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Americans have the handle on boat ramp fails they seem to know exactly what not to do and do exactly that.

Waterblasting has worked for me.

Too right, Frank....and you get the satisfaction of singing 'I Did It My Way' like your namesake when the project is done! This is my 3rd boat (my 28 footer), and I want to indeed do all those little things you mention, that is not possible if I leave the interior as it is. Plus, unlike some people, I can't live with a boat that when I open the locker I see unsightly paint lifting off with patches of bare gelcoat. For inspiration, check this out:

theres some real classics on youtube.How did they ever get a licence?

Well we have just gone through this whole palava after our previous company (effectively Lloyd's of London) in their wisdom decided that multi-hulls are something they wont insure any longer. I spent a day or two sending out multiple applications via websites, emails etc etc to almost 30 companies and brokers in NZ and Australia, and the odd one in the US without any success at all. Not good when potentially our marina could ask us to leave because we would be uninsured. Even 3rd party was out of the question. This resulted in my wife getting on the case, and actually calling them al

Still tied to the dock?