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Join the Edmonds Yacht Club (I'm a Past Commodore there). You'll find one of the Past Commodores there has a 48-foot Grand Banks and he is super-knowledgable as well as friendly. Tell him Rob sent you.

The second year of owning our 50-footer we slowed down to slightly under hull speed (about 7.5 knots) as we were buddy-boating with an older Grand Banks. We fell in love with the relaxed pace. My wife could relax, read, catch up on emails, and enjoyed cuddling with our cat in the pilothouse...

A different take on tool sets When we bought our 50' boat I rushed out and bought a full set of Craftsman wrenches in both metric and SAE. First disappointment was that the biggest wrench was too small for the largest item I needed to work on (can't remember the issue right now...). What I...

Here are several reasons I used an iPad Pro with AquaMaps: 1) Maps are updated regularly (weekly?) at no charge. 2) I kept the old installed Garmin system for backup and for autopilot, which I rarely used. I preferred to watch and manually adjust my route. 3) The iPad Pro can be used when...

Keep in mind that your liability coverage has nothing to do with the value of your boat. It covers you for any damage you might do to others (boats, docks, environmental damage). Let's say you are liable for hitting another boat, hull is punctured, diesel leaks, boat sinks and one of the...

Hi Kevin, Several friends use drones while boating and I'll share what I have picked up from them. While initially a waterproof drone makes sense (you're on a boat...), I think the most important factors are: 1. Video quality and stabilization. The better drones take great - amazing -...

Please pay attention to the batteries off-gassing. A friend took his family and his brother's family out for a week after not using their boat for nearly a year. After dropping anchor they noticed their batteries were low on water and filled them all up. That night the temps were low so all...

I have two different opinions, though they actually co-exist just fine. The first opinion is lifestyle/happiness, and the second is financial/future prediction. Here goes: 1. <Happiness> You don't currently own a boat and you want to enjoy all of the pleasures of boating. Life is short and...

We bought our Bayliner 4788 about ten years ago or so and used the seller's broker. He was a 50/50 mix of laziness and dishonesty. In some respects it worked in our favor as he just wanted the sale made regardless of our offer, as he was going to get the full 10%. During the first three years...

For five summers pre-COVID we travelled from the Puget Sound up to Victoria and the Gulf Islands. In every case we explained we were summer liveaboards and had ship's stores and proceeded to list each opened bottle of alcohol and how much was remaining. In every case except the last one, they...

I like to stop these situations before they become situations. In this case, when the guy started anchoring too close for my comfort I would have called out and/or radioed him and politely asked him to move farther away. I had this happen last summer at Roche Harbor, WA. A guy and his...

Another great safety thread. Several years ago a friend took his brothers family for a week-long boat trip. My friend had been very ill and knew this would be his last time out on the boat. We were anchored near them in a quiet bay and his brother came over to borrow some distilled water...

I'm happy that so many people are taking this seriously. A few years ago a friend was working on his boat one weekday evening, slipped and fell in the water. Edmonds is just North of Seattle, and he had about 15 minutes before hypothermia would do him in. He shouted for help but there was no...

Responding to Catalina Jack: First off, let's keep conversations conversational. No need to have an argument. Neither one of us has a crystal ball, just our opinions. I lived through the early 1980's, bought my first home when a 30-year fixed mortgage was 18%, and a few years later moved...

Tom (firehoser75) is spot-on. The next decade will be brutal for everyone other than Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi (I picked one from each side of the aisle, my point being that somehow our politicians always seem to do just fine...). Inflation will eat away at the spendable incomes of...

Yes, depressing but worth thinking about. Maybe the world does not go nuclear, so what to expect if SHTF? After the first panic-stricken week, there will almost certainly be gangs of have-nots cruising and looking for targets to steal from. The best-equipped preppers can expect to be attacked...

That’s a great way to handle this.

I agree with most of the commenters here. The service provider is intentionally attempting to mislead the unwary into believing they are an official government agency. If you tried this crap by pretending to be a US business their lawyers would be all over you for copyright infringement and...

A couple of years ago I tried using several different nav apps and ended up getting a lightly-used 12.9" iPad Pro from a seller on craigslist. I usually use AquaMaps but also use Navionics. Both are great programs. I really like having the big screen. I prefer to run from the flybridge but...

Great Write-up! Thanks for the great write-up! I enjoyed your thought process and whie I would have chosen differently, this all works for you. I will say don't think twice about catamarans. I've watched the youtube videos of the guy rehabbing a big catamaran and I would personally shy away...

If you were selling this boat today what do you think you would get? In three short years that boat will be 60 years old. You probably will only be able to get liability insurance for it right now, meaning it has no insurable value, and you may have to shop pretty hard to find any insurance...

One thing no one has mentioned yet... Verify that your swim ladder can be deployed while you are in the water! A friend was loading provisions in his boat prior to a weekend out, slipped and fell in at the marina. It was 8:00 at night and no one was around. Pacific Northwest, very cold...

Generator Shut-Down Checklist I went through this earlier this summer, and here are the easiest ways to figure out what is wrong with your generator. 1. Check the sea strainer to make sure there is nothing in it. If you find algae jellyfish seaweed etc., clean the sea strainer and re-insert...

A lot of people (in my experience) sign up on waiting lists for bigger slips thinking that in the future they’re going to get a bigger boat. We had a 28-footer but planned to go bigger in the future. Got on a wait list for a 50-footer. We were probably 12th on the list. A slip came up and the...

Good decision I think you made a good decision. For a while I posted in the “got shot today” thread and gave some of my opinions re: not getting vaxxed. A few members replied with pretty nasty comments, calling into question my intelligence, education, and in one case calling me a hypocrite...