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I get it. My wife bought this house for the view before I knew her and gave not a thought to the house. I'm in the process of rebuilding it - including many things which either shouldn't need it or were code-illegal even at the time. I hope the builder never shows his face here or I might end...

For those who insist on defending the used boat industry in the last couple of years I would reiterate a statement that might have become buried in a larger email. My broker got so disgusted with the industry that she quit. This is not a buyer or a seller but someone inside the industry who...

Don't worry, I got a kick out of it. And appreciated your candor. It does. Thank you.

Well, now that was pretty emphatic. But it is kind of what I was wondering about.

Well stated.

Yeah, it was rude, but some people are like that. It was also arrogant/ignorant because it assumed things without any evidence. All but one of my offers last year were full price offers. And all were well over the comparables in soldboats.com. And had he paid any attention at all to what I...

Maybe it's time to start looking again. I think the interest rates have a lot to do with it. They affect home buying and boat buying is much more discretionary than home buying. I keep hearing talk about how we're not in a recession. We can't be in a recession with such high employment...

I tried to buy a boat last year and my experiences were VERY much like Nick's, though I could add a few variations on the theme. And I got about as frustrated as he is. And so did my broker. I actually got a buyer-broker to help me and she because so disgusted with the treatment that I and a...

May I ask why either you or rgano's friend need to get into this wiring trunk? I ask because I noticed a 390 for sale and am trying to learn about it. If this is a need that almost nobody else will ever have, then that's probably OK, but if you needed to go through this amount of invasive...

It is not immediately serious. It is an idea I had that seemed good, but sounds like it is probably more expensive than just buying a brand-new boat that is exactly what I want. But I'm going to read through all of those options on the Twin Disc site. They are certainly interesting. Thanks...

I searched the USCG registration database for Two If By Sea and found one in the archives with the following stats: Service: Recreational Length: 36.50 ft Breadth: 14.10 ft Depth: 3.30 ft I then searched for the Hull ID number (which I am not going to print in this public location) and...

Say a person had a 40' boat with twin 375 HP engines. It can cruise at 20kts and tops out at 24kts. But say sometimes you wanted to go that fast, but usually not. Or maybe you wanted to scream out to a location and then troll for hours. And let's say you have become particularly averse to...

Yeah, I think every region is different and every marina within that region is likely to have its own rules, too. I lived for ten years in a marina in Oregon that was legally permitted (by the county) to have a maximum of four liveaboards. The reason, in our case, was septic tank capacity...

I know this is old, but it was never resolved. Some have mentioned prop walk, but the thruster prop is in a tunnel. Some have mentioned differential pressures, but water is not compressible. A thruster is a pump. It sucks in water and shoots out water. Where does it suck the water from...

Thanks. So how do you like them? Are the powerful enough to be effective in crosswinds?

You are probably right to an extent. There is obviously going to be a level of impact where the door will make the difference between major and minor damage. But at most levels of impact it probably won't make that much difference. I would, of course, make it wedge shaped or stepped so that...

But you have to get on and off of it without clambering over the bulwarks. They are pretty high bulwarks on the KK42. Higher than my wife's or my "inseam". Hence the desire to cut a door. The deck is similar height above water to most docks, so we wouldn't need anything too fancy if we just...

Email from Kadey-Krogen about cutting door in bulwarks. I asked Kadey-Krogen about cutting a door in the bulwark of the K42 and here is the answer I received:I received your question about adding a gate to the hull side of your 42. I wouldn’t recommend extending a gate down below the rubrail...

Doors and more Lets see if I can answer a bunch of these all at once. I am aware of them, but I don't see them being useful when docked bow-in. Am I missing something? That would just be FatBear, thank you. Mr. FatBear was my dad. ;) There are other issues related to safe use by old...

Thanks! I looked and they have a lot of options. All of them would require clambering over the gunnels like monkeys on bungee ropes unless I can cut a door in the bulwarks. If I can cut a door, then their Step-Across product is very similar to what I have been thinking about making and so...

There's a 2007 Mariner 35 trawler for sale in San Diego that I'm probably going to see tomorrow. I was curious if anyone knows anything about these boats. Who makes them? Is Mariner the manufacturer's name? I don't seem to find anything about them (other than Mariner sailboats.) Do they...

We tried the straddle and swing over method, but my wife is too short. She could do it with some yoga techniques, but will she still be able to do it in ten years as she nears 80? Probably not. I'd really like to know if it is feasible to cut a gate in the bulwark along the side of the boat...