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As far as settling into the mud, you might want to probe it with a rod. I would also be concerned about what's a foot under the mud. You...

I don't have any experience with Yanmar, but if Volvo was my only choice, I wouldn't. Ted

My concern in addition to rudders, shafts, and propellers, would be wind blockage. If the tide rises, do the mangroves offer...

While water heaters aren't inexpensive, they are (IMO) consumables. Nobody expects a water heater to last forever and some die in a...

There use to be a ferry between Martha's Vineyard and Woods Hole called the "Islander". It operated for over 50 years and was an exact...

I see no reason to do the oil analysis if you're not going to wait for the results before closing. I would consider seeing if the...

My guess would be no. There is an orifice in the system that in conjunction with the condenser controls pressure. If you're not building...

While oil samples with one hour are of low value, they still have value. When I purchased Slow Hand, the transmission cooler was...

Without going to far into personal hygiene, less is probably more with boat bathing. My brother in-law now lives with us. The amount of...

Back in the day, Joy dish washing soap worked well on liveaboards without water makers. Soap up; jump in; get out quickly. Getting out...

Sorry to hear about your bad luck. When you wrote, "our mooring ball line snapped due to heavy winds ", was that your line or the line...

There are a number of facilities that do it. Before selling my boat this spring, I considered storing the boat on the Erie canal in...

I think the issue isn't what they charge for it, but if you buy it separately. I don't know if the Chinese knockoff came with a shield...

To elaborate on what I wrote earlier, where the tucks join as one rope, the middle one should be on the outside, not the inside. The...

You have a couple of miss tucks and the start should have been flipped. Probably as strong as any splice which is 60% of the break...