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Hi Mike! Rene (m) here... good to hear from you! Yeah, we DO like fresh seafood. And last time we went crabbing I was pulling six 70 foot lines in 35-40' of water. When they get full they are heavy! Especially in a little wind. When I can't manage it myself, Tom comes back to help — after I...

I decided to research recreational trap pullers in the $500-600 range that could be used for both prawns or crab. We have been manually/womanly (Rene is often primary puller on our crabbing trips), and this can be tiresome. I primarily focused on two units: The "Ace Line Hauler Brutus plus 40"...

Getting by with the two circulating units I have, I think is due in part to having an insulated interior. Tom

Thanks for the dehumidifier and heater links. Also your experiences. I had not thought of using a water gathering type dehumidifier. Using the two "stor dry" units seems to manage moisture ok for my situation, but may be at their limit if extended rain like we are experiencing now. A couple...

Glad to hear you have family near by in this situation and helping as you can. I am touched by what you and others have said and am reminded of some of my own experiences. Thank you and others for sharing and trying to do what is the right thing. This makes a difference and is a good example...

D.D., Thanks for letting me know you have had good reliability with your Honeywell heater, good price too. I have not liked using the little cube room heaters on my boat as a dryer because they use more wattage even on the lower setting, and I am never quite sure what level to set the...

I use a couple of these boat dryers through the winter to control cabin moisture. They have an aluminum housing with holes for circulation, and inside a fan/motor, and small heating element that uses ~ 90 Watts. They have been very effective for me, though eventually they get noisy, or quit...

Hi Bill, Rene and I will be doing a working trip to our place in Paradise Bay. We will be there the wk. end of the 27th and a few days after. We will not have our boat just like the last time we visited you guys but still would like to visit again if we can. Tom

Some folks mentioned problems with customer support from King Trailers on an earlier page. I bought my trailer in 1999, model KBT4000. I can't speak to the whether King Trailers are best for a given boat, but their customer support has been excellent for me over over these years. I call...

Voila! Thanks, Bob

Bob, forgot to say thanks for posting the correct link to" Hooking... for a good nights sleep" back on pg.2, and the follow up comments to my question. When you said Broughtons I assume you meant in B.C.. I have some fond memories camping and fishing there at the entrance to, I think it was...

Keen observations Bob. Seems to me the 60 degree set he illus. with the equidistant triangle is the best when possible. I had not given much thought to the anchor sailing behavior of our boats, thinking that is just what my boat does. But I really am appreciating the anchoring strategies. A...

Check this out from Good Old Boat magazine : Volume 2 number 2 March/April 1999 by Jerry Powlas, "Hooking...For A Good Nights Sleep" http://www.goodoldboat.com/reader_servi ... anchor.php

Roy and Dixie,I am wondering if setting a stern anchor to prevent swinging was an option for your situation? I use a small danforth, aluminum type made by Fortress for this sometimes. It doesn't take as much room as anchors go, and is light. Tom

Boris, thanks for getting back and the details. I bought my V700 a few yrs ago from a West coast service center in CA., shortly after it changed from the Washington location. When he asked me to send in my former Sprint 600 (was Simpson Lawrence before Lewmar bought them if I remember correctly)...

When you said you can't tell the difference, did you mean in relation to how the two lines perform with your windless ( no difference in kinking), or just the difference in stretch between the two? Didn't know about the V600 capstan interchangeability and it being better, thanks for the tip...

George Just got off the animated knots site and it suggests using a little smaller diameter line for the rolling hitch onto the main line so it is less likely to slip. Makes sense. Dave S, thanks for the clarifications. Tom

Got it! Is the line that's used from the bow eye and hitched to the rode the same diameter as the rode?

" I still tie to the cleat just pull a bunch of slack keeping the load on the bowline and tie off in the normal way. In case the rolling hitch were to slip." Thanks George. Don't mean to be tedious, just want to be understanding correctly. When you say in the above quote ""pull a bunch of...

ghone, I do not understand why you said "Loads go to the windlass." I thought the idea for the extra rope hitched to the rode and tied to your cleat was to relieve windlass strain. The forward mooring line that you keep attached to your bow eye is not the same line you use for hitching into...