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Follow up I understand now what you meant on both accounts. Wish I’d thought to take pics before we packed up, put her in storage in Whitehall MI, and drove back to AL. Was able to find a couple which I’ve attached here. I suppose if you have older boats long enough then you have the “oh crap”...

I always respect and appreciate your replies. I’m confused this time though. Quick math on your comments on a solid teak door AND AWLWOOD finish seem to indicate we could do this turn key for less than $600 per door? I consider this a nobrainer if so. I’m also not sure about your comment on...

Hoping for a few nuggets of wisdom regarding how we approach the aesthetics of the two doors on our 78 Grand Banks 42 Classic. She’s in heated storage in Michigan for the winter, and we will renovate and complete our loop next summer. Over coffee this morning the Admiral and I realized this...

All great suggestions and thanks! I don’t want to type and you don’t want to read a novel here but I have decided to use Cetol . I’ve used it in other sections on the boat and like the look. I started using Awlwood while we were doing the loop on our Grand Banks, and did smaller sections at a...

Thank you for replying I apologize for a miss on my part. I always try to give pertinent and necessary information without being overly verbose, but I should have expressed this is exterior.

I’ve wooded down the cabin sides on our schooner. This is mahogany. I’m going to use Awlwood. It’s expensive but I love the look. At $400/gal I need it to last, and it will have a glossy finish that I’m afraid these cracks will show even more than they do now. Matching the color will be a...

Reply to MyTraveler You offer many valid points and I appreciate it. Thank you for taking the time. I disagree however that my approach won’t lend itself to repeat business. I foresee just the opposite. As stated in my OP, We will plan to stay in a port no more than a month, provided I’ve...

We all have different skills I appreciate your response, and you are certainly one who’s taken the time to reply to me numerous times. I had that immediate thought followed by the thought on how we all have different talents. Even within “boat things”, some of excel in very different areas. It...

It seemed in the first few hundred miles of our Loop trip I was reaching out to this forum almost on a daily basis for thoughts on issues I was having with which I had no experience or knowledge of how to handle. You came through in wonderful fashion. We have been blessed in that we have had...

You make a great point Yes. I have a tendency to do that. ? the complications though in some ways are what feed my need to be creating business related ideas then putting them into execution. Absolutely nothing wrong with trying it that way though to see if I really enjoy doing other peoples...

Spider horrors Hey, so a quick funny. My admiral finally convinced me to put the Sunbrella covers back on all of our rails patches, etc. that were varnished, so as to extend the life of search while we are on the loop. About two months ago, we experienced the same uptick in spider population...

I’ve posted lengthy things here before but now this is the second time this is happened so I am wondering what I’m doing wrong or maybe I should start typing my replies somewhere else and then cutting and pasting to the site. I posted last night a post and looked forward to the replies I might...

My admiral and I are 75% finished with the GreatLoop. If all goes as expected, we will be in our home port of Guntersville, Alabama on the Tennessee River by mid December. We are considering a myriad of ideas on what we do once finished, however another loop or more likely, continued long-term...

Headway to report from the OP We and our friends decided mid afternoon to go ahead and make some headway today in anticipation of stronger winds tomorrow. As mentioned previously as a planned experiment I started the route on my newest iPad, and gave it to them to monitor on their boat...

Thanks! I enjoy going into the type places that might have one so worth a try.

Response from OP I just clicked on the first two links. The prior contributor shared those prompting my wanting to share a bit more information as the OP. If you click on the latter of the two links he shares, you will see an item at Amazon called the Glo 2 Glonass. I had previously failed to...

Navionics/IPAD issues OP here. The more I think about this the more I think it’s some interference coming on my vessel.I look forward to testing that theory by having our friends take and run same route on my newer and more used for navigation IPAD one their boat alongside of theirs. If my unit...

Update after a week or so So here is where we are. Thanks again for all of your input. I’ll summarize what I’ve done since last post and share what I’m going to do next, then if those fail my last resort. 1. A forum suggestion was for me to turn OFF THE IPAD CELLULAR since Charts are downloaded...

Update after a week or so So here is where we are. Thanks again for all of your input. I’ll summarize what I’ve done since last post and share what I’m going to do next, then if those fail my last resort. 1. A forum suggestion was for me to turn OFF THE IPAD CELLULAR since Charts are downloaded...

Paper charts I was able to purchase one of the needed paper charts at a Lock and I am hopeful in our next marina. I will be able to obtain the rest. An earlier reply above suggested a garmin GLO 2. I bought one of those a few weeks ago, but that was with the intention of allowing an iPad that...

We have two IPADS and each has GPS and cellular. These were purchased last year when I learned that since my older one didn’t have cellular, and I hadn’t pre downloaded applicable charts for that sailing trip, it wasn’t going to do me any good. We have covered about 3,500 miles in this trip...

Thanks for the reply and especially for that link as it was a good read. I learned that my theory that starting my 120 HP engines would scare them out isn’t a certainty. Since my post I’ve had a conversation with a local who said it’s usually a problem with boats that sit, which makes sense, and...

Okay boating brethren, I look forward to posting this and seeing the myriad of responses. We are safely in a marina in Trenton ON, CA waiting out a nasty and still building blow, so the perfect day for this new to me topic. So what I originally scoffed at as being just the next thing my wife...

Update As always thanks to all of you that took the time to reply. Here’s an update. Fortunately the remaining tinted strip came off very easily, as did what adhesive film was left behind. Now the question is…. Do I really need to replace it? I think I’ll do some cruising without it first to...

I know I’m not the only boat guy who has a project create another project, but it’s frustrating when it does. When your boat is 45 years old there are always projects to do anyway so creating another one isn’t ideal. So I just finished varnishing the teak windshield supports on forward edge of...