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Yesterday our bow thruster started acting up as we were leaving a side tie on a tight dock with some wind (with multiple boats rafted behind us, and very shallow water in front). As I was moving the bow out with the thruster and stern with propwalk, the thruster kept running after I let go of...

I'm starting this thread based on discussions that have evolved from the Reminder To Do It Now thread. We are considering selling our current Nordic Tug 32/34 to move up to something in the 40-50 foot range (probably closer to 40-45). We know our budget, we know our wants/needs, we've already...

I have been meaning to start a thread on this, and the recent WiFi thread spurred me to finally do so. On our boat, we have weak wifi at our marina. Sometimes works fine in our slip, others not so much. Rather than start with an expensive marine WiFi extender, we decided to try one of these...

So the only casualty from our 9-day cruise came when I accidentally knocked our binoculars off the pilot seat yesterday. We have Nikon 7x50 marine binocs that we bought in 2001 for an Alaska cruise. Waterproof, and nitrogen filled. Have been very happy with them, and when friends borrow them...

We are taking next week off and the plan is to point the bow south down the Potomac to the Chesapeake Bay. We tend to travel around 8 knots and are about 70 miles down the Potomac to the mouth of the river. Plan is to leave on Sunday or Monday, overnight at some point on the Potomac (probably...

We have hit the time of year when the waters here have lots of hydrilla and grass floating around. This past weekend, I had to clear the genny strainer three times in five hours. We had several boats with us whose generators actually shut down (after destroying the impellers). Short of an...

We used to wakeboard all the time when we had our bowrider. Never thought of doing this with the Tug . . .

We have a gensep box on our generator exhaust that separates the exhaust gases from the water as it exits the muffler. The water is supposed to exit a thruhull below the waterline, and the cooled exhaust gas exits an above waterline thruhull. It has worked great and is very quiet. However...

Holiday Decoration/Lighting Ideas (Parade of Lights) Need some ideas and input. We are thinking of participating with our boat in a holiday parade of lights event. Looking for decorating ideas. Criteria are something that will (i) be a crowd pleaser (prizes are involved :)), (ii) not break the...

Excellent article on marine sealants that includes a discussion regarding the use of Butyl Rubber sealant, something that has been discussed here in the past. Full disclosure, I've had great success with butyl for deck fittings and have found the best butyl to come from the source mentioned in...

Greetings all - I've been reading the forums here for some time, and recently signed up. My wife and I have been boating since we were kids, and currently own a Pearson 303 sailboat (3rd boat as a couple). Due to the type of boating we do, we are about to make a switch to a semidisplacement...