Boat Tips: Pulling Wheels and Cleaning Sea Strainers

We recently caught up with Capt. Randy Baker on the Dacia with two new boat tips for anyone who wants to make offshore boat life easier. Find out what tool you should add to your kit and why you should paint the thru-hull intakes white.

Wheel Puller and Striking Wrench

In addition to carrying a wheel puller on board the 63-foot F&S Dacia, Capt. Baker also carries a striking wrench in the event he needs to pull a wheel. Striking wrenches (also known as slugging wrenches) are short, thick wrenches with a block shape on the end of the handle. The wrench is placed on a fastener, in this case on the propeller nut, and the block end is struck with a hammer to provide additional force to loosen or tighten nuts and bolts.

Paint It White

Another tip Capt. Baker shared with us is to paint your thru-hull intake(s) white. “When the boat is in the water and you need to remove your exterior sea strainer screen to clean it out, the white-colored paint makes it easy to identify and quickly access,” Baker says.

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