New Shore Power: Preparing Your Boat to Avoid ELCI Problems

4/22/2019

PictureFidalgo Yacht Club, Anacortes, Washington. Gateway to the San Juan Islands. Preparing boat to avoid ELCI problems.

Fidalgo Yacht Club, Anacortes, Washington. Gateway to the San Juan Islands. Preparing boat to avoid ELCI problems. Leonard Landon, Lorena Landon

FYC members Lorena and Leonard Landon are co-managing editors of Waggoner Cruising Guide. They travel the Inside Passage in their Defever, Got d' Fever.

by Leonard Landon
Co-Managing Editor, Waggoner Cruising Guide

If you don’t already have Equipment Leakage Circuit Interrupter (ELCI) protection onboard your boat, you will want to read this article and learn how ELCI devices can make for safer boating and discover the various solutions available to meet the requirements of this American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) standard.

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Things I Learned While Fixing My Boat's Fuel Leak

4/16/2019

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Fixing Fuel Leak, Fidalgo Yacht Club, Anacortes, Washington. Gateway to the San Juan Islands. Fixing fuel leak on boat. Picture

Dale Miller cruises the Inside Passage with his wife Linda on Silly Goose, their NorthPacific 43.

PART 1

Discovering the Fuel Leak

I had just completed my filter changes on Silly Goose for the generator and the Cummins when I noticed a little diesel fuel spilled on the floor of the engine room.

I wiped it up but noticed that it was at the edge of the checker plate flooring . So I thought to be prudent I would pull up the plate and make sure some hadn't dripped below.

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About Us

Fidalgo Yacht Club is best known as a cruising club, whose members share a passion for boats, the Pacific Northwest inland waterways, and a sense of comradery. Safe boat handling is a priority. Summer will find us on the water from Anacortes to SE Alaska. Wintertime we gather together in our clubhouse to gather knowledge from dinner speakers and educational “bar chats”. We cruise and learn together and welcome new members whether a seasoned mariner or first-time boater.

A quarter of our membership has made the trek from Anacortes to SE Alaska, often multiple times. Half of us have cruised north of Cape Caution, and almost all of us have cruised the Broughtons. All these cruises were either solo or in small groups.
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New Shore Power: Preparing Your Boat to Avoid ELCI Problems

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