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Welcome, thanks, and good luck with your boat search. There are great resources here, including Boat Search 101, the search feature for threads and posts, as well as the subject matter collections like the boat makes lists. When we were looking, we did a lot of online searching on the boat...

From whom did you get your custom davits? I may need to replace the 350 lb set I have if I buy the RIB I think I would like to get. Thanks, JohnS

Search the thread on the T Forum burgee. I yhink someone mentioned registering our design. If so, check with that registry. Otherwise, ask the PO. JohnS

There are some people living and cruising on a 4788 who are documenting it on their youtube channel "Technomadia" Their business is advising on computers and connectivity on boats and rvs. JohnS

I think the phrase you are looking for is the " Gell-Mann amnesia effect" Being the belief that a source can be trusted on other statements even when that statement about which your personal knowledge and experience shows the source to be in major error. See, for example, most news...

Welcome aboard. We looked at several Bristol 42s in our search before finding out Cheoy Lee 40. I hope you will be very happy with Traveler. They seemed to be well designed and well built boats. See you on the water later this year. JohnS, La Vita Dolce

Second on the Poang with leather, however, because of our knee damage, and their comfort, they are hard for us to get out of, so we had to raise them on blocks of 2 x 3, 1 per corner for Priscilla, and 2 for me. The footstool hides in a corner when we are not using it. We looked at several of...

We bought our replacement bulbs from West Marine. They were marked as direct replacement for the incandescent. Oops ... after doing that, I decided that the lenses were too weathered, and should be replaced. Nope. Lenses for our AquaSignal 40 lights were more expensive than complete lights from...

We just switched our insurance to a Geico policy through the agent for the Marine Trawler Owners Association, Jon Horton at Jack Martin and Associates, Annapolis, MD, 866 206 8821. Our policy was almost 1K cheaper than the quote for a Geico policy through BoatUS, and did not have the horrendous...

We are looking at Inmar aluminium series and North Atlantic Inflatables as possibilities, though without the console steering, as we are looking at boats in the 12 ft range, and need to keep weight down. Inmar R380AL at 4700 in hypalon, NAI 12 ft, a bit wider, at 4000, also hypalon. JohnS

Others here will know more about these boats, but we looked at several while we were searching for our boat. We found that Defever apparently made several different boats in the same size range, with different hull sizes shapes, and different interior layouts. We found 41' "trawler" which seemed...

You may want to talk to a tax attorney about this, but some / many Federally registered boats are also registered in a State as well. We are both Fed registered and in Florida. This usually avoids most of the problems of other states trying to tax you, unless you spend too much time in their...

Welcome aboard. I am especially glad to see another Cheoy Lee here. We have a newer to us 40 LRC (86 vintage) which we are getting to know here in Ft Pierce, FL. JohnS

Price on the props? Were the gear ratios on the trans different? What is the shaft size? Thanks, JohnS

Thanks to Watfa and all for a wonderful dinner and evening. Priscilla is making biscuits and gravy this morning, should be ready about 9:15, for any who like this for breakfast. John, La Vita Dolce, i dock # 195

La Vita Dolce, with John and Priscilla Sage, is on I dock, # 195, right next to Ted in Slow Hand. Had I known this is where I would be, I would have found another 30 hours last week to clean and polish her up. We launched yesterday at Indiantown, and ran up here today, so, of course, things are...

John and Priscilla Sage will be there, abiard La Vita Dolce,. Is there anything we can bring? Lookin forward to meeting all in person. Thanks

Also, if you are actually changing residence, or have income that is not location dependent, such as investment or consulting, Florida does not have a state income tax.

MamaShark, there is a lot of good advice in the posts above, especially in the need for private areas, and to look at a possible boat as a place to do your usual life activities. Will there be enough room to cook, shower, do laundry, read, study, etc. And will you have enough time to do the...

I and my wife Priscilla will be there. Is there anything that we can bring? I mean besides the Flor de Cana. Mixers? Sides? Desserts? Thanks, John and Priscilla

Separate from the consideration of repairs needed and the cost of those, how much free time do you have each year, and how do you want to spend it? Learning to do ongoing maintenance is a very good thing to do, but spending vacation time to learn the skills of major restoration of a boat, and...

We used Bluewater Insurance in Stuart, Fl for our 86 Cheoy Lee 40 LRC, they placed us with Lloyds. Coverage is good, the $960,000? environmental liability maximum, 1 Mil gen liability, decent hull and gear coverage, some medical, and dinghy, with 1-2000 deductable depending. They did charge us...

One picture earlier today showed a portable RDF unit in use, but apparently, the drone operators run them in, pull back, shut down the transmitter, and move to another location. Remember also, this is the English government speaking. They couldn't say "terrorist attack" if their own throats...

Richard, welcome aboard. We have a Cheoy Lee 40, and it has a small engine room hatch forward in the way of the kitchen / passage to the forward cabin, and 4 hatches almost the full width of the saloon which prop open for more headtoom than the 5' which the engine room provides. There are heavy...

Sorry for only remembering "slow hand" out of the list of first, last, and boat names that the marina gave me. Shall I bring sackcloth and ashes in addition to the Flor de Cana and other good rums / scotch / bourbon? Priscilla and I are both decent cooks. Is there anything that the gathering...