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Hi Steve i am an Anchor nut case. My favorite saying " is if all else fails should the anchor" You will never know when you may have to drop anchor in at short notice. It is sort of like having brakes on a car in an emergency. Here are my list of our anchors. I will leave it to you as...

Re: Boat transition Mr. Baker. As you know we still own our Mainship pilot 30 /11 hull #140, *which we think is a great boat because as you say we can go down to the dock and go out for a few hours, the boat is sea worthy and reasonably fast. As we get older, like you say, there is the...

FENDERS*Put straight clorox in a Tilex spray bottle with a good squirt of detergent which is the binder. Do clean/ rinse out the *Tilex sprayer when done. Badly soiled fenders *try Ajax powder*with added clorox mix to a paste with water . Donald & Mavis mainship 400 Andromeda

We use 3 M poilish on all of our boats. AND I have this 13 year old Black and Silver Toyota RAV 4 which has never been painted. It stays out in the rain and even in Hurricanes . The Black paint finish looks better than new because is use *3 m Boat polish which has UV additive. Because *UV...

Hi Steve*All i can give you is an opinion, and what suits us. At one time we used to approach our boat by dinghy at the transom swim platform. We no longer do this with the hope of reducing a potential accident. We always *approach the port side this has become automatic having a larger...

DINGHY PAINTERAlways secure dinghy using two very long dinghy *3/8 " *3 strand lines. At Anchor secure Dinghy way out beyond the transom <<<< vortex say *40/ 50 feet back. Never use short dinghy lines. MOTHER SHIP DECK DINGHY GRAB *LINE. That is a 5/8 x 20 ft line *attached at each end...

Hi Carey*it would seem that you certainly have all your bases well covered. I do realize that we all have different needs and we all tackle them in one way or another. I am new to trailering so i have allot to learn. We just purchased our Mainship 400 trawler it was preowned and came with...

It is my opinion that a generator is an absolute *requirement* for every large boat *we purchased a 30 ft boat new with out the generator option Big Mistake ! we eventually installed a small generator in a small space. The installation was time consuming and complicated. I recommend the...

To day the world moves its merchandise from country to country *primarily by container ship loaded with steal containers. Pre packaging is the way to go. Many years prior to the container boom, *We use the standard ice chest to transport *Items to and from our boat. We use chests *for *dry...

About Anchors, I have said this over and over again. " If all else fails should the anchor". Burial at sea. Without a second thought , donate that bent CQR Anchor to Davy Jones *Locker so no body can get their hands on it. Donald Mainship 400 Andromeda

You are the lucky one*I don't know how the Super Bowl is played I don't know the rules i can see a bunch of brave sole doing battle with one another This has to be what makes America great you don't give up Your game stirs the souls of millions. Your Game builds character in your young people...

Here is a great *Project Boat name *ODTAA. One Dam Thing After Another

Over *the last 50 *years we have had lots of boats , they all had names which for us had to have a special relation ship and it is for that *reason that i think that some may call their boat " Molly B29" *or *IOU. or Out a Debt. We here also name our homes to give them a more personal touch...

Hi Don Mavis and I just Recently Purchased at $4,100.00 two Beige Ekornes chairs with matching Ottomans. Lots of money but well worth it. Ours were made in Norway *of real cow hide . Our Mainship came with a 7 ft sofa *too bulky and not easy to clean behind,it *is coming off the boat when...

My boat looks like a wedding cake.

Goes this way. If you want to feel like you are steering a sport fisherman ,then steer from the upper helm. Up there you can hear the seagulls screaming for lunch. If you want to feel like you are steering a trawler, then steer from the lower helm. Down there your can hear your engine...

Skipperdude. I write to thank you for taking your time to express your oppinion with respect to a lower helm chair. I appreciate your recommendation *that the chair should be movable and in our case there is a need to go below in the lower helm area to service the air-conditioner and fresh...

Someone lit the roman candle here ! I have me an upper helm and lower helm, very nice, however nothing suitable at the lower helm to sit on. Well ! The boat did come with rotating kitchen stools but somehow they don't really look or feel the part. Now a Stidd is very nice, but i am not...

CLEANING DINK BOTTOMS. Try a quart of *straight Clorox* with a GOOD squirt of detergent *in a bucket and a BBQ scrubber. *Use various scrapers. give it time to work the detergent help the clorox to adhere to the dinghy bottom . For shells use "On Off" >>>add to water <<< use horse hair brush...

Try a quart of *straight Clorox* with a GOOD squirt of detergent *in a bucket and a BBQ scrubber. *Use various scrapers. give it time to work the detergent help the clorox to adhere to the dinghy bottom . For shells use "On Off" >>>add to water <<< use horse hair brush synthetic brush bristles...

The best book on cruising is the one you write yourself.or* Robert Beebe's book "Cruising under Power" Donald Mainship Cruiseship

John.Greetings. If I were to say that a water heater are a time bomb, i could be *>>>> I would not recommend setting any water heater *house / boat above 120 degrees which can be / should *measured by a candy thermometer at the faucet, this should be done often. John ,I have heard *of duel...

Rig a WW11 booby trap trip wire */ *thin nylon line will do to a switch, an old car horn and a separate 12 v Battery. That *hunk of junk will wake up every one. Double tie your dinghy. Keep your pet snake in its bag. They don't have West Marine in the third world. Cousin Mc Givor.

FORKLIFFT.Gratitude and appreciation is that sentiment *which is given whem a thank you some how fall a little short You *Heart felt welcome to Mavis and *i is greatly appreciates. All of you *are *great people living in a great land, live the dream

You are the greatest. Thank you & *PBS thanks you Did you completely understand my presentation ? it was not easy to put pen to paper . Try this *party trick * give instruction to a person on how to put on a jacket *have him do it. that person has to pretend that he has never seen a jacket...