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Beekeepers Friend liquid for the black marks. Good on gelcoat or paint. It also is great on stainless and for cleaning/brightening unfinished wood.

Another vote for Semco You can't go wrong. Looked great, easy to apply and maintain. Plus it's not the same level of commitment as other finishes.

Battleborn Great company, fabulous customer service https://battlebornbatteries.com/

We've done both. Whatever works, works. The crate is not cruel. It's not jail. For some it's their happy, secure place. I only wish I'd known earlier about the calming treats with tryptophan for long passages. Over time, as the pup gets used to the boat you can reassess if need be.

https://revolutionfabrics.com/collections/performance I've done 2 boats with this fabric after having used many other upholstery fabrics over the years. Nothing comes close for durability and easy of cleaning. Plus it is much easier to work with. Alexseal paint is phenomenal and with their new...

My March pumps overheat and shut down if I run them continuously. They run fine when controlled by the ac units.

I installed a raymarine I40 display with airmar p79 as well as a hawkeye dt2b with in hull transducers both of which work fine. They are sealed to the hull with petroleum jelly still! Some day I'll finish the job probably.

My sg200 always shows SOH 96% even though my 7 year old agms are surely at end of life. One cloudy day and my voltage drops to 11.9 over night. The display shows SOC at 75% or so! Amp tracking seems fine

Alexseal, Alexseal, Alexseal.

Another vote for cut to fit. Have had this brand on 2 boats. https://www.zinus.com/ Much better than the $2k custom we bought years ago.

Zar We couldn't bring ourselves to buy a Highfield since they moved production to China. I understand that is not a factor in the decision making process for others. We ended up with an Italian made Zar. https://www.zar-formenti.us Preference would have been Caribe but were not able to...

Another vote for Cool Blue. We had one on our old boat, ran constantly for 14 years for us and still going strong for the current owners. Rich Boren is great.

Freezer We had an Engel that we loved but it died after 4 years. That's very unusual as they're known to last 20 years. Then we had an ARB. We loved that. Can't say enough good about the unit itself and the outstanding customer service. That unit went with the previous boat when we sold...

I just did my hull using Alexseal with the rolling additive having never painted a boat before. Highly recommend. And definitely follow Andy from Boatworks Today instructions.

Put one in last week. Love it.

Marine Exhaust Systems of Alabama saved me thousands of dollars when I had 6.354s Marine Exhaust Systems of Alabama, Inc.

We used about .5 gph doing 5 kts on our 32' sailboat with the 5424. Had that boat 20 years and only found Niemiec Marine for Universal parts as we were. Great source.

Just heard from longtime cruising friends that they are selling their much loved, very well maintained trawler. Flyer pdf attached. Photos to come.

Used Rustoleum successfully in the bilge 4 or 5 years ago. Has held up well.

We had great luck with peel n stick

I like the pennies idea but what about the remaining barnicle shells? It seems to me that they will remain and eventually clog up the lines...

Yes, I have used the Trojan watering system. It works well however the battery caps supplied had little light buttons that were supposed to indicate the need for watering but they didn't work. Make sure your batteries support the system however.

Its a good idea to vent off the hydrogen gas created while charging those batteries. Over time your electrical connections located directly above the battery bank WILL corrode!

Hi Bones, we are located in Beaufort SC, thanks for the pics of your davit supports. My davits are the typical l shaped arms built of 1.25 inch stainless tubing. I cant seem to find any l brackets that fit over the transom rail to which I can attach the vertical legs of the davit arms. I agree...

Hi Bones..Those seem to be quite strong. Can you provide pics of the attachments to the inside of the transom? The stresses on the transom with a dink/motor attached are quite large so thats the area to look at. I'm in the process of installing davits on my Schucker 436 and will be hanging...