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Since the Weems & Plath light is advertised in the classifieds at a great price, I thought I might ask for clarification on this. I purchased one for the boat I travel on quite a bit and was under the impression they were legal everywhere. But then... A friend was stopped and inspected a few...

Anyone have any experience with them? I am going to repower my Nomad trawler and considering one. I presently have a 1991 Honda 45 hp that still runs but is starting to have issues(tilt/trim, oil leaks). The one I am looking at is a Suzuki 50 hp high thrust. It spins a 14" prop vs the 11" on...

Trying to keep an old Navico autopilot system going? I have a basically new heading sensor for a Navico system. It was originally for a 8000 system but may work for other models or even other applications. When I bought it from Navico/Simrad several years ago it was the last one in their...

OK..the Glendinning cord retractor on my friends boat had a roller come loose and the cord bunched up.In the process the cord was cut or worn on the main roller(metal). The slit or cut is about 2" long. It is only cut on the outer part and not through a conductor The question is: what glue or...

Have been helping a friend that we travel with get his boat going after a nearby lightning strike disabled his boat. Notice that I said "nearby"! The strike struck a house next to where his boat is docked doing quite a bit of damage. We were not aware of this until we attempted to use his boat...

A friend had to replace the fresh water pump on his Westerbeke 12.5 generator and started looking online for a replacement. After many tries, he ended up having to pay over $500 for a little cast iron water pump that shouldn't cost more than $80 or $90 in real life (not marine life...LOL)...

Anyone been there recently? Last review on Active Captain was not good, and thinking of going to Palm Cay Marina instead.

Are there any stores similar to Maxwell's (Marsh Harbor) in the Exumas? Or a better question would be, where does one restock in the Exumas?

The Nimble Nomad Owners group is going to have a rendezvous at Pelican Bay near Cayo Costa Island in Pine Island Sound in a few weeks and one of the members asked me about rafting up. He was aware that I had done it a few times in the area before and wondered what I thought about our group...

The Nimble Nomad Trawler Facebook group is having a rendezvous at Cayo Costa State Park in Pine Island Sound on SW Florida's beautiful coast. The park has limited first come dockage but the adjacent Pelican Bay has excellent holding and lots of room. Last year we had 5 of these neat small...

I have for sale some parts for a Navico/Simrad 8000 autopilot system HP8000 Hand Programmer or remote. This connects to your core pack and you can perform all functions from the remote PC 8000 Control unit HS 8000 Heading Sensor Unit or flux gate compass All items are functional and the...

First post. Our little trawler is a Nimble Nomad trawler,a Ted Brewer design built in 1990. She was hull* #1 and they ended up building about 132 or so before the builder passed away. It is 24'-7" long with a 8'-6" beam and weighs in at around 4000 lbs. With its 2' draft and Honda outboard, she...