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I agree, but I never distrusted the spars themselves because those things were built to last. If conditions were such that the spars...

I never trusted the 1972 wooden boom and mast rig on my 1972 GB42. Before I would hoist the inflatable and OB motor combo on it, I...

I had 20 hours on my generator rebuild when I took a sample for the heck of it. Horrible metal numbers which Blackstone Labs said was...

I would find the local Volvo service center and get a quote for replacing a leaky #6 injector. I would then request a reduction in...

Everybody keeps restating the "encapsulate-in-Epoxy-resin" refrain, but more specifically, I encourage saturating wood in Clear...

A boat is not an investment so the whole concept of ROI for a boat is a fallacy. A boat is a money sink. We need to understand and...

Glad to have you.

I wonder if somebody has figured out a way to spray it in in the same way professional diesel fuel tank cleaners shoot diesel fuel at...

Friend with three 100-gallon gasoline tanks in his boat has found one leaking at the bottom. Luckily, all is now safe. It would cost...

I tend to think it is not "us people ACTUALLY IN Florida" who are most at fault for letting boats pile up like matchsticks. I think it...

Provide a set of snubbers/bridle and demand in the contract that charterers send the charter company a photo of it in use when...

I listed my woodie Grand Banks 42 for $64k on boattrader.com nine years ago when it was 43 years old. I was deducting the broker fee...

Go to the auto scrap yard and buy three burned out V-8 engine blocks. Since this is not a hurricane/storm buoy, chaining these beasts...

Just terminology, I think, but is the "starter switch" connection and "ignition" connection, which on a diesel is the the on/off key...

Best to check the voltage between the two 30's on the shore power pedestal for 240V with your voltmeter before attempting. The two 30s...