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Some old salt told me one time that there are only two colors of boats: white and stupid. Nevertheless, we love our red (claret actually) hulled Mainship. It turns heads, little kids get excited seeing us coming, and everyone knows red boats rule. ��

I don't know how thick the fiberglass is at that location, I'll get a measure when we do the haul out. I used a 1/2" screw mostly because that was the most reasonable size I had on hand in 316 grade stainless steel. I have scoured the bilges and lazarette and have found no other suspicious...

Good thought. I'm not sure sure I can convince my wife to get in the dark brown water here on the St. Johns River though. :-) Perhaps I'll don a mask and fins once we're back in clearer water on the coast.

Thanks to everyone for your thoughtful feedback. Given the long lead times for haul outs this year, I went ahead and scheduled one for late April when a proper repair will be done. I'll continue to closely monitor the situation until then.

No other such screws in the bilge floor that I can find.

The screw had a dull point. It was ~1/2 inch long which is what I put in to replace it.

While inspecting the state of hoses and hose clamps on tne engines of our twin screw 2006 Mainship 400, I noticed a screw in the floor under the port engine in a location generally hard to see. I had not noticed that screw before but have found many throughout the boat that appear to be from...

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I saw that boat offered at ~$200K a year ago when we were looking for a trawler. It seemed overpriced then so we went for a 2006 MS 400 for less money instead.

Thanks evetyone. I'll give Ocean Dynamics a call.

Hello All, I've been a reader of this Forum for about 9 months but this is my first post. I have a leak at the base of my port windshield. It appears that the black gasket that holds the glass in the frame has shrunk and pulled away from the lower inboard corner. That has left a rather large...