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Rules Of The Road Ruling Needed

If this is too long just ignore... but I'd like some advice. Let me describe the situation. South Florida, northbound on the ICW approaching a...

 
 

Reducing Boat Height By 5cm (two Inches) By Ballast

I am going to need to do above on my Grand Banks 36. The boat is the highest at the front of the flybridge, so I need to weigh down the bow by 5-7cm.....

 
 

Dinghy Anchor

Shopping for a dinghy anchor and wondering what works best. The vast majority of use would be in mild weather, shallow water (less than 20 ft) and...

 
 

Question About Haulout Single Handed

Were having the boat hauled out at the boatyard tomorrow. Our plan is to have my wife drop me at the boat. I will run it over to the yard while she...

 
 

Heater For Boat

It was interesting reading the thread posted by Snapdragon III and his new heating system, which looks great. Mostly likely needed in his...

 
 

Guestimating Fuel Expenses??

Burn around 4 gallons an hour At 8 kts/2000 RPM Typical 5 hour trip = 20+ gallons Move maybe 4 or 5 times a month? 5x20 = 100 gallons a...

 
 

Voyage Planning

My wife and I are in the initial throes of identifying and buying our first trawler. To help narrow our search we want to take a close up look at...

 
 

Making A Cover?

Anyone made a cover for a dinghy? Getting a factory one isn't going to happen, and local providers seem to have taken a pretty radical increase in...

 
 

Drogue To Reduce Swinging

My plumb bow trawler would swing 120 degrees at anchor with 5.1 all chain with a rope bridle i 20knot breeze. A 40 inch diameter drogue reduces...

 
 

New Water Tank Time

This winter's big project is to rip out my slightly leaky, too small aluminum water tank and replace it. I started out thinking plastic tanks, but.....

 
 

Recommended Makes 30-40 Feet

Hi All - Just to open up a big subject, what are some recommended manufacturers? Some to stay away from? I imagine this has been asked...

 
 

Loosing Coolant Somewhere Causing Overheating

Hi Smart folks, ~ I have already performed a search for my answer in this forum with no luck. I am loosing coolant somewhere (Shrug) I have...

 
 

PC Nav Software Showing Current Arrows

Hi, Below is a screen shot showing Arrows indicating Current flow thru passes. I used this feature on Nobletec 10+ years ago. I could 'play' the...

 
 

Albin 28 TE

Have a specific question. Looking at an Albin 28 without an anchor windlass. How accessible is the anchor locker? will need some working room to...

 
 

Parallel Engine Controls

Quack Shack is setup with series engine controls. She has flush mount Morse controls both in the cabin and the fly bridge that are original. ...

 
 

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