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Greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Lugs on the new switch are labeled 3 & 4 on both sides. Does this change your thinking?

The up/down switch for my 120v dinghy hoist is assumed to be original equipment -- vintage 1988. Recently it began sticking occasionally while in the UP position. Not good. Afraid to try one of the ten-dollar switches available on Ebay, I ordered a new Square-D switch. Wrongly thought it...

I moved my house battery bank from port side to starboard. Now nicely balanced.

I have a single 3208 that I generally run at 1200 rpm. That gives me six to seven knots with a burn rate of about two gallons per hour.

I'm 92ish. Lost my wife there years ago. Loved her deeply. Miss her terribly. If I didn't have a boat to mess around on and cruise from time to time, I'd go nuts.

Hey, Slow Hand... Could you elaborate on your techniques and quick release hold-downs?

How about Clorox? I had scrubbed the dickens out of my chairs with negative results. They were accumulating a gray/black stain over the white. My daughter suggested Clorox. I purchased a bottle, reduced 1 part Clorox with 10 parts water and applied with a small spray bottle. The results...

Ordinarily, I use crimp connectors. But for the really small wires, the soldered connectors are great. I use a heat gun to melt the solder.

I did the same as jgwinks... cut the bottom out of the chain locker. The chain now drops several feet into a compartment beneath the v-berth. Works great.

In my situation, I went from a 44' sail to a 34' trawler... too old to any longer handle the big sails. I singlehand 99% of the time. Have no bow thruster. Do have a single 375hp Cat engine that I usually run at 1200 rpm for a speed of roughly 7 knots. Fuel burn: 2 gph. Stardust, a Wilbur...

I make a point of having a bow line available but not within reach of a dock attendant. As you mentioned, they'll screw things up every time.

They may be bullet proof but they don't work in fresh (rain) water.

My boat has a Cat 3208 and I've occasionally encountered the same problem... turn the key off and the engine continues to run. In my case the problem was a sticky solenoid. I now keep a spare aboard but disassembling and cleaning the solenoid is not a big deal. In my situation, cleaning was...

No fenders. No spring line. My rub rail is in contact with a piling. My bow pulpit is between pilings and swings over the dock a little but the only contact is between the rub rail and a piling. The important thing is to turn your wheel all the way to port or starboard, in my case to...

My boat is on a side-tie with the next slip forward being at right angles and the stern of my neighbor overhangs my slip. Consequently, I use a bow-in, stern-out maneuver with every departure. I no longer use a spring line... having a single engine, I turn my helm full rudder to bring my bow...

No drogue & avoid ebb tides in any but calm conditions.

My experience was similar to Wayne's. Replacing the ball valves located at each tank finally resolved my air leak problem. Good luck.

For this old guy, this has been an immensely interesting and enlightening discussion. My only connection with the medical profession has been as a recipient of my doctor's services. And how those services have changed. And not for the better. I've used the same family doctor for generations...

A high-speed wind shift may be rare but it happens. Some years ago I anchored in a cove near the western shore of the Sea of Cortez. Conditions were light and the wind was directly off the shore. I was sailing a forty-four foot boat and using a Fortress FX37 anchor with ⅝" nylon rode. While...

I have the same engine, a single with about 3000 hours, and normally cruise at 1200rpm, occasionally running up to 1500. It smokes a bit the first few minutes after starting; then clears up and runs clean. The exhaust has the normal smell of any diesel trawler but no unusual stink. Hope...

Except when in the very nastiest of nasty weather, I'm always on the flybridge.

Thank you, Donna. I've located the form provided on the internet, filled it out and will head to the tag office tomorrow.

Working below decks yesterday, I looked out a port when hearing the sound of a nearby thruster. An approximately 45 foot sailboat, a contemporary design, was approaching the T-head on the dock opposite where I was tied up. Conditions were benign. Hardly a breeze and no current. After a great...

Concerns about night blindness have always led me to avoid the use of a spotlight (or any but nav lights) when underway at night. The exception has been to have a man on the bow with a handheld spotlight to assist in picking out the markers when approaching or entering an inlet. Having the...