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There was a problem with my documentation. In the renewal, my wife filled out the form and listed herself as a co-owner. Turns out that she wasn't on the original. After making an inquiry about the amount of delay, I received a notice that the new documentation was denied unless I provided...

My non-trawler is a 16' C-Dory. I pull it with a Hyundai Santa Fe (4WD turbo). I put brakes on the trailer, even though not required, because of some of the steep gravel roads required to access remote launch sites. It is fitted with a 23 gallon gas tank, so once in the boonies I have a...

Yikes. If I understand, the tanks were scabbed on to the designed keel. In effect, the tanks replace seawater (8.7# per gallon) with diesel (7# per gallon), for a difference of 680 pounds. That's a positive 680#, i.e., 680# of buoyancy even when completely filled. And as the diesel in the...

I can see where a steel beam was added to the keel, but then it looks like there is a bulge on each side partially over that beam. Was something added over the beam such that the keel bulges out more than original? If so, what's inside of the bulge?

It is not obvious to me that you need more ballast. One can't really decide that based on a picture. I can see several inches of your bottom paint, but that doesn't mean much. If the prior owner had the boat overloaded, and so moved the paint line up, and then subsequently the amount of junk...

It turns out that I did take a picture of the exhaust flange. You can see at the bottom that there is some pitting. That's what was filled with high-temp epoxy and the facing milled a little.

My cast iron exhaust fitting is a type that is apparently no longer made. It is a straight piece without the water injection, so it was apparently made to have an exhaust loop fabricated with water injected downstream, where it can't possibly flood the manifold. There was some apparent...

I had a diesel tank repaired with a 2-part epoxy (Splash Zone). My research showed that one common use was for the repair of airplane tanks (avgas) so diesel is not a problem. Three inspection ports were cut (because of two baffles in the tank). Tank was cleaned and pressure washed. Not...

Just a word of caution for dealing with these hoses. I had my engine out this spring. The re-install was done by a reputable shop. But I developed a strange leak after almost 500 hours that was a bit of a head scratcher. As you said, it is common for the fittings to have a flare coupling on...

I don't think I've ever suffered from 2-foot-itis. I have bounced around a lot. Every boat was intended to fill a certain desire, some of them short-lived, others permanent. I thought about listing my boats, but it would take too much time and effort. And, like innocently walking the docks...

We have actually started having trouble going with 8-plait. The inside of our Muir vertical windlass isn't super smooth and 8-plait tends to snag on little things. The rode to chain splice is fatter than just the 8-plait. The combination causes the splice to jam and backs up the chain. It...

I added a little notepad that really came in handy this cruise. It is a little "dry erase" board next to the helm, complete with a shelf to hold the marker. Usually in the evening, I plot out the next day's potential cruise on Navionics. Navionics generates waypoint numbers and estimated...

I went with a version of my post #9 concept. Discreet eye pad on a ceiling beam, notch in the table, and mini block and tackle. Works slick. I (or my wife) is able to lift the table with one hand, reach underneath, and spin the clamp screw. All goes in a little bag stored in the closest...

Regular plywood. Cut it out and paint lightly with your used crankcase oil. Set in the sun until all the oil is absorbed. Sounds awful but I helped an old shrimper captain do this decades ago. The boat has probably rotted away, but that ER shelf is likely still okay. Odd as it sounds, I...

A judge is going to let in evidence of a license. A defense attorney claiming that his client doesn't understand a situation any better after taking courses and obtaining a CG license has a bad argument. What will a jury think? We have some clue here. About 50/50 will say the captain should...

Racor paid big money to have their little modified salad bowl certified (some of us already knew that stainless steel was not flammable.) Now they charge $110 each time somebody doesn't understand that. But the stainless bucket covers more of the plastic bowl and is thicker than the Racor...

I should have searched TF before starting my rebuild. I bought a spare off of Ebay and rebuilt it. It was the newer back-plate style, held on by sort of a canning jar ring. I then used it to replace my upper helm pump and rebuilt that one. So I have a spare and I'm holding off on...

I have tried three different LED setups in the ER. First was a self-stick light string. Then really cheap stick-on strips. Finally some better quality (still cheap) screw ons. The first two tries failed over time in various ways. LEDs do put out heat, and in my case, enough to loosen the...

I got a chance to give my 200W bifacial panel another test. The night before, I had it canted to catch the evening sun when at anchor. The next morning, I knew that the panel was facing the wrong direction, but I was still getting 44W at sunrise??? (My MMPT controller is Bluetooth, so I can...

I'm near Seattle and have LFP batteries and a recording thermometer in the ER. This last winter, we had several consecutive days in the teens and twenties (F). The saltwater around the boat had a thin layer of ice. Coldest the ER recorded was 38F. The only possible need for keeping the...

>For those in Canada> And for those transiting Canada?

I keep a throw bag handy, as going outside the cabin is a PFD required area on my boat. The crew member (or me) should be floating just fine. The throw bag then allows recovery within a 30 foot radius. Both ends of the throw line have carbiners so the MOB, once clipped on, can't float away...

I had about +350 feet of chain when I purchased. When retrieving the anchor, I needed to go down at least twice to knock over the pile of chain the windlass dropped into the locker. I cut 100' of chain off to attach to the anchor and replaced the rest with 165' of eight plait anchor rode (265'...

Might be wrong. I filled out a credit card authorization form (CG-7042) which had a $5 fee for a late documentation renewal. I guess I'll find out.

This thread reminded me that I hadn't checked my documentation for awhile and hadn't gotten notice. Turns out the documentation had a recent past address and, apparently, the notice hadn't been forwarded. So my documentation has expired and I am unable to use the new site. I'm now going...