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My '88 OA 42 has it imbedded into the glass,with OAX 42 as the first digits. If the hull has been painted or even polished it could very well been buffed out, it takes a beating from the sun in that spot. Just remove the placard an you should be able to see the remaining digits.

I'm in California and Cetol is my choice, stripped the teak gunnal on my 42 OA a number of years ago, 3 coats of clear gloss and now once a year scotch pad an wipe with alcohol. No blistering or discoloration, looks great with minimal work.

One question? Are you familiar with the west coast? All these legal &relationship issues aside this uphill voyage is normally referred to as the "Baha Bash" by west coast sailors. Might start out well in the southern climate but the northern run, depending on time of year, you will want real...

Marina fire We had a incident a few years ago in my marina,winter time, small space heater connected thru a timer meant to turn on/off household lamps! Timer was of course overloaded and ignited the cushion,burned thru a plastic porthole lens totally engulfed the forward cabin(32' Catalina)...

Abandoning ship Just a little aside along these lines. Friend of mine, flying a single engine corporate aircraft to hawaii recently got halfway, motor decided to quit. Long story short, in life raft 22 hours because cargo ship rerouted to assist wouldn't stop! Expected them to grab a rope as...

Best pump... Best bilge pump is a scared man with a bucket! This is a great article get's everyone thinking, what IF

Don't panic If this is a Leman as I suspect ignore all the possibilitys! Talk to a Leman authority, they are different, my 120's would overheat if you opened the tank cap when they were hot, allowing air into the system, you have to let them cool before looking into the tank which everyone does...

Don't panic With the Corona virus taking hold you won't need it, no one will be flying anywhere.

All reasonable sides of this problem are valid but MONEY is now the only thing that matters. Once the lawyer's get involved common sense will vanish! Just watch

Having had a IG36 for 10 years first item to investigate is flybridge decking, they scrimped on the supports to get headroom and will crack if too much weight above. Best to do a check of the tank tops as any water rots the black iron. The decks on my boat were bedded very well and they used pan...

Not only ugly, dangerous One went turtle on SFBay a number of years ago, during a fleet week show all aboard went to upper deck for viewing,as I remember everyone survived. Any boat that trailers down the freeway belongs on the freeway.

Oa 42 Three years ago purchased a 1988 OA 42,had been sitting in Newport ca for about 4 years, minimum maintenance, other than zinc's. It's got 3208 375hp turbos with around 2000hrs. Had raw water impellers,oil,& basic maintenance done and brought her up to SF. I do most of maintenance but I've...

Looking forward to hydrogen powered cars, lots of "bang" for your gas saving dollar.

36 foot Island Gypsy tri cabin,twin Lehmans,1575 hrs.1979.New refer,charger recent Batteries,3KW Onan genset,nice aft cabin,TV,Radar,GPS,VHF,Dingy& 4hp.outboard,recent bottom paint and New props and survey.located in Redwood City Ca. great non-live aboard marina.