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I dried the boat out, and left it for a couple of days, and don't see any evidence that it is continuing to happen. I guess that the solution is to not let the condensation form in the first place. The pocks that I had punctured were totally dry. Some of the others were still plyable, but notably le...

The drips are in fact tobacco colored, as are the contents of the blisters. It is puzzling, as the drips and pockets don't have that acrid smell that you normally encounter with resin pockets. I restored a 70's macgregor some years back, and I had to do the whole job on blisters in the hull, but the...

We have had our 1966 A-30 since summer. We are on the Gulf Coast, so our nights and days have a significant temperature change in Winter. When the first cold nights came on, I would go to the boat some mornings and see condensation on the roof of the cabin. As the nights got colder, and the daytime ...

I too have been having insurance problems. After purchasing the boat, I went with insurance through an All State friend of mine. We were insured for about a month when the underwriters rejected the policy because of the age of the boat. Our long time home owner/car insurance company "State Farm...

I think that I will patent the device under the name "boat flex" and sell it to West Marine, and wait for the money to pile up. Seriously, the bendable tip was the only thing that made it possible in my situation.

[quote- are you talking about the dumping the holding tank overboard when no one is looking part? I'm not really concerned about that because we wouldn't do it anyway. I am really concerned about the legal issues, as the fine for that is up to $25000, and up to 5 years imprisonment for each offense....

sounds like building it is the way to go. thanks all.

Just unseized the through hull ball valve for the head, but now we are illegal should we be stopped by USCG. We take a porta potty with us anyway, since we mostly cruise inside the barrier islands and can't pump out. I saw on the Alberg site where several owners had gotten together and had a tank ma...

Success! The square nipple that I had described backed out suprisingly easy, and after squirting olive oil in with a baby nose sucker, I put the square plug back and the valve moved 20 minutes later. Now, of course, the problem is finding a holding tank that will fit the boat...