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    cooking, bathing and cabin heat - A lot of research - no conclusions yet

    We have traveled this road bringing back an OA 50 trawler from Baltimore to Vancouver, BC.. Bonus was sailing the intracoastal waterway down to Port Everglades. Only bad was the shipping agent went broke en route costing me 2x shipping fee. Anyway, I removed the 3 AC units and sealed off the...
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    Shipping On Freighter Contract Questions

    I shipped my OA 50 from Port Everglades to Vancouver BC in 2013. I had to buy special shipping insurance to cover my vessel while it was being transported. I had to pay the company (yachtpath) that arranged with Grieg Star Shipping for the transport, up front. Yacht path went bankrupt while my...
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    Trim tabs

    Thanks for the replies. I always have both tanks common feeding the engine, but I can see how tabs could be useful if heeling was an issue. I really couldn’t see any appreciable difference while experimenting with their settings - just concerned about adding drag and increasing fuel useage. I...
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    Trim tabs

    My vessel (50’ OA Classico Trawler) is fitted with trim tabs operated by switches in the pilot house and fly bridge. My vessel’s top speed is 10 knots but is never taken above 8, Which is about Max hull speed. My question is, is there any value in having these trim tabs? They were installed when...
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