 44 gal, part # 30017. Perhaps you can go directly to the manufacturer? Tom

Mike, Can you send a pic of it? I was able to repair an aqualift muffler (white fiberglass box with inlet and outlet ports) on my C36. Don't know if yours is the same. My MkII muffler is a large black

Lee, The Vesper XB-8000 does not have an internal GPS antenna. Another Vesper model (XB-6000) has an internal antenna. The XB-8000 requires an external antenna, and they expect you to use the supplied

Fritz, That is exactly my case. For a couple of years I had been using a Standard Horizon GX2150, which has a built-in AIS receiver. It worked OK, but I always felt that there were other boats out the