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My wife and I are presently cruising the southern Atlantic*ICW, headed north,*and need to*find a boatyard to haul and store our 40' trawler for the summer. We're looking for something in the North Carolina*/ Virginia area. Any suggestions?

Has anyone tried/used a depth sounder with an in-hull transducer on a heavy/thick hulled trawler? Mine is a 1987 Marine Trader and the hull is 1" - 1 1/2" thick . This I know from personally intalling*my bow thruster.*The Hawkeye D 10D sounder is what I'm considering? I need to replace my old...

Thanks to all, but I found the original source for the wiper arm. For anyone in need it is TopEarth Products in Taiwan; e-mail joyce@topearth.com.tw which is the link to the original WuuSong group that produced the windshield wiper arms in Taiwan for most Taiwan built trawlers. Thanks for the help.

Anybody know where and/or how to purchase pantograph action windshield wiper arms that fit a 3/8" motor post. My boat is a 1987 Marine Trader. I found "THE"*arm on a Taiwan manufacturer's web site but can get no response from the company? The original arm was made by Wuusong in Taiwan.

I am about to start with removal of the teak deck planking from the bow and side decks on my 40 foot Marine Trader Sundeck trawler. Have any of you been through this project, and if so, any advice on process, refinishing the fiberglass under the planking, etc?

Yes, I did the re-packing myself, shortly after purchasing the boat and*while*she was on the hard. I removed all of the old packing, which was graphite, and completely cleaned the box out.*I dug*a lot of small pieces of old packing*out of*the bottom of the box when I cleaned it out. Thinking...

I ran across information on the Gore product when I last repacked in '07, but went back with the material I had on board. I checked it out again, with*the links you sent, and I'll try it this time. Thanks for your input.

I'm running graphite impregnated cotton packing. I don't see any moisture from a spray from the stuffing box and when through-flow ceases the box gets*warm enough that I can't hold my hand on it for more than a few seconds, which is too hot. I tried*teflon packing a while back*and didn't see any...

On my 1987 Marine Trader Sundeck I cannot get the packing gland set for a consistent through-flow. With*an adjustment for*8 - 10 drips per minute at rest I*normally get a similar*through-flow at*my*typical*cruise setting of 1600 RPM, but when I accelerate to1700 - 1750 RPM*through-flow ceases...