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Appreciate the comments and especially the online links! I'm mainly interested in an LED for my anchor light - anything to reduce battery draw when engines aren't running, etc. Looks like there are a number of good choices and thanks again.

I see you're in Savannah. I'm in Atlanta area and boat is in Ft. Myers. My flooded lead acid 8D batteries are about toast. So this is a very useful conversation for me to follow. I checked some prices online for the Northstar model you mention. Have you decided where you're getting your pair...

THANKS for the link! What a great resource. His website has lots of videos on how-to's, theories, installs, etc. Well worth the time to go online and check out his site!!

Basic Leatherman in a pouch on my belt. Headlamp. My eyesight is "past" starting to go and a bright, hands-free light is a lifesaver. Cellphone - flashlight, camera, encyclopedia (Google), emergency phone if stuck in ER tight spots. Best tool I thought was probably a luxury? A pair of Hose...

My Grand Banks 42C navigation lights use a tall, double contact bulb, Ancor #529340. I think these are probably fairly common navigation & anchor light bulbs. I'm wondering if anyone knows of a LED substitute that puts out the same brightness and is "legal". My lights are Aqua Signal Series 50...

O C Diver. I'm very much interested in your setup. Anyway I can get more detail? Both my electronics guy and Garmin website say you can't run multiple transducers as the frequencies will overlap and cause mis-communication to the Garmin displays.

It's bottom painting time on my Grand Banks 42 and I want to get a new transducer to replace a long dead one from PO. My Garmin system currently picks up depth through a Raytheon Tridata standalone & its transducer. I would turn Tridata back to standalone and only use it if new transducer goes...

I'm sure almost all of us have collections of loose stainless screws, washers and nuts. Right now I keep them sorted in 4 plastic peanut butter jars (machine screws, sheet metal screws, nuts & washers) in a bucket. Works ok, but whenever I need something from the bucket, I end up pouring out the...

I also agree with a previous post that you need to get folks who know Naiad stabilizers to do the work. I watched the guys do mine and there are definitely special tools involved (especially the tool to "pop" the fins from their shafts. This is certainly a job for specialists.

Also join the Grand Banks Owners Facebook page.

Add Acorn to Arabella. 2 young guys building a wooden sailboat from scratch. Cutting down the trees (on one guy's farm in NE USA), making lumber, forging fittings, etc. Well done videos too. Ditto on Boatworks Today, Salt and Tar, and Sampson Boat Works (Talley Ho - rebuilding early 1900's...

My 2000 Grand Banks 42C has Naiad stabilizers - installed new by Stabilized Marine in Ft. Lauderdale. 954-797-7330. I highly recommend them if you're anywhere within reason. I have them come to Ft. Myers (usually set it up when they have other nearby calls & split the travel). Either way, they...

That is one fine article on the salvage of the ship full of Mazdas. DEFINITELY worth a read. More about the human aspect of the salvage crew and what it was like.

Practical Sailor rated Chafe Pro tops in a chafe test they did a few years ago. It's not the cheapest, but darn good stuff! Coast Guard, Navy use it, etc. Last year Chafe Pro came out with a hollow tube version - you can slide it over a section of line for extra potection. Defender sells it by...

Look up SensaTank. I have one on my Grand Banks 42. Practical Sailor gives it a top review too. Great tech support. Works on plastic tanks only. Online prices are good too.

I think I forgot to add that I modified a Fien tile glue scraper blade by cutting the sides down so the blade part is only about an inch and half wide. My teak got sanded way too much by previous owner(s) so I'm taping off the teak with blue tape before putting in new caulk. Once I pull up the...

Yes, the TDS "sanding block" I mention is the one with the teak handle and the adjustable aluminum blade. The blade is great because you can adjust it for the depth of the seam. Go back to post #35 - I listed the tools I was using at the time and mentioned the model Record palm plane I use...

Guy in slip next to me loaned me his hot knife. I didn't like it. Once it got hot, it got really hot and I was concerned about getting burned or charring something on the boat by putting it down wrong. I also tried the Fein caulk cutting blade, but decided against using it because it was too...

The Kuuma tank on my Grand Banks 42 didn't come with an anode either. There wasn't a Kuuma manual when I bought the boat used 3 years ago. I couldn't find a manual online and called Kuuma for one and also asked the guy about using an anode (he sounded knowledgeable). He said the way they make...

Do not remove the dash panel cover! I just cleaned my bridge gauges/dash on my 2000 GB 42 Classic. I had to crawl inside the cabinet space behind the panel (not easy!), disconnect each wiring harness (port & stbrd gauges) & unscrew the 5 screws holding the panel to the BACK of the cabinet. In my...

You have probably already tried this, but did you try matching the threads from the new bulbs with an old one? My threads matched, but it was still tough to get the new bulbs to screw in. My sockets are made of plastic with a thin metal strip running down the socket and a metal tip in the base...

I have a 2000 GB42 Classic. I found replacement bulbs online at Radio Shack. They are 12V 75mA Incandescent Flashlight Bulbs. Part number 2721143. I just checked and they are in stock and on sale at $1.50 each.

Here you go. Get them online from Radio Shack. On sale. $1.50 each. Google: 12V 75mA Incandescent Flashlight Bulb Radio Shack part # 2721143

I know where. need to look up info. Will post tomorrow.

I've had my boat at Legacy for 3 years. I've been living on her for the past two months. Some folks are here for lots longer. They used to do an annual lease, but I think they stopped that. But they still do it on a monthly basis. Not sure what happened in your case, but folks here think the...