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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

We don’t have an emergency tiller and I should obtain one. Any ideas on how I go about that? I’ve not seen one before but I suspect it’s a pipe that fits over the top piece I’m pointing at in the attached picture. Probably long enough so it extends above deck thru the port in the lazaratte...

My wife and I are currently in Clayton NY and saw this unique boat while on a walk earlier. It’s the second one we have seen this year. Interesting look and appears well built. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear it’s a European make. Look forward to learning! And of course it turned the pic...

We have a situation where our starboard running light isn’t working and it is not the bulb. To get to the wiring I have had to remove a storage shelf, allowing access under the flybridge to wiring, etc. Not much room in there for me to crawl around and I’m a big guy but I will have to figure it...

We are currently doing the GreatLoop, and, like all of us in this general area not yet on the Oswego canal there is a Bridge across the canal near lock number one that may be out of service for an additional three weeks keeping us from continuing on that route during that period. We have two...

I’ve been thinking about what I might do when we finish the Loop, and I have a number of ideas. Fortunately all seem almost equally enticing, and at least one of them and maybe two my wife will find intriguing, which is of course critical. I’m looking at a vessel that would be ideal for small...

Would a vessel hull constructed of two layers of marine plywood then glassedbe considered a cold molded hull? I seem to recall that cold molding involves THREE layers, specifically angled in three different directions, and also involves vacuum bagging?

I just laugh at myself, realizing what an “old fart” I am when one of my favorite things to do while on the Loop is to go to thrift stores in whatever area we are in. I’ve found so many bargains I won’t begin to list them, but it’s a great way to get sometimes high quality brands at ridiculously...

We need to do some work on our doors when we finish the Great Loop. I feel certain we aren’t the only GB 42 Classic with the chipping of the veneer shown on the pictures below. I’m wondering what has been done to remedy this by some of you? I’d love to keep the original look, but I’m afraid the...

When underway and my bride driving when I go below and start the generator she says the auto polite alters course every time. First thought was “how”, since Autopilot is DC, but then realized once I flip the breaker the generator is producing power to the DC system. Do any or you experience...

The picture below shows blemishes made on our fly bridge esinglass by the VHF antennae. I inherited the issue, although I’m perfectly capable of such an oversight on my own. My question is does anyone know of something that might get it off? I’m not looking for confirmation here (although I...

GB 42 Classic. Pictured below is a plate on the aft deck, and there is one of these equidistant and on each side of our lazarette double opening hatch. Any idea what these would have been for?

Yesterday morning in Wrightsville Beach NC we attempted to weigh anchor. The windlass didn’t sound funny, but seemed very sluggish even with my two armed assistance. We were doing the correct things. Only trying to pull vertically and also going slightly forward on it, which has always broken...

Doing some cleaning yesterday, actually I was looking for something which of course I didn’t find, but saw how much it needed cleaning so there you go. GB 42 Classic 1978. Pictures below show our aft cabin AC unit under port bunk. The return air side opening showed the foam below behind and on...

Out for a walk yesterday from our transient dock and this vessel passed stopping me in my tracks. Sadly she was northbound and already north of my marina and didn’t stop. We are in Thunderbolt Marina in GA. I would have loved to meeet the owner(s) and pick their brain. Hopefully this comes...

78 Grand Banks 42 Classic. The best I can tell both are original however, those are items I don’t have any paperwork on in the manuals I inherited from the prior owner. We are having a few little things done while at a marina/boat yard and I am considering another project. Can someone estimate...

My bride and I are 1,700 miles into the Great Loop and we joke that our only arguments have been on which of us loves this more! Yes….. I’m a very blessed man. Even in spite of the lack of mechanical aptitude I possess that you frequent users are aware of, and my occasional hairy dock arrivals...

I’m interested in purchasing a riding sail if any of you fellow Grand Banks 42 owners has a used one you no longer have a use for.