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Here’s another alternative. Cheaper than starboard, but will do what you are after. https://coosacomposites.com/

Good on you for leaving the chicken! I’m guessing the fridge was also turned off. My heart goes out to any and all who have had to abandon their homes and homeland because of violence. The current mess is showing this guy to be of the same ilk as bloody Joe Stalin. The rest of the free world...

Much of any droop should compensated for by making sure the shaft half of the coupler face is square with the length of the shaft. Where you have multiple cutlasses, there probably isn’t as much deflection as with a single bearing configuration. On my boat I had less than half an inch that I...

Yes, with some training and time aboard it’s very doable. There’s a group from Bremerton Yacht Club that heads up nearly every spring and I don’t think they limit it to Bremerton Yacht Club members. Another book you should read is “The Curve of Time”. It’s about a family cruising more than the...

In most cases a rattling damper plate, where the rattle stops with a slight increase in rpm, is not an emergency repair situation. You might consider doing the repair as part of your next haul out and have the props and shafts checked at the same time. Depending on how your engines are mounted...

I’ve had good success with “Clorox” wipes and the parallel products. They do remove the oil and get to a reasonably clean surface on my cabinets. For buildups on hand rails and fiddles where the oil finish is long gone, they cut most of the grime that’s going to clog sandpaper and get me to a...

I took my Xantrax to S3 near Fisherman’s Terminal in Seattle. At that time they had a tech that worked there a few days a week. It was originally installed incorrectly and had a bad board. When I installed it, it followed the instructions and it’s performed as it should for the last four years.

Instead of investing in an expensive flow meter, that has to be adjusted to the actual flow, keep a record of your fuel burn at every refill. Not the engine hours each time, then you can develop short and long term actual fuel consumption plans. You would need to do this to set the flow meter...

That’s exactly what I did except adding a valve to the macerator hose, I put a failsafe cover over the toggle switch. The macerator is locked up and won’t work most of the time anyway.

My previous boat was moored in the Port of Everett central docks for 29 years on F dock. I enjoyed it most of the time, however getting in and out of the marina proper when the river is running. You have to crab your way in or out. When we bought our current 38’ Bayliner, the moorage rate at POE...

Several years ago I was surprised to find several bulk freighters anchored in the Saanich Inlet and Cowichen Bay. Please excuse any spelling errors. When my dad lived in West Vancouver I would visit and spend all day just watching the ships and not getting a darn thing done.

Dorchester as in Boston metro or somewhere else? The cost of shipping the boat to the factory in Monroe, WA and back is substantial. I would strongly seek the advice from the factory. Given the effort made in creating a Ranger Tug community, I would expect they would be helpful. It’s good...

My great uncle was a Captain for Union Steam Ship going to all sorts of ports of call along the inside passage. He took many ship through the narrows before it was blown up. Captain Harry Roche was a grand gentleman and I remember talking to him after the blast and the difference in navigation...

Making maneuvering a non issue is all about planning and practice. Everybody’s nervous and wants to stay out of the water. When we moved from our 30’ sunbridge (After 29 years) to our Bayliner 38, I bought a pair of wireless headsets. They keep the stress out of our voices and status between...

What I did FWIW Mike, I replaced the toilets with fresh water electric flush Domatec Masterflush toilets and replaced as much hose as I could with schedule 40 pvc pipe. It gets kinda crowded in a couple of spots, but it’s a lot less to worry about. I eliminated the Y valve in the process...

USCGAUX inspection vs USCG boarding Every once in a while I have one of my yacht club members who also is a member of the AUX to double check me. I don’t display a sticker and have been boarded a couple of times in my previous boat. I don’t have any firearms aboard other than my flare gun, so...

I’ve had four years of really bad spinal pain and am now recovering from my third fusion. Two lumbar and one cervical. For the last two years I used a walker anytime I got off the boat although moving around the boat was relatively easy. I have no embarrassment about requesting close in moorage...

You have an identified 2.25 hours. He probably spent another 30-45 minutes identifying and ordering parts, so three in total. Go to parts store to get needed parts, an hour, now four. Bench servicing a carb is probably two hours, now six. How far to his shop? Figure loading parts and supplies at...

Glad to hear the water at Refuge Cove is potable. Last summer was the first time I got the Admiral north of Nanimo. Our 2019 annual Commodores Cruise destination was Princess Louisa and I finally got to show her the spectacular cruising up there. We had over 25 boats from our club on this trip...

Beam seas and comfort are also dependent on the frequency. If they are more like rollers, 7-10 seconds, that’s a whole bunch different from a five second frequency. In any case, you are going to want to “rig for silent running”. Having wave action empty the canned goods or dishware out of a...

Get that fixed ASAP. I procrastinated with mine and it cost me a good share of my strength in my legs. I have a really good surgical team and physical terrorists, and am a repeat offender. My misspent youth is catching up with me, and yes, getting old is a bit#h.

It also looks like a Jefferson. We chartered one in the Virgin Islands years ago. It had 3208 cats and was a very comfortable boat.

Four years ago we were hailed for a safety check in the San Juan’s and even though I had the legal type treatment system the young fellow couldn’t find it in his paperwork and my lte coverage couldn’t connect well enough for me to get to the ruling stating the grandfathering of the systems at...

The whole thing is so a special interest group gets attention When this started, it was presented as all of the boats on the sound were discharging and being bad people. Then the boating community responded by pointing out exactly where the affected proposed area exists and the reality that...

Darwin must be fulfilled! :rolleyes: It would be consistent with using a pole holder to put gas in the boat.