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Be prepared to create loops that are very high with regard to the waterline. Our holding tank vent is several feet high because of the bow wake. This is a shot of Freedom hauling the mail at around 17K on the Hudson. There is some serious pressure at the water line. The Aft facing clam shells...

Went to the show today. Ten bucks admission not bad. Plenty of CC mfgs in the show and a number of good boating related vendors. The ticket stub had a drink bogo at several places down town so we went to "The Lodge" for a brew and deep fried pickles. Not bad, good show.

We had an interesting leak that showed up while running. Everything I could see was tight. One day we were running at 17K on L.I. Sound coming back from Montauk. I turned the helm over to the S.O. and went looking in the bilge. Water was showering down from the main engine strainer which is...

I spoke with the folks at West and while they have videos etc for other approaches they had nothing on the caulk gun approach. Epoxy kicks faster when it is in a lump. If it is spread out thin it cures more slowly. Ask me how I know.... It got so hot it melted the tube. I gave up trying to...

At this point it's certainly obvious the adage about plumbers making too much money is true! :D I guess they decided to stick with the day job after this;

We're motoring along at about 8k on the inside of Captiva and someone gets on 16 calling Dan Mapes..... Dan Mapes.... So I answer, and sure enough, it's Greg on the Elly Rose. I'm going to have to drag the dink when I get it fixed so the boat names shows. I would have bought a round at...

I now feel your pain as well. I had new Lasdrop seals installed just under a year ago. This morning I bumped it into gear and the seal assembly on the shaft did not spin and it melted the internal plastics. We have had the boat out several times, I bump it into gear regularly, so this is all...

We used Wilbert's dry finish to clean up the interior wood work but they have ceased production. Does anyone have a good replacement that does not leave an oily residue? We have tried Old English but it leaves a film and it stains just about everything it comes in contact with.

So the davit has been powder coated and it came out really close to matching the boat vs. the white coat that was on it previously. Sand blasted clean, and powder coated for 318 bucks including sales tax. I am ok with this. I was thinking I could multi purpose it into a coffee table until I...

This was a good day. The davit came off well with the help of a friend. We backed off all of the nuts on the inside, and low and behold 4 of eight rusty bolts backed of the outside out using a ratchet. With a pry bar and a block of wood we were able to wiggle the hinge feet and star board shim...

Yes it has been a while since I wrapped this up. Here are a couple of shots now that the whole deal is closed up and operational again.

We've had Freedom since '99 and we are pretty confident that the transom davit was installed a few years prior. I was never really thrilled with the installation job but over all the transom davit was the best solution for us. Anyway, we bought a heavier dink and due to some flex in the...

I like the motion shots also.

We just did a pop reseat of the forward center window of our '85 43 M/Y so we could remove and install a new refrigerator. I will say, using 3M blue tape around the perimeter of the window BEFORE you remove it is a very good thing. The reason being quite a bit of the old adhesive is black...

So we have an '85 M/Y and it is time to pop the center window out again and exchange the refrigerator. I have seen a few other threads that recommend Sikaflex, and I am fine with that, but what I am curious about is how was this done originally? As I recall there was a black "felt like"...

Ok here are some numbers. They are all approximate. Note that when fully retracted the top of the pulley is a bit lower than the hard point on the transom. The angle of the davit in the photo is about 45 degrees, which if trig serves me at all, should be about the max force on the cable. Red...

It would be easy to assume what the tension is providing the lift is straight up. However with these transom davits, we have a winch pulling up on an angle, and hinge points that make it all more complicated. I swagged some of this and if the dink is 800 lbs, it could be as much as 1400 lbs...

I found an issue with the site that was caused by enforcement of some spec. somewhere in code land. I tested the recommendation and it seems to work just fine. I know this could take a while but if you are paying someone to support the code, they should be able to flip this pretty quick...

We had a couple of tow eyes installed in the hull. There are two lines making up a bridle to the dink with clips on the dink end, and soft eyes up front. The soft eyes are pulled through and around a soft eye at the aft end of the hawser. The hawser has a clip at the front which clips to soft...

We have a 13 AB Oceanus and we love it. The console is not an issue for me and I am 6'4" at 220. The Admiralty is about 5'8" and we have traveled around the Abacos with others on calm days in style. As I said, and has been repeated, suncoast up in Clearwater/Tampa has used dinks for sale...