My boat came with a set of new-ish crispy Dacron sails.
The broker who joined me and the seller on the sea trial was enthusiastic about helping up on the cabin top to "jump the halyard" as we raised the main sail. "Good Man" I thought. Good man who was helping to gloss over the situation...
My boat came with a Forespar Anodized Aluminum whisker pole that had been little used in recent years. I believe it is model 407100, adjustable between 7 and 17 feet in length.
The pole consists of three parts, and I believe that after one has determined the desired length of use, one is...
My boat came with two Whale Gusher 10 Mk3 manual pumps - one for the manual bilge and another to pump out the holding tank.
The manual bilge pump was not working (just drawing air instead of water). I removed the pump from inside the starboard rear cockpit locker and detached the inflow and...