No risk of Scott unexpectedly walking in on them, eh? It's amazing the stuff you learn on boating bulletin boards. Peter W36 Sedan (Mukluks optional) San Francisco

As one owner noted, Smith's has a very watery consistency. I really do not see it filling craze-cracks. It would be great to "float" the oxidized pores on old gelcoat to harden the finish for painting

NOT This link has an interesting discussion on penetrating epoxy - and thinning, interesting enough to give it a try. http://www.epoxyproducts.com/penetrating4u.html Does anyone have an opinion on Sys

John - I am curious about converting your manifold, as it is something I have often considered. Did you have to increase the size of the heat exchanger to accomodate the added cooling requirements? I

There is some debate about this topic. I personally use the black Trident hose with a stainless steel wire reinforcement (about a million- bucks a foot). It's the best hose out there, though it is pre

Try Fisheries Supply in Seattle. Here's the link to their Trident page for the appropriate hose. http://tinyurl.com/pu24b Also, splurge and get the AWAB hose clamps for the hose. You won't have to wor

Ted - when I owned Searcher (W30 hull #5), I went through the same decision matrix. I first installed a Navico (now Simard) wheel pilot but was annoyed at the zig-zagging the boat did. My diagnosis wa

I believe this is the boat that was for sale in the Seattle area last year - the white one with a blue diagonal stripe on the hull (sorta Coast Guard-ish, if you know what I mean). It was priced prett

Bob - looks like there are several owners who would be interested in this project. If you have time to compile anything specific, be sure to save a copy in the <FILES> section of the website (Word doc

Gee Larry, you might have something here ;) I totally forgot to read that part of the manual - the pages with the squiggly lines showing the boat's path. I just skipped over those pages when I was ins

Marks Plastics will ask you to make a template of each opening. Not sure what his backlog is - last I checked for windows for my W36 Sedan a few years ago, cost for basic windows was $400/each. Peter

Joseph - Try www.newfoundmetals.com for reasonably priced ports. Peter W36 Sedan San Francisco

Have you checked the <FILES> section of the WBO Yahoo homepage? There are a ton of scanned brochures and line drawings. There just may be something you're looking for. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wi

I'll take a stab at this too - I believe Patrick would have been referring to production trawlers in the 40-50 foot range, not semi- custom or custom (Northern Marine, for example). I don't want to sp

No - the Defever 44's are all twin screw. A few Nordhavn 46s and 57s were made with twin screws (maybe some others too) due to owner demand, though I don't think PAE will do anymore with twin screws,

Coke/Richard/Larry If you send the information to me, I will post it in the WBO archives for posterity. Since Seahorse is a one-off, I'm sure there will be archival interest from time to time. Inciden

I just loaded a PDF document Bob Mollerus sent me describing adding a hydraulic A/P pump to cable steering. In a nutshell, it's possible but probably easier to just go ahead and convert steering to hy

Coke Wilson sent me a picture of Seahorse under sale. Recall, Seahorse is the W40MS Bill Tighe, ex-owner of Willard Marine, had built for himself in 1977. I posted the picture in the WBO archive (<FIL

Seahorse is for sale for LESS than the original price. Actually, quite a bit less. Of course, she's almost 30 years old now. Seahorse is really a special boat. There's room for 3rd stateroom forward,

I seem to recall a Nordhavn 40 was lost in exactly this fashion a couple years ago - aground, dry, and when the tide came back, water came in, though I don't recall if it was a port left open or what.