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There has been a KK42 in Boston for sale for a long time, Has anyone here either looked at it of have any knowledge of the boat?. I did speak with a TF member about a year and a half ago that had looked at all the 42's for sale but lost his info. For a 42 to sit on the market for so long raises...

Yesterday I made a trip into the engine room and discovered that I have a RAT issue. The bastards moved in over the last month and have made an epic mess. I have been working on the exterior and inside the cabin but had not poked my way below. No sign anywhere in the main cabin and surprisingly...

Yesterday I had the opportunity to run North up Puget Sound in the NW's newest high speed foil assisted passenger catamaran. Most of the trip was in 3' rollers with 25kts on the stern and was really smooth . Had the opportunity to open her up on Port Townsend bay and she was pushing 43 kts. Of...

So to all you KK-42 out there. What is the stock bridge clearance for a KK-42 with the mast lowered? I did search this thread first but either it's not been asked here before or my search skills suck (likely) This is in regards to looping a 42. Our search for the next boat has us starting...

I had the pleasure to do a repositioning run up Puget Sound this morning of a 80' foil power catamaran. This is the new sister ship of the boat I delivered a few years ago up the California coast. The temps were below freezing and we had a dusting of fresh snow to make it a unusually crisp...

Does anyone know any additional details on this incident? Boat was headed to Cal in iffy at best weather https://komonews.com/news/local/coast-guard-rescues-3-from-sinking-boat-off-washington-coast HOLLYWOOD

The salt water pump on my trusty old 7.5kw onan genset is slowly giving up the ghost, these pumps are notoriously expensive to repair or replace. The unit is a slot driven direct bolt on unit and very rare. Others have written about replacing the unit with a March (or other) electric pump...

I first did a search first but only found a couple threads on painting a hypalon inflatable. I have a old Avon RIB that is getting really sad looking and was thinking about trying to do a tube paint job to get a few more years out of the old girl. it is in overall good shape but it has been out...

Today I had the opportunity to make a run from Port Townsend out to Tatoosh Island to transport a charter looking at a renovation of the Old Lighthouse. I understand the lighthouse is being renovated as part of its turn over back to the Tribes in the future. Since were are giving it back I...

Just returned from a quick trip from Washington to Ft. Lauderdale Fla. to do the shortest delivery I have ever done. Total distance on the water was about 3.5 miles! by water and 5500 by air. Total time gone 44 hrs. Delivery was of a 70' fast ( 40 kt ) catamaran passenger vessel with just under...

We currently have a 225hp Volvo in our 40' Ocean Alexander. It started life as a 275hp TAMD70C, have the injectors stepped down to the 225hp rating of the TAMD70 during a complete injector service. We never used the upper 700 rpm of the range as it sucked fuel like a 66 Cadillac climbing a...

I am in the starting phase of installing a new SSB in my O.A. I have done a bit of research regarding the counterpoise required, in my last couple boats I did bond all the big metals and a sintered bronze underwater plate and got good results ( perfect radio calls between New Zealand and the...

Spent yesterday working on the never ending list of upgrades on the new boat. In the afternoon a marine electrician (guy # 1) that I casually know stopped buy and thanked me for making a call to the Business he and the fellow (guy # 3) that owns the 60' sailboat next to me works for. A alarm...

The Volvo in my Ocean Alexander smokes quite a bit when cold, and is a hard starter. I am considering adding a block heater to aid in starting in the cooler times of the year. If you have any experience or have added a heater to your engine I would like to hear your experiences. Some questions...

I just picked up a boat with a Volvo TAMD70C that has low hours but smokes like a destroyer laying a smoke screen at start up. The boat is way over powered with the 270hp Volvo and parts are a real issue, it runs like a watch but the smoke thing really is a issue. I have not started down the...

I just returned from a three week delivery down the coast to La Paz on a Nordhavn 57. We had a great trip with stinky weather for the first part of the trip.. then great weather for most of the remaining time. Needless to say I was totally impressed with the N57, strong, smooth, fast ( for a...

I got the hankering (bad idea) the other day to look at a boat that is for sale, the family has been poking at me ever since I exchanged our beloved Volunteer for a much younger (and sexier) 40' Sea Ray express. The boat I looked at.. and really liked the layout is a early model 40' Ocean...

I have always been one that replaces batteries when they die.. I have lugged more t-105 than I care to remember.. On a off boating topic I bought a golf cart to run around the estate, it's electric and of course uses 6v " golf cart" batteries. The current set of batteries will not hold a...

Has anybody else had any issue like this? I bought a "new old stock" racor 900fg filter in the spring to add to the new fuel manifold setup I built for Volunteer. I ran the boat for 4 hours at normal cruise on the new filter the first time the engine came to a abrupt halt, I suspected fuel line...

When we bought Volunteer she was set up with what I thought was an ideal combination of refrigeration, She has a Dometic ( I can hardly say the word anymore without adding a cuss word to the sentence) and a built in huge freezer with a danfoss compressor and double cold plates that also has some...

Last Friday morning I pointed Volunteer West for a different kind of summer cruising experence. We, myself and and innocent victim departed Port Townsend for Neah Bay and points South East. We overnighted in Neah Bay ( no matter how mant times I am there I cannot get over what a dumpy and...

While servicing the great beast in the middle of the engine room I noticed the breather line that goes directly from the top of the valve cover to a barb tapped in the intake manifold was weeping a oil film. The heater hose I installed a few years back ( red because it was pretty cool looking)...

I am reviewing the wiring system on my boat. I know that the system has several short comings that I am in the process of correcting, but want feedback from the readers.. The basics of the system are, shore power at the dock coming in to the boat through a homemade isolation transformer that has...

I am passing on this info for some friends that are here in the northwest and are selling their Trawler, I have been on the boat and it is in amazing shape. They have maintained the boat to the highest standards without cutting any corners ( I wish I could boast the same about Volunteer ! )...