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Well, I have all the goodies gathered and I'm ready to start my recore job on the flybridge deck. I have done plenty of recoring but have always laid new glass over the coring. I'd like to try reusing the outer skin this time. Both to save time and materials. Has anyone here recored...

Greetings, When I pulled our boat this fall I checked the cutlass bearing for wear. Although it felt great, I noticed that there was a polish mark forward of the bearing indicating that the shaft is moving fore and aft in the bearing. It appears to be about 5/8 of an inch. The boat is new to...

Hello All, I've been wondering about my tachometers being out of calibration all season. One is a Stewart Warner on the fly bridge and the other is a Motorola on the lower helm. The tachs ran off the stator wire from the alternator. The boat long ago was originally equipped with a...

Hello folks, I'm looking for what I would call "wind screen" for lack of the correct term. We have a West Indian 36 trawler with a rail around the full length upper deck. It currently has Sunbrella skirting on the rail approximately 18" high. I saw a Chris Craft with what appeared to be some...

Hello all, I'm getting ready to apply the finish on our exterior teak. I was wondering if anyone has used one part polyurethane as a finish? I suspect most varnishes are relatively the same but poly is a completely different chemistry (I think). Does poly hold up better in anyone's experience?

Hi all, I had a chance to try out our West Indian 36 Trawler last week and came away feeling something isn't quite right. The boat was repowered from a 135 hp Perkins 6cyl to a 240 hp Perkins turbo 6cyl. The prop is allegedly a 23" pitch and 21" diameter. The transmission is a Borg Warner...

Well, the boat is sitting in the water in Michigan. It's getting close to the time to head for Ohio. Like everybody else taking their boat out for the first time, I'm doing the mental list of things to do. Into my head pops the odd rudder configuration. Solid stainless with a 3 inch hole...

Hi all, Being an old sailor, the idea of a stay sail intrigues me. Has anyone designed and mounted a mast for a stay sail? Are there considerations that need to be made if I decide to go ahead with this? I can see where a stay sail could be an asset in beam seas to reduce rolling. I've also...

Well, It's official. We own a 1977 West Indian 36 Trawler. There were only about 75 built by Both Morgan (of sailboat fame and Chris Craft). It's been re powered with a Perkins Range 4 240 hp turbo diesel. The previous owner states he gets 2.5 mpg @ 9 knots. That make me really happy. Any...

Hi Folks, I'm getting ready to by a budget radar. I am curious if the gen3 radar sets are worthwhile. These units are pretty much the bare bone basic units offered. I live and plan to stay in the Great Lakes region and want the unit primarily for the rare fog conditions and occasional night...

Hi Folks, Well, we're one step closer to owning a trawler. Unfortunately the only way we can do it is thru a LOT of sweat equity and DIYing. MY question today is air conditioning. The good news is the boat has air. The bad news is it doesn't work:mad: I was wondering if it is possible to...

Hello Folks, I was wondering about the terms "semi displacement" and "modified V" hull. Being an ex sail boater I'm very familiar with the "displacement hull" The boat I'm considering is a "modified V". A term I'm hot quite clear on. Most of the trawlers I've seen list their hulls as...

Hello, Well, we put the earnest money down on a Heritage West Indian 36. Here we go again.... Anyways when I looked the boat over, other than dirty and a bit age worn, things looked fairly good. So, after reading the forum here a few hours, my main concern was the fuel tanks. They are tucked up...

Hi, I'm going to look at a boat this weekend that has a Perkins Range 4 M240TI engine. I did a little checking on the web and can't find any reference to a Perkins with these numbers. I figure you guys here know what this engine is. Any history or fun facts about it would be greatly...