Recent content by Mark Myns

Replace Swim Platform I had a fiberglass swim platform on my 38 Marine Trader that not only was delaminating but also the design had some serious leg breaking openings. I decided to replace it with a custom built platform from PlasTEAK https://www.plasteak.com , in Copley, Ohio. Their...

Full displacement trawler with upper and lower helm, two staterooms, two bathrooms, galley, flybridge, and hardtop sundeck. $ 80,000. Currently in Cheboygan MI. LOA 41', LWL 38', Beam 14', Draft 14' Marine radio, radar and GPS at both helms 1- 135 hp Lehman 2709 hrs Bow Thruster 4 Kw...

1986 38" Marine Trader Sundeck I have a Marine Trader Sundeck that my wife and I are putting up for sale this summer. We are asking $ 80,000 for it. It has two staterooms, salon, galley, two heads, a large sundeck and fly bridge. I was going to post it in the For Sale section but I need to...

My boat is the one in Cheboygan, MI and you said you were in Ludington. It is also a fresh water boat as far as I know. It may have done the Loop once before with a previous owner not really sure.

We may have your boat. My wife and I are putting our 1986 38 Marine Trader on the market this summer. It has a 135 HP Ford Lehman diesel. We keep the boat in Cheboygan. I have been boating for 30+ years and now would like to explore away from the water.

Pvc What does Peggy think about using PVC for part of the sanitary run? It seems to me that the additional fittings would cause problems by eliminating smooth flow for the entire distance. Is my thinking wrong?

Securing wires I have been cleaning up my wiring the same as you. When I have had to secure entire new areas I have not wanted to screw into fiberglass at all. I have been using a Liquid Nail product called Fuse-It with great success. I have not had single glues piece of wood fail. The nice...

I got tired of the poles falling down and instead took some of my old extra fenders, laid them on the seats and it worked fine. I thought about partially inflated beach balls also. They can not be fully inflated or they won't stay.

Yes to Radar When I first got my boat we took it up the Detroit River and ran into a major fog bank leading to zero visibility. The boat had radar but none of the three of us had every used radar even though we each had 20 plus years sailing. We got lucky using the GPS. Along the way we were...

Marine Trader 38 Tradewinds Sundeck I have this boat and I would be very happy on it as a live aboard. It has an aft stateroom with a walk around queen and en-suite bathroom with shower, bunk beds in the forwards stateroom, galley, salon, and a huge covered sundeck. This boat is great and...

Thank you Thank you everyone for your advice. I guess I am going to be replacing my entire system. I have never been comfortable with this set up . I have three shut offs and the solenoid, I always check for leaks in the line before using and turn all of them off as soon as we are done using...

My Marine Trader has the propane tank mounted under the upper helm. It is not in a locker which concerns me. It also has a copper line running to the stove. I am going to replace the old 20 lb tank with a new fiberglass 11 lb tank which is plenty for my needs in the summer since I also have...

I have the same GPS puck but I am unable to get OpenCPN to recognize it. The instruction on the web site appear to be for an older version of OpenCPN so that does not help. I know the puck work because when I activate it the proper location is displayed. Do you have any suggestions.

I was trying to connect my GPS puck to the OpenCPN software. The instructions that I have are for the older version. The GPS works because I check it against two others but I am unable to activate it to the chart. I am using an older laptop for this. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Swim Platform You should keep in mind that there is expansion and contraction of your deck material the may be greater then that of the aluminum plate. I drilled out all of the bolt holes on my composite deck larger the needed to accommodate this. I also had additional stainless angle welded...