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Interesting paper from FDIC on un-banked households HERE. Overall, about 4% of US households are unbanked, but skews heavily towards...

Congratulations. To my eye, the GB36 is the quintessential trawler. The 36 especially is such a versatile boat - easily managed as a...

As PSneeld notes, using rudders with twins is a fairly advanced procedure. It's easy to get confused and make counterproductive...

I sort of inferred the OP was talking about greenbacks too, but it seems improbable to actually save that much money - interest rates on...

The classic good weather season is when the Pacific High settles in West of the Great Basin for a few weeks. It brings San Francisco...

As far as your skiff, you will need to be able to drag your skiff out of the surf. If you have a wonderful center console RIB, leave it...

Not sure this is a good rule of thumb. Unless something has changed in the 20+ years since I was delivering along this coast, seeing...

I made the exact same trip solo that you are contemplating. The only exception is that I started a bit north of you, maybe 1800 miles...

I'll be interested in IRENEs response - dinghy in remote locations poses difficult choices for us. More than just Baja - universal...

For those with a sewing machine and desire, Sailrite has a decent video on sewing a door screen with magnet closures. I made one for...

I've used Dependable Marine for a mechanical survey on CATs. I was happy with their service and knowledge, and their parts counter was...

I have had Raymarine on our last 4 boats and the support has been outstanding. They even replaced a DSM after 8 years since they had...

This post reminded me of Dendable Marine. A friend at Northern Lights recommended them as having techs that were factory trained. I...

Was my experience too with Simrad. Incredibly long wait time to get through to a tech which means maddening delays for followup. The...

When you say cash, do you mean wire-funds transfer (meaning no finance contingency) or a briefcase full of Benjamins? If the latter, you...