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Another option is to attach a second main track to the mast for a traditional main and put a storm sail on the roller furling.

Is there anyone you would recommend in Seattle

Your hull is solid glass , no core. Stuck one in the bottom on the lazerett on my E-29. Used a blob of silicone has worked great for years

If you have the original squirlcage blower. Get rig of it and put in an inline one. You can mount it anywhere the outlet hose runs . Then you will only need a place in the engine box for fresh air inlet and outlet hoses.

part 2 Lessons to be learned from this are: Do not sand or scrape the gelcoat prior to painting with anti-fouling paint because it makes the gelcoat porous and thinner. (I have been preaching against sanding and scraping for years. Now, some manufacturers, such as Hunter Marine, do not allow...

Before you do anything read the definitive article on blisters by Degroote one of the most respected suveyors on the west coast and an honest man. There are two kinds of blister , gellcoat which you probably have and are very common and laminate which are as you would expect right in the...

Glad to be of help. Here's a tip when you run a new cable reroute it to run directly under the Binacle by drilling a hole and pass it threw to the quarter birth along the port wall drill another hole threw the floor of the quarter birth in line with the one above , This wll come out behind the...

Replaced the shift cable on my e-29 a couple months ago . To get to the clamp in the binicle you need to dissasemble it to the height of the shift levers . Remove the clamp and cable from the bracket at the transmission end and push it upward. The clamp is attached to an aluminum bar aprox...

Richard I called US customs this year on my way to Port Townshend and was informed that customs office no longer existed for pleasure boats and if I tried to check in there I would be turned around and sent to another point of entry.

Port Townshend Customs issue Clearing customs in Port Angeles on route to Port Townshend from Victoria adds about 15 NM to the trip for a total of about 45 miles with the delay at customs it is unlikely you could make the trip on one tide change. You don't want to be pushing into the tide on...

Port Townshend Customs issue There is a problem in sailing from Victoria to Port Townsend in that customs must be cleared in Roche Harbor or Friday. With the way the currents work it changes a 6 hour sail into a two day event. Returning is no problem as there is a customs station in Victoria.

Hi Neal . Could you give me a price on the spinaker cleaned and shipped to Seattle. Many thanks Eric

I got the cement in bulk from a local cement plant they called it RFC cement. When they heard what I was doing they were good enough to supply me with what I needed for $20 , Rather than water acrylic admix was used from home depot

It was one pour , No there was no noticeable heat as the boat was in the Pacific water in Victoria which is about 52 degrees at best It was not even warm to the touch just as in pouring a concrete sidewalk, There are enough undercuts and nearly parallel walls that the cement will never move . As...