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Just observations from a bystander. It seems like NT has not regained the strength they had pre recession. Before then they were everywhere and commanding big money. They seem sort of lost after. AT always seemed to have really good build quality and is the the go to, being wider and faster than...

There should be a pressure relief valve somewhere. Some are built into the helm pumps. They bleed pressure from one side to the other

Constant has lived in Skyline in Anacortes for as long as I can remember. Always thought it was very cool. https://seatonyachts.com/brokerage/1974-doggersbank-63/

There have been a couple of mentions of an olive, which is also called a ferrule, these are used in compression fittings. The working pressure of compression fittings is lower than the possible pressure seen in a steering system so it's not advisable to use them. For example, I have Kobelt helm...

I guess the theory on using teflon tape is that it's just on the threads and not on the flare or the sealing surfaces and it's just there to reduce the friction between the threads. I don't see that it's necessary and there is the possibility that you might get it on the sealing surfaces. If...

I have to think that these days the vast majority of diesels out there are turbo'd and go many thousands of hours without a lot of maintenance. Unless you have a boat with low power requirements or the ability and space to have a large heavy engine naturally aspirated is not really practical...

and they sell G-10

Maybe it was strapped down with steel straps. Whatever it was it got water under it and started corroding. Keep everything dry and it won't be a problem.

Looking at the weld in the corner of the pic that sure looks like aluminum. Are you sure it's even steel? Take a magnet to it. Maybe that's just some sort of staining

Saw the Seapiper 35 that's now built by Northern Marine today at the Anacortes Trawlerfest, I think it's their hull #1. I liked the layout better than I thought I would, though it's also obvious how small it is at 8-1/2ft wide and with quite a bit of the boat used for cockpits. Some of it looked...

Has anyone mentioned that helming at trawler speed is just really boring and that having an AP allows you to other things to help break the boredom.

I watched the video and though, damn, now there is really no good reason not to use LiFePO. Hard to figure why an insurance company would care, they don't seem to care about insuring EV's and the chemistry in those is known to be an issue. I asked my agent, none of the companies they use care.

Awlcraft is spray only, no roll or brush. Use Awlgrip if you want to roll or brush

I'd wonder if the result would be worth he effort. Using a sail to reduce roll under way only works in some conditions, likely a minority of conditions. It has to be windy enough that your boatspeed doesn't just bring the apparent wind angle so far forward that it becomes ineffective, and that's...

A hole that big is easy. Cut back the core a 1/4" or so, with that big a hole you can just reach in with a razor knife and cut away at it. Then fill the space you've made with thickened epoxy.

Interesting article. So how do you figure out what shape your fins would be and how big and where on the hull they're mounted? Is the foil shape asymmetrical? I think you're saying that you can only mount the wing pivot 30cm (12") below the waterline. Is that deep enough? Sounds pretty...

I mean stick the file in the hole and rub it around to make the hole larger.

If it's just a little bit bigger use a round file.

I've seen 2 of those replaced, both had developed pinholes which let saltwater into the concrete ballast that would then percolate out. On one of them they busted out the concrete ballast to get to the tube. The other they spent days trying to pull the tube out the back. They finally got it...

Fun project that makes absolutely no financial sense to do. My guess is that costs would quickly spiral to heights never considered. Repower costs have gotten crazy expensive. I wonder how many boats end up in the dumpster simply because it makes no sense to spend the money to repower them?

Yep, googling " shots gun" got the expected results, though nothing at all relevant.

It's been my understanding that oil samples work best at showing trends, so you need at least a few of them. I'm unclear what basically snapshot is going to tell you unless it's maybe something really wrong. Looking at the one you have, the numbers on the 2 engines look close to each other and...

It's a Donnelle hull, now Millennium Marine. I'd be very skeptical that it actually weighs anywhere near 16k#. It's a semi-planing hull but'd get nowhere near that with that 225hp engine. My guess would be that the price reflects the condition. I like the boat, sure like the hull. I'd get rid...

I think it's the other way around, there was so much competition that there was no place for Perfection. I've also heard that Epifanes is discontinuing their LP, likely for the same reason.

I recently tried Pettit EZ Poxy, I'm not sure that I've use a crappier paint. You need to thin it and even thinning with a brushing reducer like T-10 it flashes off so fast that it doesn't have time to flow. And I'm in the PNW where it isn't hot and I was painting undercover so no UV. Really a...