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I towed my 22' cruiser with a Tacoma with the V6 and tow package (rated to tow 6500 lbs). I have electric over hydraulic brakes and frequently towed from Roseburg to the coast and back (windy and hilly roads) as well as up to Sequim WA. When I purchased the boat in Blaine WA I towed it home...

Since aluminum trailers were brought up, I have a question about them. Does anyone mount anodes on them to counteract potential corrosion near the steel axel?

I agree with HellsRanger. I keep my boat a Winchester Bay, Oregon for two or three months in the summer -- on a trailer the rest of the year. I use the boat quite a bit, two days a week unless ocean conditions are too rough. I do have bottom paint but have learned that I have to protect...

I'm on Douglas county jury duty for the month of May but I ask for the 15-19 off and they excused me for that period. I was supposed to travel to Hawaii to work on submarines but that trip got canceled so I may head to the Owyhee. My June is pretty booked up so I need to do it now.

Has anyone cruised Owyhee Reservoir recently? It looks like it is filling up well this year and I'm thinking of heading over there.

Last year I used Pettit Prop Coat Barnacle Barrier and it worked well although has already worn through in some areas of the trim tabs so I will add another coat this year. Which Collinite wax did you use on the transducer? Does it prevent barnacles and green growth?

I wanted intermittent wipers as well so I just replaced the on-off rocker switch with an on-off-mom rocker switch in the same package. Flip the switch in one direction and the wipers are on, touch the switch in the other direction and they make one cycle. The factory switch is not in the most...

I have a 2008 22' which has the bronze keel strip but it end forward of the section of the hull that is balsa filled so it should not lead to a water intrusion problem.

That can work but the challenge is finding a toggle switch that is rated for the 34 amps peak draw of the auto-pilot

You could use a panel mount breaker like a Blue Sea System 285 series rated at 40 amps. They include a manual switch to open them and a reset lever. This could replace the 40 amp fuse as well.

You should check the car for an unexpected load on the battery. Before you reinstall the battery use an ohm meter to check the impedance from the positive lead to chassis. For the battery to completely discharge in 48 hours you would need an impedance of less than 10 ohms.

Oops! I saw that, had not heard of Rosburg WA, saw the Oregon plates and boat registration so assumed Roseburg OR . . .

I live near Roseburg OR, I could check out the boat on Monday (tomorrow). I'm no expert on core rot but could give it a good look over and tap test. You have received great advice.

Power factor, KVA, and kW is not a marketing ploy. An inverter based generator has a hard current limit, the maximum current it can produce. Voltage is fixed, for the US either 120 Vrms or 240 Vrms. The load determines the power factor. If you are powering a resistive baseboard heater, the...

Thanks everyone for the great ideas. Its good to hear others have experienced the same issue. I will store the trailer on jacks so I can spin the wheels every so often.

I have an annoying problem with my trailer. I replaced the non-functioning surge brakes with electric over hydraulic Kodiak disk brakes. They seem to work great with one issue. I leave my boat in the water (salt water) over the summer so my trailer sits unused (but covered). I rinse it well...

I've had several wood drift boats, some with UHMW bottoms, some without. There are advantages and disadvantages to UHMW but here is a trick that can help: As you mentioned UHMW expands and contracts with temperature to a much greater degree than the plywood and the differential expansion can...

It should give some, but not feel spongy. It should be at least as stiff as 1" plywood. I'm not an expert on water intrusion in the balsa core but as long as the core is solid and well bonded to the skins, the floor should be stiff. Try tapping all around on the floor with a small ball-peen...

In my 2008 there is no foam between the cockpit floor and the hull. My cockpit floor feel pretty stiff. Is yours softer on one side or the other? It should feel very stiff down the centerline because of the stringer there. The floor itself is over 3/4" thick with 1/2" balsa core. If you tap...

I also have a 2008 cruiser I purchased a few years ago. I suspected water under the cockpit floor so I added a 4" removable inspection plate near the stern on the port side of the center stringer. I think one inspection point is enough since the center stringer does not extend the full length...