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When I purchased my trawler did not notice that I had a diesel leak when my RPMs were rubbed up pretty good until after I started taking my trip I noticed that wrong boat was put in on the side of the fuel injection pump where you would wait for the oil to come out to know that you had enough...

Hi everone So we are sitting in Paducah and we are considering leaving here in a couple of days in our 42 ft Grand Banks and take the Tom Bigsby down to mobile this is where my dilemma begins lol, My 26-year-old daughter who's on board wants to travel to South America and keeping in mind June...

I'm just curious and hope this can lead into an interesting discussion, I have a 42 ft Grand Banks and currently in the Tennessee River system. Has any Looper ever took the trip whether it was north or south doesn't matter but ever took a trip that took them to Alaska? I have all the time in...

So I have a 1987 41 ft trawler it was to my understanding that the trawler was a tiger Marine trawler. However when I run the hin I come up with: TRADE COMMISION OF NORWAY Anyone have any idea at all what that means? I'm trying to find out the history of my trawler and I went to do a both...

Have a 1987 tiger Marine crawler lower upper Helms I do not have the screw hole on the steering columns where you can add some quick hydraulic fluid and my pressure is low. I can see when I turn the upper steering wheel I have hydraulic fluid coming down underneath dripping and when I go to the...

I I have a 41 ft 1987 tiger Marine trawler with a 13.7 beam 3.6 draft two staterooms two heads solar system generator system holds 400 gallons diesel 250 gallons water 50 gallon sewer just trying to get an idea what my boat might be worth had a survey done a year ago and it came in at 50K with...

So this is a topic that has been on my mind for quite some time and browsing around and talking to other Mariners I just simply can't get the type of answers I'm looking for. I'm not quite sure if I'm just being absent minded or if I simply just don't get what I'm looking for so here go I'm a...

Howdy everyone, so I have a 1987 tiger Marine trawler with two Volvo Penta tamd41A Motors. When I got it one of the motors oil dipstick was broke off right before you can see the L and the h but the other one was fine so I started to use that one when I wanted to check the oil on both engines...

So I have a 1987 41 ft tiger Marine trawler and I have installed solar panels on the top of the deck and I'm about to run the wires but the question that I have is where would be the best place to place the six batteries that I'm using for the solar system?? I'm not sure if the engine room would...

Okay guys can you please tell me out with this one currently my trawler is 30 amp main using 8 gauge wiring which says 600 volts my breaker box has a double 30 amp breaker meaning it's one breaker with two switches so if I blow the fuse I have to reset both in other words My question is...

I am looking for a marina in the Florida area that is reasonably priced at no more than 800 per month. I am looking for an annual contract for my 1977 Marine Trader 34 DC I would like to be at least Daytona or south or Tampa or south of that. Does this even exist? I would like to be close enough...

Good day everyone I have a March 1977 Marine Trader 34 d.c. imported from Taiwan trawler and I am trying to figure out what autopilot is appropriate for my vessel. Since I am a disabled vet I'm not looking for a high-dollar unit just one that will serve its purpose that I can take my eyes off...

How you doing guys so I have a problem I was traveling southbound in North Carolina when my steering gave way on the lower helm I had to throw it in neutral anchor down thinking that I lost hydraulic upon going to the upper helm I realized I had steering there so my wife bundled up in this...

So I am working on replacing and cleaning all the fuel filters fuel separators etc there is a fuel filter canister from Gold Coast and it is a Jr part number which I absolutely can't find at all I went ahead and took the filter out and I'm kind of confused / shocked because it looked like it's a...

Just a quick question to see if somebody can help me figure this out since I'm learning about gallons per hour versus gallons per mile If I have 100 gallons on board assuming I only use 80 to leave 10 gallons on the bottom of each tank and I average 1.8 gallons per hour how far would I be able...

Hello everyone I am new to the trawler world I am coming out of a 1979 Silverton 34C twin engine 350 crusaders to my new experiment a 1977 Marine trader single engine Ford Lehman 120 My question in general discussion is going to be about the Marine trader of course, what I'm interested in...