The Restoration & Upgrade of a 1979 Choate 40

Since the boat was a racer, it never had a windlass. It came with and old (1943) Navy 35# Danforth type anchor, which is still in real g...

The boat came with one large hatch foreword over a large sail loft, basically the whole area forward of the main bulkhead. And two smaller h...

Since I installed the new motor I haven't been able to get the prop shaft from whipping under any reasonable load, even after having the...