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I recently installed a 16000. No way I would different. This was in an 82 Mainship 1. I used a Wabasto FCF installed next to the fridge Very quite unit

My gorgeous but all time consuming 1956 Chris Craft Commander was hauled for the winter every winter. I was a hard core WoodenBoat magisterial reader at the time. They swore by a coat of boiled linseed oil on the bottom and after the first year of using it the shrinkage dropped...

I sprayed mine with Interlux Perfection. The results were simply amazing. And looks perhaps better than new. It's been two years and it still cleans like a dream. The boat was hauled and put out of overspray range of any other boat in Mid September. I used a HVLP sprayer. And high end...

Hey Bob Solar--- big big big kudos!!!!! New life! And Xsbank-- that's a list. Retired?-- or Re-Tired-- looks like you've got winter covered! After 30 years of splicing 3 strand, I went on YouTube to learn to splice braided. With some lines it's easy, but it took me forever to get the...

I totally second the vibrator. In taking apart those ports you'll be surprised by either no sealant or an overwhelming amount. I'm betting on overwhelming. Once you get the sealant cut a sharp stiff putty knife is going to be your freind. Keep working it and prying the port up by lifting...

Then, now and whenever

And finally finished, come spring

So, what are you working on. Last year this was me----Another job started

cid:1B36C191-720A-498F-9938-87E459F70BB9 Brew beer, what else is there to do?

Waiting for another summer sunset on the Ct River.

Lol, Yeah old school sixes, no tier anything. Just plain ole high compression big iron engines. Now there are are some Perkins accessories ( like pumps, manifolds and any other marinization part) which do in fact differentiate the two. Mostly in a $$$$ way

Is this plate, perhaps a backing block? Looking at the pic it does not look forged to the extension. My cutlass bearing installed from the outside. The backing plate might be threaded, though I doubt it. While I was at the job and the shaft is out---change the cutlass bearing--

"A LOT of hard work and general maintenance"??? Somehow I've never been able to quantify the work done as soon as one buys a boat as general maintenance. I've always put that into the category of repairs. ; ). Of course as soon as I have to do it again it becomes "general maintenance". What...

Good move on the paint, Did mine with the carpet. But the algae and mold growing at the junction of the deck drives me crazy. Wouldn't do it again!

Nails There is a big difference between galvanized stick nails and hot dipped common nails. The electro galvanized stick nails will have small non galvanized spots where the wire holding it together is. I'd give them a 5-8 year life span.

Good advise all around. However if the final finish is to be high gloss, as per the original pic, then a high gloss finish needs to be reapplied. This is best done by stripping and starting by scratch. However this doesn't sound like the process your looking to do. To add finish to a...

We had a 20's 43' dragger growing up, iron bent over nails, by the 70's she was held together with spit and bubblegum, But Sears Oil based trim paint made her shine by the early June launching. It certainly was perfect for her, by the mid 80's good ole latex house paint worked just as well...

Mallet volume manufacture??? Really? I tried to spell smaller! Smaller volume manufactures. Also apparently specialty paints have different rules. IE, automotive paints, and cabinet finishes. These all get around the VOC and the labels specify "for professional use only"

Personally I'm a big fan of the Interlux line. That said there is a big difference between the two. 1). The current VOC laws affect paint manufacturers differently based on the volume they produce. This allows mallet volume manufactures to use different solvents. 2). The Interlux...

One thing I haven't noticed (unless I missed it) in this topic is saltwater in the bilge. As stated a dry bilge doesn't smell. But add some salt water seeping in with all its associated sea life, each dying in the bilge and you WILL get the smell of sewage. Any of us with a salt water wash...

How about------ Those who respond to a specific question answer because they have specific and actual knowledge, which they believe can help the asker I know that wasn't the actual thread, but in reality, that's what happens when I either ask or respond to a question. I have on three...

Hey K Reman--- The Mainship I is a great boat, Easy to work on, economical to run, but is is the Chevy, not the the Cadillac of trawlers. It's still a semi displacement hull doing 7-8 knots economically, but being that, she does get tossed a bit in a following sea. Mine hasn't let me...