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Two sounds you don't want to hear while crossing Block Island Sound at the start of a 3 day offshore trip to the canyons. First bang was the log hitting the bow. Second BANG was it hitting the stbd prop. New record for shortest edge trip ever. Turned around and limped back to Westerly. I'm...

Nice quality Murray Bros chair with Pompanette rocket launcher. Pickup in central CT. Complete setup, including deck mount and cover. $1,900.

Wait.. this week has 21 days?

Ok, perhaps not as brief and too the point, but I love a shaggy dog story... Three dogs were sitting in the waiting room at the vet's when they struck up a conversation. The Black Labrador turned to the yellow Labrador and said, "So why are you here?" The yellow Lab replied, "I'm a pisser. I...

So, its 11:40 on Wed evening and here is the NOAA forecast for Eastern Long Island Sound: ANZ330-302100- Long Island Sound East of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY- 600 AM EDT Tue Mar 30 2021 TODAY E winds around 5 kt, becoming S late this morning and afternoon. Seas 1 ft or less...

I'm truly offended by the absence of tasteless memes. BRING BACK THE FUNNIES!!!!

Get the runs on the border.

I found one on my new boat. It looks like it could be an important spare. I've found it online, but can't find what its used for. Anybody know?

Price Drop - 1979 43C For Sale Price drop. $99,000. The admiral says she doesn't want to own two boats any more. Well, Ambrosia Mae is for sale. Readers Digest version: I've owned her for 18 years and have constantly maintained and upgraded her. Most recent project was to R&R both...

The bottom panel is the Paneltronics that I referred to. It is wired to a 100amp ANL fuse in the ER house panel that was not being used.

OK, not necessarily funny but... Oil fitting right side of stbd 6v92. Broke off flush with the block as I tried to remove the oil line that supplies the right turbo. It's a miracle. I should offer up a Novena. (Are those still a thing?)

As many of you know, I’ve bought another Hatteras, this one with Cummins QSM11’s making 535hp. She’s an ’86 Hatt 45C in very nice shape. Nobody got too “creative” on the interior, and the exterior was gone over and painted several years ago. With help from Randy, I’ll be moving her north from...

For the second time now I've had to remove a side plate off my 6v92ta in order to get a zinc out for service. These are 3/4 pipe thread with a square head on them. In each case I've had to resort to a breaker bar to free them, and both times the square head broke off, forcing me to drill ...

I'm doing a similar project. This plus two spots on the gunwales, each about 5' x the 8" width. My dockmate owns Boatworks of South Windsor, Ct. He is supplying me the materials and some good advice on the project. He told me that it would be somewhere between 10k and 20k to have it done by...

Here's what the motor looked like. This is a unit that runs in the $2000 - $2500 range. They couldn't have spent another $10 on it and used something other than soft steel on the housing? Stainless maybe? Hell, make it out of plastic.

I understand that an all chain rode in a salt water application will throw some salt water around the anchor locker. Apparently, Lewmar doesn't understand this. The Lewmar relay was installed the same day as the Cole Hersee circuit block. Compare them.

The wildcat removal thread got me thinking that I will most likely be replacing the windlass on the 45C that I just bought. I installed a Lewmar V3 on my 43C and it was ok, but imho just ok. In 3 short years it rusted badly below the deck - so much so that Lewmar replaced it. They did stand...

Got a good coat of resin over and into the replaced end grain then ran out of warm weather. I'll finish the job in March.

Almost guaranteed on the rotted core. The yards that installed these windlasses typically did a poor job. Mine had been installed completely dry - no bedding whatsoever. Guess what happened. Oh, and yes, I had to use the BFH approach to get the wildcat off (or more precisely, pound the shaft...

Well, truth is, if you're willing to put that yellow crap on your dog, you might as well use ketchup.