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As of May 5th we will have an additional crew member for Black Dog. Joining my wife Sandy, our 10 year old black lab Radar will be the 7 week old black lab Bosun. We are very excited to be adding a puppy, well I am anyway. My wife a bit less but she is still supportive. We have been busy...

Does anyone use any thread lock to hold the anode onto the cap? I am replacing the anodes on my aftercoolers and heat exchangers and 2 of the anodes unscrewed off the caps and stayed inside the exchanger and aftercooler. I had checked that they were tight before I installed them but they still...

What are people using to help get rid of spiders on the boat? I don’t want to use something that may damage the Strataglass or the vinyl seats.

We bought out current boat 2 years ago. I have been going through the boat and catching up on possible deferred maintenance. Last summer I was going to service the aftercoolers since it is pretty important. I removed the easy to get to cooler and tried to remove the core. No matter what I...

We got our boat, Black Dog, launched today. Beautiful day in several respects. Coming out of the harbor where we stored the boat this winter we had a very tight and shallow channel to follow. The depth sounder indicated 2.0’ at one time. Since the transducers are mounted at least a foot...

I have 2 Fleetguard LF3343 oil filters for free, you pay shipping. I believe they were for our last boat that had Lehmans SP225s in it. Located in Michigan.

I am pretty sure that most members that have read any of my posts in reference to heads know how I feel about Vacuflush heads. Our Formula came with one and of course it leaked vacuum. My wife asked me how I was going to fix it and I told her with a new Raritan Marine Elegance head. So this...

Well, since the first thread got closed somehow, I will start a new a new one. Where to start, I was very frustrated as a moderator and I mistook that frustration as both being a moderator and participating in the forum. I was wrong and for that I apologize to the members of the forum. I...

To all my TF friends, it is with regret that I am going to inform you that I will be requesting that I be removed as a moderator and I will not be participating in the forum any longer. I have sincerely enjoyed the time I spent here interacting with many of you. thx Dave

Ok, I have been insured with Boat/US (Geico) for well over 40 years. We bought our Formula 41PC last summer. The survey listed the value of the boat as $120,000. I spent over $60,000 this last winter upgrading the boat, new canvas and upholstery, bow and stern thrusters, swim platform...

I own this equipment Price $1,000 Location Au Gres, Michigan This equipment was on our new boat when we bought it last summer. It worked fine during the cruise home with the boat. It is a 12" Garmin 5212 MFD, GPS antenna and 4' open array radar. We removed the equipment this last winter for...

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I am selling my used galvanic isolator. I had it installed in our previous boat for about a year until I installed isolation transformers. This isolator is located in Au Gres, MI. The price is $100 plus shipping from Au Gres. It retails for over $300.

I am thinking about getting a new anchor for our Formula 41PC. I am looking at a Vulcan 25 (55pounds). I can’t use an anchor with a roll bar. I am looking for feedback from people that have or have used a Vulcan. The boat currently has what looks to be a Bruce that originally came with the boat.

I have a brand new gallon of white Kiwigrip that was left over from our last boat. It is free to anyone that wants to pay the shipping costs.

Our Formula 41PC with 450 Cummins was in need of some better sound insulation than the inadequate sound insulation that was installed by Formula. They put in 1/2” foam with a vinyl cover. It looked nice but didn’t do much for diesel noise. We are putting in 2” 2 pound per square foot...

I am putting bow and stern thrusters on our Formula. I had ordered 2 Promariner 2420 battery chargers a couple of months ago. They have no estimate on when they will be in stock and able to ship. It looks like I can get a couple of Mastervolt 24 volt 20 amp chargers that are in stock. Is...

Any ideas who does refurbishment of VDO gauges. One of the hour meters has stopped working and others just need some cleaning up, new lenses etc.

I have 7 Racor 10 micron elements for the 900 series filters. Yours free if you pay the shipping. Our last boat had 900s and the new boat has 1000s so I don’t need these any longer. PM me if you are interested.

We want to add both bow and stern thrusters to our Formula 41PC. We have quotes for standard thrusters such as Sidepower and the cost is reasonable but when I look at the installation areas in the boat I find there isn’t room without relocating quite a bit of equipment. In the bow I would...

Lifesling2 for sale $100 plus shipping. Like new, never been out of case. Ships from Michigan. PM me for info.

We are set to close on our new to us Formula 41PC tomorrow. In preparation I called Boat/US to get a binder on the boat. We did all the routine questions and they said they had everything they needed. I asked where to send the survey and they answered that no survey was needed. Interesting...

We are buying a new to us boat. We want to get rid of the carpet, besides it is stained and worn, because of our dog’s hair. We had a teak and holly sole in our trawler and loved how easy it was to vacuum up the hair. Has anyone put vinyl plank flooring in their boat? If so, did you use it...

We are selling our 1987 President 41DC, Never Say Never. Mainly health reasons. We are going to get a smaller boat. Location Au Gres, Michigan a link to the Yachtworld listing. https://www.yachtworld.co.uk/boats/1987/president-41-double-cabin-3837797/

I am going to look at a boat with these Yamnars in it. I am not familiar with Yanmars at all. Anyone know about these engines. The boat is a 2002 and the engines have about 800 hours on them. Any known issues with these engines? Good, bad or ugly engines?