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"Just curious what semi-planing hulls do 30kts?" Been on a few downeasters with lots of power "Chine walk" I think is more of a general term. * *BUT, I am pretty sure that chine walking is when the boat bounces from chine to chine while on plane at fairly high rates of speed. *Not while doing...

After discussing this phenomena with one of the original Mainship 34 engineers, he described it as*"chine walking", I did not come up with that terminology. One very slight turn either side and the side of the keel would then become ther lifting part of the hull. Turn the wheel and it would flip...

Delta anchor.

Mine starts on the first few compression strokes as well. Needs a scooch of throttle for a few seconds to warm the cylinders then it's smooth with gardly a trace of smoke. I pretty much agree with Ralph's take with the exception that I would like to repower with a Cummins 6BT. Been working on a...

Add to that the fact that everyone I have spoken to says bleeding a Perkins is a PITA all by itself.* Except for me. I think it's cake. Done it many times on a T6.354. Sorry to disappoint you.

I use 15-40 Rotella in the FL 120, based on a discussion with Bob Smith, and 5-30 synthetic in my BW Velvet Drive tranny after I rebuilt it based on a conversation with the Velvet Drive distributor.

<q>For longer trips my wife made three fender stow bags.* They are made out of some sort of course-weave cloth that breathes and they have an upper flap that goes around the handrail and then Velcros back together.* Each bag holds two fenders.* They're nice because when not in use they can be...

confirmed that following seas is not a good place to be in a Mainship 34 I ran one for 14 years and that is only true for the low powered, low speed ones. Anyone that has been repowered or came with 220 or more hp can run fast enought that this is usually not an issue, esp if you have a decent...

Mine tracks straight as an arrow, since I installed the autopilot.

I have a 33 Delta for sale. Great condition, was on my boat when I bought it, but I went up one size. Asking $175. Located *eastern Connecticut do not want to ship. 860-676-3744