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Still in line for one as soon as they change the rather odd deck plan. Especially for the PNW and its persistent rain, that is not a...

Most manufacturers literature show decreasing life with increasing service temperature (above room temp). The optimum service life seems...

I looked into this in SF Bay. There is one marina here (Emoryville) which is privately owned slips. The management have kindly posted...

You can use these as snubbing winches without the handle. You always load the line clockwise around the drum (C.C. sailing winches are...

You cannot do better than the Andersen winches you referenced. I have 10 of them on the sailboat including 4 powered ones. For dockline...

One possibility is there is air entraining from the bow, strakes, or other, passing over the transducer location. The fact that it is...

One important point: When you mix the thickened epoxy, do not 'whip' it, which will entrain air bubbles. This can cause enough porosity...

Hey Long-Cours, you can't just throw those pictures up without a link to the for sale page....;)

Mine doesn't blow fuses, but doesn't work anymore either. Didn't work well even when new. I'd call the whole arrangement a nuisance.

When a bit gets out of control and starts running around it like that, the bit can quickly work its way in or out of the collet. That...

The batwings mostly retract out of the water. Only the hinge and a very short section of them is wet when they are folded.

I don't know why you'd make them anything but a symmetric foil. They develop an angle of attack only due to the roll of the boat and the...

You might want to check this paper which has a lot of information about them. There is also an Australian paper. I'd assume you would...

You can use the step drill even on the thicker partition. Get the larger hole started with the step drill and then continue with the...

I think you will have very little difficulty in your situation. The boat is well known in the area and desirable. You are near it and if...