I cut the bowl off, ran the vent line to the forward drain for the anchor locker. No need to close it off if vented to outside the boat. In this high place it is unlikely to leak any ballasts water.

First trip to the San Juans in Washinton state provided a real education about the handling of this boat. We left Port Ludlow later than I had wanted to. The out going tide was changing to an incomming tide. Also the winds of the Juan De Fu c a in the after noon soon were to pick up. Realizing that ...

We had a brand new boat and trailer and had simular issues. I found it hard to keep the boat on the v. The nylon strap gave up the ghost after 3 years so I replaced it with a 30' piece of good cable and put on a second pulley. I can attach the primary pully to the frame of the trailer at the winch a...

Good use of the space. I used 3 , 5gal stainless steel fire extingushers for holding water connected to a 4 way brass water splitter (got at Lowes garden). the splitter connects to the sink and to an external water hookup. You have to remove the actuator for the extingushers and fill the hole left w...

We keep our boat at home and trailer across the state. This saves in fees and bottom growth. Realizing there are lots of steps in set up and take down we worked up a list of what needs to be done in the order of doing it. I did notice that the spreader bars rub the top of the cabin and with lots of ...

Found the same issue chasing nightly sounds. I used a cheap oar from my inflatable dingy, I could jam it between the dagger and the well wall with the dagger half up. Also full ballast stops the sloshing sounds of the hull. And bunjii the rigging so it doesn't slap the mast is nice.

My first encounter with ruff conditions was in the straights between San Juan island and Lopez island in Washington state. Flood tide against a 10kn wind pushed the rip waves to 8'. I was running fast trying to get into protected waters and failed to put the ballast back in along with putting the da...