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Thank you so much Matt, was thinking that would be route but nice to have some confirmation. Looking forward to getting this done and going fishing stevej

I'm so late to the party this year and hope to get Shearwater in the water this weekend. Did a last minute purchase and picked up a Garmin GPH-10 autopilot so have been heads down with the install (write up coming soon). The question Has anyone installed an AP and bled the system? The very...

WOOD it's the material of choice for those little do it yourself projects. Go to Lowes or Home Depot and get finished project wood, as Pat said Red Oak works well. stevej

I second the thermarest pad under the vberth mattress, makes for a very comfortable bed. I also use a shorter thermarest under the table cushions lifts up the seat by an inch or so and take the harshness out of big bumps. stevej

No need to use the marine stuff. I use 3M automotive rubbing compounds from the local Baxter autoparts store. Most any outlet that deals in automotive paint supplies will have 3M rubbing compounds. Word of advice if you have oxidation issues, start with a heavy rubbing compound (#1 in the 3M...

WOW very nice job. Both turned out great but I really like the wood effect for the counter top. stevej

Jeff, I own a 25 but I don't think the 22 gives away much if any from a "seaworthy" perspective. Have spent a fair amount of time off the Oregon coast doing the salmon, tuna, halibut thing and there are a number of 22 footers that run out of Newport. Just can't recall a time when I passed one so...

That may be the best web site ever. Play a game every day, what fun and thanks for sharing

Amanda, the original "cruise ship" 95/96 era has a different deck than the new run of 25's. Below is the best picture I have. View from the cabin door. Two side lockers between a large "fish locker" that had a drain plug prior to the transom rebuild. The forward locker (back most halibut is...

I had the drain plug removed from Shearwater when the transom was redone. The original "cruise ship" does not have a bilge to speak of so I elected to remove, never used the plug in 6 years and don't miss it now that it is gone. It's easy to bail what water gets into the center fish locker that...

The 200 on Shearwater is a "small block" 2.6 L. It would be difficult to justify going with the "big block" 3.3 L 200 H.O. on a C-dory. The 150 H.O is still a 2.6 L tuned to H.O. levels I suspect that the tune would place it just below the standard 2.6 L 175hp. For the most part I believe that...

Just finished the second season with a 200 e-tec on my 25. 200 hours with no problems and very pleased with the motor. If I were to do it again I might go with a 175 hp e-tec. The power curve would be a bit lower in the RPM band with best economy around 3600 RPM . My 200 is most efficient...

Sure marine service is the place to go for espar or webasto stuff. http://www.suremarineservice.com/ They went way beyond expectations in helping me get my ebay "score" webasto up and running. The unit was a never been used older model 7500 watt 11,000 BTU heater and a bit of a challenge from...

My ETEC has been great just hitting the 200 hour mark and very pleased with it. 200 hp at 427lbs NEMA 2000 is a must have these days 2 or 4 stroke I can troll for salmon all day with it , what a kick 1.6 to 2.4 mph at idle using .16 gph 10 mpg hell I could make it almost half way to Hawaii. Just...

The systems are really made to mount in a stern location with all of the ducting running forward so I looked at a the back deck mounting option. Mounting outside the cabin would require a very good watertight enclosure, then you still need to deal with heated air intake duct, heated air output...

Pat, I installed a 3500 watt Webasto in Shearwater and looked very long and hard at the D2's. I was afraid that the D2 at 2K watts might not be enough heat on cold days so went with the bigger system. Might be somewhat overkill but so far have not seen any problems with short cycling the few...

I got my 1/4 galvanized bbb from good old ACE hardware here in beaverton. If I remember correctly the price was much better than I could find at "marine" stores in this area. stevej

Thanks for the input everyone. Looks like the safe route is to not mix the types. Pulling the boat to Newport today so I will run with the spare on this trip and deal with it later. stevej

Becoming a little disgruntled with Les Schwab’s these days. On my last trip to Newport one of my Continental bias ply tires (less than 2000 miles on it) had the tread separate from the casing on I-5. The tire had been running a little hotter than the other three at about 114 degrees as opposed...

Lloyds, the sure lube system is intergraded into the spindle design and I believe a much better than the aftermarket systems. http://k0swi.microlnk.com/2BUYRIGHT/MS/HUBS/Sure%20Lube%20Greasing%20System.htm The excess grease exits through a passage drilled into the spindle so the chance of...