On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:57:58 -0000, Skip Gundlach
wrote:

on each anchorage or dockage. Of course, like nearly any other
sailboat, we
have exhaust grime on our stern and immediately in the area of the
outlet
(which is under water due to our ever rising water line!). We enjoyed

One thing I always do when I start the engine is to make sure water is
spitting out the exhaust. If your exhaust outlet is under water, you
can't do that. Also, like any thruhull that's under water, you should
have a shutoff valve for it. But I don't think you can (or should)
put one on an exhaust outlet. So that leaves maybe moving it higher
up. Something you might have thought about when the boat was being
repaired but you can still do.

Steve