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What method(s) do you recommend for cleaning a 57 foot boat? At the dock I've been using the old hose, soapy bucket and brush method, then hose rinse and shammy dry. It's a real work out. On anchor I usually do a quick rinse with Salt Away using an Ortho sprayer and precious on board water...

I have been cruising up and down the East Coast from Maine to the Bahamas, but will venture further south and potentially through the Panama Canal and up the West Coast. So I need some charts that cover those areas. A prior owner installed 2 Furuno 14" TZtouch (the original), one in the pilot...

I'm looking for some suggested cruising areas in the Rhode Island Sound area. My brother will be flying his small private plane to Westerly State Airport (near Watch Hill, RI) or Newport State Airport (near Newport) for about a week's visit on our boat. He prefers the one near Watch Hill. I...

I'm considering replacing my fabric bimini on our Selene 57 with a custom made fiberglass hardtop. I would want to maintain (or improve) the good lines of the boat. It doesn't need to be a sandwich construction. One layer of fiberglass with a SS superstructure would be fine. I would probably...

I came across an interesting product that allows you to combine LiFePo4 batteries with AGMs in a house bank. There are several advantages, including getting more capacity from your battery bank, more capacity from solar panels, and extending your AGM battery life. The cost of it is $530 with a...

My wife and I are full time cruisers on our 100,000 lb Selene 57. We anchor out 90% of the time, so about 300 days per year. Not every night is like a mill pond. We've seen 50kt winds, but try to be protected from big waves. We use a Mantus chain hook (the newer one), clevis, and 1", 3...

My wife and I recently retired and started to cruise full time on a boat we bought in Virginia. Our cruising plans are East Coast and Caribbean for now, but will probably come through the Panama Canal to the West Coast in a year or two. We're renting our house in California, and will return...

What do you all do to keep tools, left on the boat, from rusting over time? Also, if you have rusted tools, what's the best way to remove the rust? Thanks! Richard

I should be closing on a Selene 57 next week. Woohoo! Exciting, but a little frightening at the same time. The boat needs new batteries. It has 12 4D AGM batteries for house, engine start, and bow/stern thrusters. I'd like to replace them with lithium ion batteries, but I'm not sure they...

I'd like to share my wife and I's plan to move from a dirt home with jobs to retiring on a boat and doing long distance cruising. I'd like some feedback to see if this is practical and doable. Or maybe there is something we should consider doing differently. We currently both work and own a...

It's no secret that boat sales in all price ranges have soared since the COVID outbreak. I'm looking in the $500K-$1M and my broker says he's having his best year ever in that range. When the reality of boat ownership sets in, how long will it take before people who just bought boats will be...

Currently I'm about to retire and between boats. My wife and I are searching for a long distance trawler like a Nordhavn 47, Selene 53 or KK 48 North Sea. Our plans are to rent out the house and move aboard and cruise until we don't want to anymore. I'm considering getting my captain's...

I'm 60, nearing retirement and my wife and I would like to start a new chapter of exploration, adventure and learning. I've been around water my whole life, have sailed off and on, and owned a Nordic Tug for about 8 years. My boating experience has mostly been on the U.S. west coast. I want...