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C-Squirt, I believe the reason the side drain hole is not at the bottom is because that's as low as they could go with their drill. If it were my boat, I would drill down through your hull with an oversized bit, fill with epoxy and re-drill to the size drain hole you want. This way, you will...

From the various fiberglass projects I have done on my boat and the experience Thataway documented on his fiberglass repairs, I would not assume the factory followed proper procedures for installing any hatch or thru-hull. It takes a lot of time to properly bed a thru-hull as explained in many...

Harvey, I addressed this previously on boat on a previous thread. Check out my pictures on Cat Fever for the modification. Basically, I drilled down through the hull on my Tomcat. Also built up the locker with epoxy to drain it towards the new hole. The previous drain holes to each side...

I used these on twin 250HP alpha one sterndrives on a 30-ft Sea Ray Cruiser with no problems. It was when they originally came out and I was not aware of the Permatrims. If you decide to replace your units you may have a problem with bolt hole pattern with the permatrims. You may have to...

Matt, Put grease on the inside of your Thrust Washers start of each season and when you pull it out of the water for the winter. This will help with future removals. Sometimes, it will still be lodge in there pretty good, but it will always come off. George

Matt, I have used a thin cutting bit on my Dremel and made a deeper slot in the drain plug. This allows my screwdriver to bury deeper and get a good bite. You can replace your plug with an aftermarket type that requires a hex bit to prevent stripping the slotted heads in the future. George

John, What brand trailer do you have? Any chance you could take a picture of your trailer without boat next time you launch? George

John, There is nothing to make me believe that there is reinforcement on my sponsons from the wear that I was seeing. It looked like standard resin/fiberglass then finished with gelcoat. Discovery and Napoleon have said they experience similar wear pattern. At what point does this wear lead...

John, I don't think the rollers would help because the sharp angle of the knife edge of the front end of the sponson is so narrow. By the time you turn the rollers on its side to match the angle, you essentially lose the effectiveness of a roller. I suppose a series of rollers spaced close...

Matt, I did explore all the typical materials. They are UHMW, delrin and other like materials. I noticed they are used by most of the trailer manufacturers and I also noticed they show signs of gouging by the knife edge of the sponsons. These materials must be fastened to the bunks with...

Matt and Wannabe, The slick bunks will help. There are inherent problems to building a trailer for any catamaran. Basically, the sponsons sit on top of the bunks, which causes the catamaran to sit higher on a trailer. All v-hull boats are able to nestle lower onto a trailer because the bunks...

Matt, Yes the trailer did come with the inside guides but they could not hold the boat centered enough to guide them to the narrow front bunks. All trailers that provided the double-wide front bunks do well. I have always wondered if there is any wear on the bottom of the sponsons on those...

Matt, Because my previous bunk was a single 6" wide under the front end of each sponson, it was difficult to load from the very beginning. It had a tendency to fall off one side or the other of the bunks if the boat couldn't be brought in perfectly straight. After about half-dozen retrievels...

Brent, Slick Bunks substantially reduces the friction over carpet. I used the Slick bunks instead of carpet only on the forward v-bunks. This is the only area where the boat slides on the bunks when loading or launching. The boat floats off the bunks aft of the v-bunks I built. By building...

Mike, If you want to take the time to look at the side-guides, ladder and front v-bunks modifications I made to my trailer, it is in the Cat Fever album under Trailer Modifications. Be sure they mount the electric/hydraulic controller high enough above the waterline. If you have similar steps...

Rob, I realized that I did not use the proper terminology for the 50amp adapters. The 50amp 125V is probably the most common I have come across. It is provides one 50 amp leg at 125vac to one main breaker. The 50amp 125/250V is use for bigger boats that will have a larger breaker panel...

Rob, Since you are asking which is the most common adapter if you need to purchase one, I would purchase the 50amp 125/220 adapter to your 30amp. I have both types of 50 amp adapters but I find the 125/220 is more common if they have to put you in a larger available slip. However, if the only...

Finished modifcation and easy to board from front end.