Tag: S/V Billabong

Race: Ballard Cup Series II Race 3. Course in Shilshole: NBMBN – Shortened to NBMB due to lack of wind Crew: Ben L, Robert K, Keith H, David S Winds:

Today I finally took my first cruise on Billabong! It was a small shakedown cruise from Shilshole Marina to the Eagle Harbor Public Park dock on Bainbridge

After months in hiding Billabong has finally poked her nose back into the racing world! The rebuilt motor purrs like a kitten but what that boat really lik

While I have the Yanmar 3GMD motor out of the boat I want to knock off the rust that is slowly creeping in. The paint on the motor is starting to fail, whi

Harold, a retired diesel mechanic who has generously donated his shop and knowledge, and I ripped into the motor today. What we found was both better and w

In the last post I mentioned that cylinder 2 was having some blowby issues. I took the head in for testing in the hopes that it was cracked and the issue.

VICTORY! Billabong’s Yanmar 3gm finally fires! (Read text under video too!) Harold, a diesel mechanic and fellow Shilshole Bay Yacht Club member, cam

Billabong’s Yanmar 3gm is having a hard time firing. I am fairly certain it is due to fuel issues. When I pulled out the primary and secondary fuel f

The Pink Boat Regatta is a fundraiser for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Here on Billabong charity and giving back is very important to us. Here ar

Billabong has primarily been used for racing over the past couple years. That means some things in the cabin have been accidentally neglected, like the sin

Three of the four 120 volt outlets on Billabong were not working… with only one switch on the power panel I knew there was an issue somewhere along t

During this 2016 holiday season schedules have been too busy to get Billabong out for a sail, but the cabin “spring cleaning” continues. This s