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Oh good! I was worried my reply was too late. I absolutely love my 38, it's fantastic. I sail the hell out of it, and it has performed admirably. I do envy the engine access and athwartship double bed of the F35, but I think the overall performance of the F38 makes up for it. Oh, and the anchor lock...

Paul Dennis told me about one issue they had with the early Pedrick F35s, which was water ingress at the aft end of the keel stub. It owes to the difficulty of making the acute angle of that narrow feather edge out of fiberglass. The two sides had trouble bonding, and would separate, letting in wate...

I'd replace all of them with 316 stainless, which is what I did. They've held up great so far, and the added weight doesn't matter much since it's so low on the mast.

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Are you waiting to put the cap on after you're done filling the water tank? If you put the cap on the deck fill immediately after filling, it will create a siphon and empty itself into the bilge.

If not, I have one as well, it's just missing the frame. Made in 2017, only used one season.

I added a permanently rigged preventer to my boom 2years ago, and it’s been quite handy. I say that it’s “permanently rigged” because it is eye spliced to a pad eye on the underside of the aft end of the boom and runs to a cleat about 3/4 of the way to the mast. That way, it’s always ready to use. I...

Ahh, ok, that makes more sense. Having recently repowered, I tend to run my new engine at its optimal output nearly all of the time, which I didn't always do before. I also replaced the soundproofing in the engine compartment at the time, so it's much quieter now, which may have something to do with...

Thanks! It's actually a gear pump. Yes, I'm still untying the cans and refilling them in the cockpit. This is partly because I need to put together a separate hose to swap in for filling the cans (with a shutoff valve near the end), and partly because I've been sailing alone this summer and I would ...

Woah, that’s crazy, I’m so sorry to hear it! Where did it separate? Do you have any pictures of what’s left?

Goddamn. That might make me forget about the cost of shipping, at least for a little while.