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Fixing Boats In Exotic Places - Are New Boats Really That Bad?

I like to watch YouTube cruising and some of my favorites have switched to brand new, huge, complicated Catamarans. Shows I really like had older boat...

 
 

Ocean Alexander 423

I am purchasing an OA 423 and will be bringing it up the AICW from Florida to New York. I am having difficulty finding out fuel consumption on the Cat...

 
 

What Will I Do With All My Spare Time - Semco Convert

Last November we faced a lot of flaking varnish on our Taiwan built Med Yacht. Loved the teak but there were not enough hours in our day to do it just...

 
 

Life Raft ST30

Hi We have a hard case life raft and wondering where to position it on our ST 30 to access but not be in the way Any thoughts please Thanks Colin

 
 

Mainship Stringer Moisture

Looking at 2001 Mainship 390. Surveyor's meter showed some high moisture in portions of both of the central stringers. They will drill some inspection...

 
 

Stern Tie Rope Length?

I've reviewed previous posts related to stern tie methods but would be interested in suggestions for the amount of rope that would cover most situatio...

 
 

Nordhavn 46 For Sale

We are selling our Nordhavn 46 located in Friday Harbor, WA She is in excellent condition. Price: $425,000. Please click on link below for more inform...

 
 

Wish To Charter Mainship, Mid June For 2 Weeks On The Chesapeake Bay

We are looking for 2 weeks to explore the Chesapeake - with the goal of considering a future purchase. We are very experienced, I'm a retired USCG mas...

 
 

Battery Ground (-) Connection Generator To Motor?

Hello, at the moment the battery of the generator (onan) is only connected to the generator I put a new battery charger in with support for 3 battery ...

 
 

Dark Blue Liquid In Bilge

So I have discovered a sizable puddle of dark blue liquid in my forward bilge - near the holding tank. It's roughly the color of toilet bowl cleaner. ...

 
 

One More Alternator Question (F-L 120)...

Still trying to figure out what killed my alternator. When I started investigating the problem I found that the drive belt was quite loose (as in, I c...

 
 

Fuse In Ground Wire

Greetings, Recently whilst poking around in our "new" vessel I notice fuses in a couple of ground wires. I was always under the impression that only +...

 
 

Should I Replace The Dynaplate?

I have a 6 x18 dynaplate on a trawler that sometime in the past was painted. Supposedly rendering it useless. I sanded the paint off it and left it at...

 
 

FW Tank Replacement

One of our FW tanks is a Todd 35 gallon and is located under our bed. It just fits and is leaking (probably original - 1986 Albin 34). I believe the l...

 
 

Making Progress On Complete Epoch 920ah Lifepo4 And Victron System

Obviously still much to be done. But it should be a nice upgrade from no inverter at all and 2 group 31 AGM batts for house bank to 920ah lithium and ...

 
 

Lower Priced AC Soft Start

I purchased a 2500w inverter generator last year. Op tested it yesterday for the 1st time on my 5th wheel's Dometic roof AC. I have a similar roof AC ...

 
 

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