Recent content by mark ketcham

If you have a spare you will never need it!

We stripped the Hull completely in 2007, 5 Coats of Interlux 2002? and use CRC abrative that gets a good clean and touch up each Spring. The Dinghy is a Carib that is Hypolon but is showing her age, very slow leaks so we just top it off before use. a 4hp Evenrude serves her well. I added a...

Cylinder orientation traps air Found mine had been installed with the Ports on the bottom side, I see yours look like they are on the sides, can you rotate them to the top?

Tucked up in her inside storage, available for $80k! Mark

Still for sail, tucked away for the winter but lets talk. Mark

The Service history is in the Ships Logbook, I am the second owner, now 17 years. I had a professional Survey conducted a few years ago with no suggestions made. I will attempt to attach some pictures of the upper Helm.

Trawler out of storage We usually get the Boat out of the Building in May. She is happy inside, was on her yesterday. Mark

LOA: 41 ft 0 in Beam: 14 ft 1 in Draft: 4’6” Beautiful Semi-Custom 40’ Kha Shing Trawler 1985 semi custom with all the features you could want for Cruising the North Channel or doing the Great Loop. Her many features include a cored deck and above the water line hull, meaning no core rot which...

Sorry this took so long! Find attached pictures of our Kha Shing 36 Mast. The cut-out aft of the Mast is to let us drop the Mast into a simple Cradle made of crossed 2 X 6 with a cross brace on the bottom that holds the Mast about level when down. Don't know if all the photos attached, there...

I have a sister ship I have a sister ship, number 127, rigged with the identical Mast. Mine has had the aft side of the Combing cut away to allow the Mast to be lowered easily. I am away at the moment but will send pictures when I return. I have used a steading Sail, it is nice to have in a...