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Has anyone ever had a scale model built of your boat? Who did it, what was the cost, etc. I searched the forum but couldn't find anything. Eric Mahalo, DeFever 44 located in Monterey

Thanks everyone for the replies!:thumb:

The manual calls for Havoline Extended Life which baffles the auto parts store guy. The Westmarine guys handed me a bottle of their stuff. I've spent hours looking at charts and colors and I'm more confused than ever. I ended up buying Zerex heavy duty extended life coolant which lists just...

Everything closed when I leave the boat. Big sign at the helm saying so. I'm fortunate to have a sea chest so most are easy to get to. There is a boat or two that sink in the harbor every year. Almost always a hose that went bad. My hoses look good, I've replaced most in my two years as her...

I've got 2000 Perkins Sabre M135s in my DeFever 44. I don't know anything about engine alloys or load factors but they sound and feel pretty happy between 1800 & 2000 rpms. Once a trip I'll wind them up to 2400 for five minutes or so just so I can feel the wallet shrink in my shorts. There's...

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Ditto Bensjoy, mine was Overseas Yachts. I think you can tell from the hull ID number.

Curious about using US based Satellite TV in the Sea of Cortez. From the look of the coverage map it looks like a KVH5 using Dish would work for most of the area. Does anyone have experience with this? We are loosely planning on doing the powerboat version of the BaHaHa in November of 2019...

It's in the ballpark for a nice one. Make an offer and once in contract get it surveyed. Don't go cheap on the survey, do a mechanical inspection to check engines as well.

Great boats, review the other post here for more info. As with all boats, a good survey and a engine inspection will tell you more than anything. I just sold mine and bought a DeFever 44 which is largely the same boat, just bigger and heavier but I loved my PT35.

Until this year, we had a 9' Fatty Knees with a 20 year old Nissan 2.5 and that was about perfect for balance. You went nowhere fast but the bow wasn't 4 feet in the air either. We sold the Fatty in favor of an inflatable and when the old Nissan died and we couldn't get parts, we bought the...

Was hoping to just buy one set until I move the whole tool box over next year when both boats are in California but I'll swing by the Depot and buy both Metric and inch.

Headed to the new boat and wanted to buy a basic set of tools but I can't figure if the Perkins are metric or inch. Year 2000, YA series. Help!

All, thanks so much for the input, love this forum. Where do I get replacements? Thinking they probably were both pulled off at survey haul out. Yes the grate is the bottom of the sea chest, not sure why it is proud, Angus, does yours sit out or is it flush?

I'm in contract on a 2000 Defever 44 and it looks like something is missing just forward of the stabilizer wings but I can't figure out what it is. The surveyor suggests it was a line cutter but I can't find a picture of one. Oddly they appear to have been glued on rather than bolted. Ideas?

I have two automatic and one manual. The primary is below the galley, there is a hatch there. The second automatic and the manual are located in the engine room, just aft of the forward bulkhead. Easy to find, pull up floor boards. Interestingly, mine require the bilge pump breaker to be...

I've got an 86 PT35, the same boat as Bensjoy, and my experience has been great. I've seen no Volvo crates, in fact quite the opposite, everything is thick teak. Mine was cosmetically challenged when I became her keeper but her bones are fantastic. I'd buy her again. I do laugh about...

I have three of these things, I put those child safe plastic things in the 12v ones to keep idiots like me from plugging something into them. I did rig a small inverter to plug into the 12v socket.

I love my PT35, windows are an issue, but they seem to be with any boat coming out of Taiwan. I pulled the bedroom windows out and put in Lexan, like a sailboat. Windows work a lot better if you take a coat hanger and clean out the weep holes. I can't speak to the Perkins, Pineapple Girl on...

Somebody needs to photoshop a trawler in those pictures! Great photos

Does the awlgrip paint job mean that the house was painted or is it a bottom paint? Sure looks like someone loved that boat!

I stole an idea from the web for exhaust on my eu2000. I removed the muffler and had a threaded galvy nipple welded onto it. Bought some exhaust hose, hose clamped a nipple and a 45 to it so that at anchor the exhaust goes off the boat and into the water. Mounted a co detector right above it...

You go girl. Love the boat, she is MASSIVE. Enjoy the learning curve, overwhelming at first but it gets better and better.

I bought a new display on ebay for $350 +- when mine died. Another issue was resolved when I located a corroded splice in the engine room.

Anything bigger than my boat is a yacht