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Not sure. It's been so long since we've raced... Should be a great day for sailing anyway.

Any small boats coming out for the Weiti/GH YC B&T 2 handed series starting this Sunday? We're entered in Jim Beam, and keen for some competition... http://www.weiti.co.nz/race-events/bt-shorthanded-series/

Assume you're talking about the exhaust elbow, otherwise where did all the water come from??? Our elbow is stainless, and in pretty good nic. The exhaust manifold is what I was referring to. It's just surface rust by the look of it, so I'm going to wire brush down and paint over it. It seems to be cooled by the engine coolant, so that should keep the temp down quite a bit. Anybody know where you can get the Lehman (or Lee's) red engine paint?

Thanks mate. Yes, there's one on the transmission heat exchange, which is working overtime. There's only one on the engine/coolant heat exchange, which is the one that's got me worried. If that anode is not under water it won't be working correctly right? Therefore while the boat is sitting idle, only the transmission heat exchange is working??? Re the S bend, that's just my musings regarding the above (i.e. if the fact the anode is not in water is a problem, how do I rectify that). If I'm wrong about the anode needing to be wet, and it will work perfectly fine after the raw water dr

Is it normal to paint the exhaust? Mine looks a little rusty. Do you treat it with an anti rust paint, or just wire brush, clean and undercoat?

Hi fellas I went to replace the anode on my heat exchange on the weekend and it was in pretty good nic. After about 9 months I would expect it to be nearly gone, but it was mostly intact, with only a little bit of corrosion. I've been thinking about it a lot now, and now I've convinced myself that the anode is sitting in a bit of an air pocket. It's at the forward end of the heat exchange, which is on a bit of a tilt (less than 10 degrees, but more than 5), and when I pulled it out I'm pretty sure (but my memory's sketchy on this point) that it was dry. Definitely no water came out the