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I would probably downsize to an outboard powered cruiser like a C-Dory. We cruised BC and SE Alaska in our CD22. It's a far simpler boat, requiring far less maintenance, and yet very capable. Smaller, yes. Trailerable, so I could keep it at home, and could visit the east coast, big lakes etc.

Groveling in the engine room is getting tougher for me at 77, but so far so good, both physically and mentally. I'll quit or downsize when I no longer feel completely up to a summer's cruise of the Inside Passage, and all that entails.

My thrusters needed work after fairly frequent use over 6,800 engine hours. This past August I willingly spent a few thousand to put them back in like-new condition. I would not choose another single-engine inboard-powered boat without at least a bow thruster.

FWIW, our Nordic Tug 37 (similar boat) is easily single handed. I've traveled the Inside Passage solo for many months and many thousands of miles. With the help of bow and stern thrusters, docking is a snap, even in very tight spaces. I've also done a fair amount of fishing single handed...

We live in Utah, 900 miles from our slip in Poulsbo, so going back home to get something we forgot isn't very practical. We have a checklist for loading the car before we head for the coast. Also boat grocery and supplies lists. Here's the checklist we use before getting underway for a...

My Reverso manifold stays connected to the main, transmission, and generator. The Reverso's valves control. Has worked flawlessly for the 8 years and 5,400 nm I have owned the boat.

Our 2002 NT37 with 330hp Cummins diesel cruises very economically at 7 knots. Max continous cruise about 12 knots, using much more fuel of course. Ours has traveled the Inside Passage the last eight summers. Almost queen master, two bunks in second stateroom. Easily single-handed. We carry our...

Our Tigres works like a charm. 22 years old, 5400 hours in the past 8 summers, anchoring along the Inside Passage 80+ percent of the nights.

My single engine NT 37 has nine g31 12v agm batteries. Four for house, two for starting, two for bow thruster and windlass, and one for stern thruster and downrigger. With external regulation and ACR's, one 105A alternator charges them all just fine. A 145A alternator does it a little faster.

Use the connector that matches the size of the wire you are crimping it onto. On my boat, for small wires I would use connectors that include heat-shrink plastic with hot glue inside to cover the crimp area. If those aren't available, or on battery-size cables, I would cover the crimp area and...

FWIW, our Nordic Tug 37's Sleipner SE80 stern thruster works like a charm. It's powered by a G31 AGM battery with 3 feet of 2/0 cable to the thruster. The SE80 was just installed last August to replace an SP75, which worked very well for 21 years. 21 year old bow thruster (SP95) is also...

Much like rgano, I kept the handwritten log, and all the Word and Excel stuff, but gave copies of all the electronic stuff, and all the maintenance invoices, to the buyer. Journals, maintenance history etc have been interesting to go back to, and sometimes very useful. I'd consult the logs to...

Our first cruiser, a C-Dory 22. As tpbrady says, simple, and capable.

My experience for 8 years in a Nordic Tug 37 is much like DDW's. Before that, for 18 years in a diesel-powered 26-footer capable of planing at 16-18 knots, we almost always did 6-7 knots after our first two years. I was retired and could spend months cruising the Inside Passage each summer, so...

We've towed our 22 and 26-foot cruisers from Utah to Southern CA, the Oregon coast, and to Puget Sound and Prince Rupert BC many times, to cruise the Inside Passage. Have stayed in quite a number of different campgrounds along the way. We use the campground's restrooms and showers, and keep...

Like this C-Dory 22 Cruiser. Simple, economical, easy to tow, easy to maintain, and very capable. Over our first several years, we explored as far north as Skagway.

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5/16 G4 chain. How much depends on depths where you anchor. 250-300 feet works for me on the Inside Passage. Lofrans Tigres works great on my Nordic Tug 37.

Mine says 4.5 feet.

We have traveled BC and SE Alaska in our 37' Nordic Tug 4-5 months every summer (less in the COVID year) since May 2016. Anchoring 100 nights or so each year, with 250 feet of 5/16 chain, in many many different coves. Most often 40-60 feet, max depth 80 feet. Similarly for the previous 18 years...

You may want to check dimensions on Rocna's web site, and make sure the one you choose will fit your setup. On my NT37, the 25 is a bit too long, so I chose a 20.

Our NT37 has a 20kg Rocna. Our 26-footer had a 10kg Rocna. Both terrific in hundreds of overnights all over the Inside Passage from Puget Sound to Glacier Bay. I figure a 15kg Rocna would be fine for your 32. Or a 20 if you want to go big.

FWIW, after an initial replacement right after buying the boat in 2016, I've been replacing one of the two Racor filters on my NT37's 330hp Cummins at about 800-1200 hours, one or two years of cruising at 7 knots or so. I don't have a vacuum gauge, but there has been no indication of any...

Six years ago I replaced the g4 halogen bulbs in 11 lights like those in post #10 with LEDs. Looked up "g4 halogen LED replacement" to find them. 5-packs for $10-12 each. These cheap ones work well, except that they provide some interference/noise in VHF weather radio reception. In addition to...

Petersburg would probably be my choice. No big cruise ships. Winter weather not too bad. Several friends keep their boats there. Lots of fishing business. Sitka also a fave.