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Don't know if you saw the PDQ cats in Baltimore last week. PDQ was a Canadian sailing cat company that branched out to power cats and made 114 34 footers and 11 41 footers before falling to the economic hard times. The 34s have travelled extensively up & down both East and West coasts and many...

A "docking light" had been installed on a Willard I owned many years ago in Oregon. I didn't think much of it until I had to enter an unfamiliar marina one night. That light was the only thing that let me see the sticks for the private channel into the marina. Not sure I would consider a fixed...

Here are some more pics -- some are from when I first got her (don't seem to have many exterior pics). There aren't many others like her around. These were semi-custom boats ordered by the importer and built individually to specs by the Hershine yard. I'm delivering it to the broker (Annapolis...

I've had Boat US insurance on both West Coast & East Coast over the past 20+ years and will probably stick with them primarily because of their service. While delivering my boat from New England to Chesapeake last year, Irene came along. Being new to the East Coast I needed advice (more reliable...

Can't really tell in Mark's picture, but is the strainer facing fore or aft? Does it make a difference? dvd

I'll start with an apology - the post title reminds me of a bad, old joke: The young lass asked the Scotsman what he wore under his kilt and he said "Put your hand up there and find out!" She did and shouted "Oh, gruesome!" To which he replied "Aye, lass. Keep your hand there & it'll grow some...

Not that it makes a difference to me, since I've always been a single screw guy [although with lots of lasting power ;-) ] but I'm trying to understand the concept. As I see it, there are three options for running on one engine with a twin screw boat: 1) run one engine, turn the other one off...

FF - I do not have an inverter on board, but my induction cooktop is 1300W (max power), 15 Amps. I run it off my 110 circuit, either shore power or generator, on a 15A breaker and 20A switch. dvd

Healhustler - Thanks for the sentiment, but I would never expect to get a neutral cash-out on a boat. I look at boats like other vehicles that depreciate over time and use, even with some fixin' up and appropriate maintenance, I expect a loss. Not whining, just that's the way it is. dvd

SB - Size is relative. We met a couple last week who were on their first boat - a brand new Kady Krogen 48! If approached in a sensible manner with appropriate instruction and some patience, most any boat can be handled well. My wife and I cruise this one with no problems. She does not have a...

Still in business -- just chatted with Bob over the weekend at the Trawlerfest in Baltimore. dvd

I bought this a year ago Spring with plans for full-time cruising starting this Summer. Spent all winter re-doing just about all the systems on board. Unfortunately, life sometimes gets in the way of boating and it is now for sale -- asking $85K/BO. This is a limited "Preview" offer, as I have...

Yes, there is a winch in the picture -- no there is NOT a wench in the picture!

I'm sitting here drinking coffee from my "Handpresso" portable, manual espresso maker. I heated the water on an induction cooktop, but if I want to "run silent" early in the morning, I heat water on the one burner butane stove (cartridges stored on deck). dvd

I would consider all of the items already mentioned and put in conduits for 2X that many. That would guarantee that all future add-ons would be wi-fi and the conduits would sit there empty!:rolleyes: dvd

I've got two Vacu-Flush units which are fresh water flush (I don't know if they can be set up for raw water use) and other than a little noise when the vacuum first breaks, they are relatively quiet. The PO installed them several years ago and they have functioned flawlessly for the year I have...

I am not up on the regulations for fuel tank outlets, but at least one well-respected builder is not shy about their gravity-fed systems. Perhaps "voluntary" allows a certain amount of common sense. dvd

FlyWright -- I have a single engine. It was interesting working in the ER under those conditions. Not easy, but not as bad as I thought it would be. Over the past year I have spent an awful lot of time in the ER re-doing all the boat systems so I know where everything is and I have all of my ER...

I agree that it was most likely low fuel. I think I was suckered into letting it get so low by the calm conditions for a couple of days. I have sight glasses, no fuel gauge, and I let the port tank run down to the 10 gal mark when conditions were flat calm, then switched over to the starboard...

Someone once said that good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement. Well, I'll have better judgment after yesterday's experience. After a few days of wonderful cruising on Chesapeake Bay, with water so flat it would have been great for water skiing, the wind...

"Doing you own homework is the only way to have an idea of market value" As I understand the boat/yacht market, the most valuable information on sales price history and current comps is not available to the general public (i.e. soldboats.com). The only absolute way to determine market value is...

I just checked out several Bay Area marinas on Google Earth. I don't know when those satellite photos were taken, but there sure are a lot of empty slips around! Especially Vallejo and Oyster Point. Looks like they could use some more customers. dvd

When I bought it several months ago I checked out all of the reviews online & found that the 1 cubic foot Sanyo had excellent reviews. I just looked it up and it says it is now discontinued, but they may have just replaced it with a different model. dvd

I replaced my old Princess range with a Fagor induction cook top and microwave/conduction oven. I run them through a 20A SPDT switch. Pics = 1) old unit, 2) new unit, butcher block top covering cooktop, 3) butcher block top up.

So my wife & I left the West Coast about 6 years ago, ended up in Philly where we have now put our house up for sale. We will eventually settle in Marin County (have to be in the area for family obligations), but have yet to find the right house in the right place in the right condition...