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hi all,

fup on james' comment. we have the pro mariner setup on our "other" boat and have experienced the tripping that james described. one way around it is to disable the power to the promariner monitor. the monitor is what trips the breaker.

hi bryan,

i see your ct area code. where will you keep it? we have our non-pdq in mystic.

the st croix davits pivot so you can put lift points where needed

mac, over our 15 years of cruising, diane and i have agreed that "if it ain't simple it won't work/get used". the engine end is the issue. even at 8:1 is just ok...and we've bought into it. i've thought about taking one of my old sheet winches and welding a mount to davit. given we're mid-70s we'll ...

hi mac, below is a pic of our dinghy setup. i apologize for it being upside down but i couldn't figure out what's wrong. it's a west marine 10'4" rib. the davits are st croix. the stern is an 8:1 and the bow is 3:1. i added pad eyes in the bow floor with a bridle. i keep stern lower at the dock to h...

we don't have "full" area rugs we have 2-34"x20". one at bottom of cockpit steps and the other at bottom of the salon steps, port to star.

got it!

hi james,

just curious. why does mid-shaft bearing factor into removing or not removing the props?

my wife did the interior of cabinets on our powercat. she used a restoleum classic white enamel.

i forgot, you need to split & remove the transmission coupling. this could be easy or hard. get some pb blaster and soak it. you may need a "bridge tool" and a big socket to improvise a puller.

hi,

you don't need to remove the shafts to replace the seals. you just have to remove the prop and slide shaft back enough to remove and replace with new seal. i did this myself about 10 years ago.

hi doug, we switched to pss around 12 years ago because i thought that the pss could handle slight mis-alignment better than tides, and they are to a small extent. even with pss we had leaking in rough conditions. the fix finally came with the mid-shaft bearing. since you already have it, i'd be che...

hi,

haven't looked at our pss for years. one dimension is shaft size (owner's manual or search forum) and other is the stern-tube dia.

i do know cutlass bearing is BITE.

curious, why switch to pss?

hi,

i'm the wrong one to answer your detail questions. you should probably get on the sailcat 36 forum and post your questions. i'm not sure how many actually visit this forum.

good luck.

hi,

i believe that the early boats were 34'. pdq stretched it to 36' soon after. basically it's the same boat. i'm sure more knowledgable owners will fill you in on details.