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I had one of these made up for me at Fisheries Supply the other day. It has a smaller and a larger metal ring anchor spliced onto each end with a webbing sleeve over the line connecting them. I speced a locking carabiner that will pass through one ring but not the other to attach to the end of...

I sold mine in January. The market for Nordic Tugs on the West Coast seems still to be strong.

I recently sold my (also Bristol) 2001 Nordic Tug 37 without a broker. These boats are so sought after that you will have no trouble finding a buyer. I had a serious inquiry immediately after mentioning in a thread about buying our new boat that we would be putting our tug up for sale. He was...

That's some big iron! It's also well beyond Rocna's own recommendations, especially in the case of the 70 kg. Add in the extra pound per foot of using 1/2" instead of 3/8" chain and you are talking around an additional 400–500 pounds of weight at the bow for a typical setup. Maybe NBD for a...

Why the 45? The 35 is what Ultra specs for a boat of my size, weight, and windage. Can never be too rich, too thin, or have too big an anchor?

I just upgraded the Ultra 27 Kg anchor that came with my new to me Maritimo 52 to a more appropriately sized Ultra 35. Now what to do with the old one. There is room to store it in the lazarette for use as a spare or as a stern anchor. But it takes up a lot of space and is a beast to wrestle on...

Now you’ve got me worried. I’ve got an e-bike, a one wheel, an electric scooter, and a Porsche Taycan all charging in my garage. Are they any more safe there or any less safe on a boat?

I got through to Splendide support and they confirmed via the diagnostic error codes that it is either a failed pump or a bad board that thinks it has a bad pump. Either way I will have to remove the unit to fix it, as those parts are not accessible from the top. Since I’m going to have to go to...

Looks big. Where do you store it? If on deck, how do you charge it? Battery does not look to be removable.

I grew up on a 34 Californian. My dad swore by the Marshall-built ones before they sold to Wellcraft. Very weatherly boat, solidly built, easy to one hand with twin engines and full walk around. Not much in the way of engine access underway and no keel to speak of for low speed tracking. Was an...

Reminds me of the old “Glacier Seal” that Chuck Jurasz and Captain Robbie used to take us to Glacier Bay on for our senior science trip at Juneau-Douglas High School. https://www.nps.gov/articles/aps-v12-i2-c6.htm

From the web site: Dirt simple indeed. Hire a lawyer.

Depends on how you operate the LLC. If it’s just a passive holding company that owns your boat for you, there are no tax benefits. (You don’t even need to file a return my lawyer tells me.) If you actually run the LLC as a for profit business (chartering for example) in addition to using it...

That’s what the state charges to register the LLC. But unless you want to and know how to do it yourself, having a lawyer draw up the LLC agreement, execute the purchase and documentation of the vessel in the name of the company, serve as the escrow agent, and handle all the ancillary paperwork...

We own our current vessel through a tax-paid LLC that was established by the previous owner and paid no Washington sales tax when we bought the LLC that owns the boat. The purchaser of our previous vessel acquired it through an LLC that he set up for that purpose. The LLC paid the sales tax to...