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Transporting a GB42 over the highway requires removing the flying bridge.

This ^. Purchase Ilco 62LG and make a copy of your existing key.

I didn’t see if you reported the incident to your insurance company. I would suggest you do report the spill to your insurance as soon as possible. Invoices and fines may be issued from the various agencies involved; from local fire to USCG. Sometimes the invoices and fines take months.

“Sandwich” top to bottom: teak, fiberglass, mahogany?, fiberglass.

An eyebolt exists in your chain locker already. Also, it’s probably best to tie a rope line to the bolt inside the locker and extend it to the deck. Then splice it to the chain. That way you could cut the rope in case you have to move under emergency conditions.

Thanks, Larry. Sad news.

In possible defense of the surveyor, it’s possible the fuel tanks are inaccessible or enclosed in a FG compartment in the engine room. Thus, the surveyor is unable to determine the fuel tank material.

I have a 1986 GB42. The original lock and key in 1986 was manufactured by Legge, a company in the UK. I found that an “Ilco 62LG” blank works for key duplicates.

Please forgive me because I know very little of such repairs. However, wouldn’t proper preparation and a layer or two of fiberglass work better?

Think pvc and fiberglass parts, including dip tube replacement. Keep metal parts away from acidic holding tanks.

I don’t know you specific layout. However, you may be able to install an access point (hatch and cover) directly above your genset on the interior sole(???).

The teak deck on a GB woody is a lot thicker than its younger glass siblings. I have heard the deck was designed as an integral structural component. I would be reluctant to remove the deck. Can the deck be renovated; refastened, plugged and re-seamed?

Our Navionics app will freeze up also…until we move the iPad around. Frustrating! Haven’t been able to find out why. That’s why we switched to Aqua Map.

This model of our boat was made about 12-14 years ago by Captains Models out of Oregon. I believe the owner died shortly after my order. His sons finished the existing orders and shut the business (I believe…hope I’m wrong).

We boat in shallow water frequently in the California Delta. We calibrate our sounder to “depth of keel”. Makes sense, to us. We don’t want to perform mental arithmetic in stressful places.

Just a guess….Rule makes bilge pumps. Could it be a bilge-pump run counter?

^This! 13’ 1” to the top of the plexy wind screen. We’re a 1986 GB42. The air draft of our original mast, to top of anchor light, is 22’ 5”. Measured it myself!

Wouldn’t surprise me to find it wouldn’t be cost effective to hire a delivery captain .

Coast Guard should be able to help. In years past, we could enter the name of the boat and get the documented owner, address, number, etc. Us commoners do not have that info at our fingertips now.

Our tanks are aluminum. We had our tank water tested for aluminum. The analytical results indicate our tank water has higher levels of aluminum than is recommended by National Drinking Water Standards. To error on the side of safety, we use our aluminum tank water for dishes, showers...

The Cat 3208 na is usually listed at 210 hp. I have a GB 42 with twin Cat 3208 na. Similar to the Jefferson. At 1,300 to 1,550 rpm I burn a total of about six to seven gallons per hour. The sky’s the limit at higher revs….

The hour meter (port engine) is the bottom left gauge in your second photo; about the 10:00 position of the wheel. Do you have a higher resolution photo that would show the hour reading?

Wives?

Our Trawler Forum friend, Simi 60, has a by-line that says, “Everything on your boat is broken. You just don’t know it, yet”. I laughed when I first read it way back when. Over the last 15 years, it’s not funny any more. It’s true…