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  1. Keith

    South Shore Harbour Marina, Clear Lake, TX

    Fuel price update 1/6/2015 Mid-Grade Gas $3.75/Gal. Diesel $4.00/Gal. ValvTect brand with additives.
  2. Keith

    South Shore Harbour Marina, Clear Lake, TX

    Gas: $4.59/gallon Diesel: $4.00/gallon ValvTect brand with additives.
  3. Keith

    Any Experience with Mermaid Manufacturing?

    I love my Mermaid 16,500 unit. So much, I'm about to order another one to replace my defunct 25 year old unit. 5 year warranty too.
  4. Keith

    Kariba Washer / Dryer Combo

    That's normal. Those washer/dryer units can wash twice as much as they can dry, so you can't throw a full load of jeans or towels in there and expect them to dry. Use smaller loads and you'll be just fine. I've also had vented and non-vented units...they both dry the same.
  5. Keith

    Land Based Homes??

    I rented my houses out when I was living aboard. Used an agent to manage them. They handled repairs, renters, etc. for 10% of the monthly rent. All I ever saw was a check deposited in my account monthly. That way, you have a place to come back to if you want, and you still have a "dirt" address...
  6. Keith

    AC/Heat

    No, but I can highly recommend these guys: Home - Mermaid Manfucturing - Home of Mermaid Marine Air Conditioning & Medi-Kool Climate Controlled Drug Cabinets I'm buying another one in the spring to replace an old Lunaire that crapped out last fall. 5 year warranty and not nearly as...
  7. Keith

    New one to me

    You can always "ignore" a user. Sure helps for me.
  8. Keith

    Kadey Krogen 42 hull thickness...

    I've got all the specs and drawings from Krogen for the 42. If anyone wants them, send me your e-mail address. EDIT: This offer is no longer available.
  9. Keith

    macerator key switch and requirements

    Here's the list straight from the CFR's. Note "Include" doesn't limit to these choices: Y valve lockouts (b) When operating a vessel on a body of water where the discharge of treated or untreated sewage is prohibited by the Environmental Protection Agency under 40 CFR 140.3 or...
  10. Keith

    Land Based Homes??

    Sounds like a cool house! I've had storages spaces of various sizes while I've lived aboard. To save expense, I've also farmed out collectibles like a huge roll-top desk to people who could use them in their home. Your comment is spot on...the only reason to rent a storage space is to keep...
  11. Keith

    Land Based Homes??

    When I first moved aboard, I kept my home, hired a management company and rented it out. It's been rented ever since. They charge one month's rent to lease it, and that includes credit checks, background checks, ads, etc. Then they charge 10% of the rent monthly to deal with the tenants. It's a...
  12. Keith

    steaming with one engine on a twin powered trawler/cruiser

    I did this for a year on my Cruisers 3950 aft cabin, just to be sure I would be happy traveling at that speed. I'd leave the marina on both, then shut one off for the trip. Restart the other to dock. Then I'd reverse that, going home on the other engine. Freewheeled the inactive prop.
  13. Keith

    Hose Clamps

    When you put the new one on, a thin coat of clear silicone caulk will help seal any imperfections, yet make the hose easy to remove later. When I bought my boat, the PO had done this, and it was amazingly easy to remove every hose.
  14. Keith

    Induction Cooktops

    I bought a Max Burton brand off Amazon and love it! Most of my pots and pans work with it, only the cheapie aluminum ones don't. Like someone said, you can pick up ones that will at the Goodwill or other resale shop, or garage sales for next to nothing.
  15. Keith

    Anastasia III wins top award!

    Thanks everybody! We probably were listing a bit with everybody on the Starboard side!
  16. Keith

    Anastasia III wins top award!

    Hull #99, 1986 Krogen 42 Anastasia III won the Jack Campbell Memorial Trophy for best family boat in the 52nd annual Clear Lake Christmas Boat Lane Parade this last Saturday. It was a windy night, gusts up to 25 out of the North, but the water stayed deep enough and the parade went very...
  17. Keith

    Copper plated props?

    Has anyone tried copper plating a bronze or other metal prop? I'm thinking this might be a long lasting anti-fouling treatment, but don't know about the corrosion potential. But then if we're painting props with a copper based anti-fouling coating...
  18. Keith

    AC Air Lock

    I don't trailer mine, but had the same problem after a day of running. I put a check valve first thing out of the seacock and solved that problem.
  19. Keith

    Silicone engine hose

    60 clamps? I hope that's a typo!
  20. Keith

    Takes a village-

    That's just goofy. There are already ships that you can buy a cabin on, and sail around constantly. Speaking of, does anyone know how those are doing?
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