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I’m glad this was helpful to you ArcadiaPC27 - and welcome to the forum. Enjoy your 27! We loved our 31pc for many years, but our cruising habits and needs evolved and we “needed a bigger boat”. Our long time mechanic bought the Formula from us — so we knew it was going to a good home — and we...

Your best bet will likely be to deliver your old canvas to a local shop and let them produce replacements using the originals as patterns.

Great ideas, great work, as always, Dave. One question: why not install an inline automatic 12v “plunger” type switch (think: FRIDGE door) along the cavity of your hinged deck opening so that the circuit is closed and the lights come on AUTOMATICALLY when the hatch is opened (vs. having to...

;) Thanks GSENT

Excellent work. As someone who’s spent a lot of time behind the dash, this will most definitely be time well spent when it’s time to dig back in. I really like the way Sabre/Back Cove’s entire helm is a hinged pod that swings forward providing access to everything at once - without pulling...

I’m sure you’re already thinking of this, but before you lug and stow all of that shiny new chain up into your locker, be sure to Rub Your Balls With Grease using paint, colored zip ties, or some other markings.

Subject is a 2000 31pc. Windlass is a Lewmar. Since I've owned the boat, I've assumed the existing anchor chain stopper to be complete. Mine looks just like the chain stop in the first picture, EXCEPT that the actual brake plate/claw that pivots on the larger of the two locking pins is not...

After never using it for all these years, I am focusing on the numbered rotary dial that is located above the Jabsco Searchlight controller (see picture below) in connection with a lower helm dash refresh. I had always understood the knob to be a speed control for the searchlight rotation but...

Hello all I noticed early last week that - at normal 3K cruise indicating +/- 30 mph - the STBD tach was reading high (3400-3500) while PORT was at the normal 3K for 30 mph. Thought it was odd but saw no signs of over-reving at all and figured there was a transient ghost in the machine that...

Here's an odd thing we're noticing after bringing the 31pc out of winter hibernation. There are 7 circular 12v overhead lights (still the original incandescents) in our cabin. These overhead lights are switched ON and OFF by one of the switches in the 4 gang switch panel as we enter the cabin...

Very interesting - thanks!! 23,090 lbs. for a 2009 40pc. And here are the specs for your boat as taken from the 2009 Cruiser catalog. "Approximate Weight (Diesel) -- 22,750 lbs." If you had a 1/4 tank of fuel: 250 gal tank divided by 4 = 62.5 gallons 62.5 gallons x 7.1 lbs/gallon =...

Looking for some advice please - especially from 37PC owners, boat lift owners, and others. As we expand our Chesapeake Bay cruising destinations, we're considering upsizing -- from our beloved, lift-kept 31PC to either a 34 or a 37PC. Aside from other considerations, the re-purposing of our...

Hello all - I'm considering forking out the $$ to Formula for a full set of replacement vinyl skins for my 2000 31PC. I've searched the archives here and have not found any detailed info on disassembly of this model's various seats -- so as to remove and replace the skins. The flip up...

PSA For posterity, if your Kohler 4, 5, 6 or 7.3E (perhaps others) generator stops pumping raw water while your impeller is not shredded and your plumbing is not otherwise obstructed . . . . . . then a common culprit is a sheared/split rubber/plastic/elastomer coupler sleeve that mates the...

I'm not too familiar with your boat, or what is in those cabinets to the right of the intended mounting wall, but I have mounted a TV in a 31PC and here are some considerations and suggestions. First, you need to decide on the types of cable you will pull to the back of the TV, where they will...

Resolved The set of two Paneltronics P/N 289-049 replacement meters arrived; they have been installed; and seem to work fine (so far). https://www.paneltronics.com/Default.php?op=ProductSearch&item=289-049 There are differences to note between the original and replacement meters. The original...

Hello and Happy New Year! The Port AC Shorepower Voltmeter (0-150v) in my Cabin's Power Panel is pegging out at 150v with increasing frequency. If I tap it a few times it will settle back at 110v - for a while. The Starboard meter holds steady at 110v, as it should. The wonky Port meter used to...

Hi - and WELCOME. Great looking boat. If you are speaking of the below-pictured Bomar GP901-02W latch dogs, then yes, some of mine are broken, some are missing, and some are quite tight to screw down. I do know that some owners replace the white knobs with Wingnuts that fit the threaded studs...

Hello all I sent this inquiry to TAG, but having not heard back, was hoping someone here may know. My 2000 31pc has six oval cabin portholes (windows). The labels on the window frames say Pompanette (these are Bomar, I think?) and each porthole has three flip up/down lockdowns that screw IN to...

Hello all - I would appreciate a little advice on my upgrades from the current (inherited) battery configuration and capacity in my 31PC. Incredibly, the 2000 31PC has only TWO batteries (plus the Genset battery). There are two group 27s on the outside starboard side of the engine compartment...