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Boats and engines are designed to work together. If you are going to repower, select engines the closely match the specs of the 3208. Under sizing the power plants to safe money on fuel is asking trouble. You can always run slower and burn less fuel but when you need to get the boat moving you...

I had the same problem. The solution is to get the CMap chart card. CMap is owned by Lowrance/Simrad. Dock to Dock routing works seamlessly and CMap has no annual renewal fee. Navionics is owned by Garmin. Not only does it not work as well with Simrad, it costs more every year to renew.

Not familiar with the RDR. Ours is a Royal Lowell design. Bruno Stillman and Harris Cuttyhunk did the initial layups as 35' Nauset then did a 36'. Shannon used the mold for this boat.

Yup! Our neighbor has a 42 Eastbay that runs at 17 kts. but burns 28 gph. Yikes!

My thoughts exactly. We're running our Royal Lowell designed Shannon Downeast 36 from the Chesapeake to Maine. We're currently in Camden. Cruise all day @ 9 kts burning 5gph. Ran Atlantic City to NYC at 14kts burning 12gph. Single 350 Cat 3116. Twin screw is OK but overrated, IMO. More points of...

I would encourage you to find a moisture meter and get readings around the entire area. That's your best indicator of how wide the damage is and will also help you find/trace back to the source. If the core is wet. The only permanent cure is to remove it entirely, recore and glass the area...

I have a Cat 3116 with MUI injectors. It's a mechanical engine so there is no computer to calculate fuel burn rate. I installed two Maretron sensors and integrated them into my nmea 2000 backbone. The data is displayed on my Simrad Evo 2 chartplotter displays and gives me a very accurate real...

Our Side Power has served us very well.

You can add additional 30 amp service but you will need to install a second panel and split the breakers between the two panels. I have dual 30 amp service with main breakers for each service (A & B) that feed breakers on the main panel. Split big loads.HVAC is fed by A, HW is fed by B and so...

I installed Sound down on all my hatches with their perferarated aluminum shield. Works incredibly well. I have a sheet of 2" left over. How much do you need?

Mark pierce - Is that the original vessel power plant? If it is, you missed the point of my post.

Marine architects and designers match power plants to hull, displacement and performance and safety metrics. Folks going through this exercise tend to focus on economy and often fail to consider power requirements when things turn nasty, which they always do. Reducing available power by 84% is...

I would strongly advise against it. You'll have Algae growth in a week and barnacles in two. Neither of these are fun or easy to get rid of. We are in the Chesapeake and with warm water (like now) anything without bottom paint will see pretty rapid growth. Tarps are ineffective. If the boat is...

I just refinished the toe rail on my Downeast. It's a big job. Once I got to bare wood, I applied multiple coats of clear penetrating epoxy sealer. Personal choice is Smith's. It goes on fast and easy, will seal the wood and give you a good base to start from next year.

Too Funny and also very good. You may be on to something here. Would you like a partner?

Recommending Rustoleum After spending way too much on the Petit version I switched to Rustoleum Bright Galvanizing Compound on my running gear and have great success...

We bought our Shannon Downeast 36 from after a "hull up refit" that was not completed. In the process of completing the refit, we discovered that a good portion of the hull and deck was wet and had to be re-cored. This is a phot record of how it was done.

I was surprised to recently learn that two of the yards I frequent now use oil base Rustoleum on just about everything. They complain that the formulation of all the notable marine 1 and 2 part paints (Interlux, Petit, Epifanes, etc.) have changed and are simply not what they used to be. Have...

Check EBay I'm with you on that. We have an Apex A10 with a 15hp 2 stroke Mercury that I found brand new, in the box on EBay. It was a bit if a barn find but they are out there if you look and can be patient. Not good for the environment but my davits are happy. 74lbs. vs. 99lbs.

We have dual stations and are very glad we do. We spend the majority of our time up on the flybridge but when the weather turns or it is too hot or cold up top, we head below and cruise in the comfort of the the salon. It's great to have options and windshield wipers can be a wonderful thing!

I had the same question when we got our downeaster so I discussed it with a rigger friend of mine. The Masts and Boom extrusions all appear to be ready for sail slides but don't let that mislead you. These extrusions all came from companies making sailboat masts and booms. The mast step and...

As long as the hull is sound, there shouldn't be any issues. Blisters are typically on the exterior face of the hull and should be a problem. They should, of course be addressed post haste. if they have breached the outside hull to the core, it won't matter what the temperature is, there will be...

I bought a Mediterranean when we did our hull up refit and have been very happy with it. It fires right up, has plenty of even heat on all burners and the oven is awesome! My wife can actually bake on board! Chose it over the Force 10 after reading reviews and talking with a couple of trades who...

Thanks, CptnPete. The primary cause of the wet hull and deck was the failure of Shannon to properly bed the the through hull and deck fittings. All the fittings on the starboard side, transom, flybridge deck and side decks allowed water to get in the core. Shannon sold us the boat as a hull up...