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Congrats ! She looks like a great place to live.

I have two radios as do alot of folks .....maybe he was checking his other?

Where did you get the information for the 90% failure rate from ? .... I'ld love to read that article.:flowers:

That's just wrong... Back then the hulls were stronger - the interior layouts were a masterpiece of space conservation - the engines ( mostly 6-cyl) were economical ; built to last and easy to fix - the Taiwanese wood crafting was second to none , and they were alot sexier than the plastic...

Cap - ... read Edelweiss Gun - My 120 Lehman turns a 4 blade 23 x 18 to rated rpm ... to tweak props to rpm the formula is usually 1 inch pitch = 300 rpm / 1 inch diameter = 150 rpm . Cupping can help some if you dont have room for more diameter.

I'm with Swampu on this one ..... just flush your cooling system out if you're that worried .... a few flakes of rust wont stop you in the water , but clogged filters will . ... but you will need to wait for Marin to weigh in on this as usual.:)

I also like Newmar chargers . I have one that has served my lobster boat for over 10 years without any probs. I have a Charles charger on my MT , and I'm not too fond of it ...it makes alot of line noise that I pick up on my fm reciever ( yes I know all about line filters Psneed);)

'Dire Straits' --- I like that name !:)

^ This looks like an appology to me ... kinda... I thought he was presuming as well :)

"and shaft bending and premature wear on things like cutless bearings at worst" You will Not bend your shaft from an out-of-alignment shaft. Statements like this are why you should take comments from 'backyard mechanics' with a grain of salt ( and shot of rum).

I thought bow-thrusters were illegal :horse:

Did the new air filter fix the problem ? Is it a paper filter ? .. did it get wet when you had that wet exhaust leak ?..or even damp?

If his dripless shaft seal has a stainless 'donut' shaped object on the shaft just before a rubber bellows , then loosten the 2 set screws on the sides of the donut . Then he can slide the shaft through that and aft out of the way.

I have the eggsact same noise coming from my ZF gear on my lobster boat. It only does it if its alittle low on fluid , and its louder if the gear is cold (winter months). It's been making that noise at start for over ten years and always runs fine the rest of the day , so I dont worry about...

I can confirm that Garmin has Great telephone support . I just went through some issues with them concerning transducer compatability , and they had all the answers.:)

Let He / She, who has never swore at his boat ( talked to it) at some juncture - raise his hand now . ... and I will call you a liar. :eek:

First number is the diameter ( diameter X pitch)

There won't be many of those ' beat-up ' shrimpers left either after a few more years. There are still a few fishermen up here that would rather fish a wooden boat and wouldn't mind the maintenance , but the insurance companys wont write a policy on them ..... kinda sucks.:mad:

Very glad I stumbled on this thread as I'll be getting to re-caulking seams soon. I suppose a ships supply would have the tape ?:confused:

^ AGREE^ I can tell you through many years of commercial fishing and a few years of schloping around on my trawler that the dolphin / porpoise will easilly overtake any trawler and play with you and be gone ... ... some boat going 20kts ? .. thats alittle different ... but to post a pic...

Yes ... in most any sea conditions a wood boat will 'ride' alot smoother- be alot more comfortable than a glass hull boat ( of the same type hull ).

Horses 'servicing ' you ?

My canadian trucker charged me $2.00 / per mile for my last boat ... but that was back in 1997:)... I thought I heard $3.00 / mile lately ... anyway - the cheapest way to get a boat from point A to B is usually to truck it. I would persue that unless you want to enjoy a sweet slow poke

You can ' animate ' any item that you want to and enjoy that as long as you wish , as long as you have a good imagination. There is nothing wrong with that :)