Forum: Electrical
05-14-2017, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,933
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Forum: Electrical
05-14-2017, 12:57 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,933
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Forum: Electrical
05-14-2017, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,933
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Forum: Electrical
05-14-2017, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,933
Boat AC Panel
Hi guys,
Blue Seas AC panel with 30 amp main master circuit breaker switch and three breakers for boat circuits. When first plugged into shore power everything worked. Wasn't long before the...
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Forum: Tartan
03-19-2017, 12:17 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 11,399
A4 Removal
Try a 2 x 12 at least 8' long and a fulcrum. And Bert Large.
I slid an A4 out from under my Bristol 27 cockpit and into the main cabin after lifting it off the engine beds by having a large friend...
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Forum: General Interest
10-13-2015, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,403
Thank you all for your kind remarks. I...
Thank you all for your kind remarks. I appreciate it.
I have taken on an older wooden boat - but I had my eyes open when I purchased her. My friends say I like working on boats more than sailing...
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Forum: General Interest
10-12-2015, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,403
Is a pun funny?
You kill me too, Russ. I appreciate a good pun, just don't seem to be able to come up with them.
H
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Forum: General Interest
10-12-2015, 07:26 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,403
Right
Hi Bill,
You got it, Bill. 1968 strip built, center cockpit ketch.
I will take her back to the Chesapeake before I croak.
Howard
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Forum: General Interest
10-12-2015, 07:14 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,403
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Forum: General Interest
10-11-2015, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,403
S/v cygnet
Oops, we like pictures.
Like a proud papa, right?
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Forum: General Interest
10-11-2015, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,403
Not going away
Well, men, it has happened again. Got another boat, this time a 35 Dickerson ketch with a Westerbeke 4-107 diesel engine. Just when I was settling in with the A4…
But all is not lost. Our boat is...
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Forum: Polls
07-23-2015, 09:51 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 8,526
Ac
We do not have shore power with our current boat. As a matter of fact, we opted for the no electricity or water side of the docks. Our slip mate says we are the friendly side of the harbor - we...
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Forum: Troubleshooting
06-22-2015, 07:56 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,108
Opss
Do you have a fuse between the coil+ and the OPSS? It could be blown.
Howard
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Forum: Electrical
06-20-2015, 09:23 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,667
How we use our boat
Mo, you said the magic words "can't justify it for how I use my boat". My boat has very modest electrical needs. So modest that I don't even need a "house" battery. The A4 takes care of...
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Forum: Announcements
06-18-2015, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,276
Changes
Good luck with the move but I hope that doesn't mean you will leave the forum, Dave. I can't imagine this place without you.
Howard
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Forum: Electrical
06-16-2015, 09:07 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,667
Charge controller
I like this company. This controller new is cheaper than Amazon and the people are intelligent and helpful.
https://www.emarineinc.com/Used-SunGuard-SG4-5-4-5A-12V-Charge-Controller
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Forum: Drive Train / Propellers
06-14-2015, 06:39 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 5,003
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Forum: Drive Train / Propellers
06-13-2015, 05:10 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 5,003
Fiddeling?
Hey Mo, when you get done fiddleling up there c'mon down here and help me eat some of these Kobe beef steaks we just got at the YC. Probably even go sailing. Come to think of it, I have a charcoal...
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Forum: Electrical
06-13-2015, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,667
Solar Power
Their is a 10 watt solar panel onboard which I didn't use when I launched last year. Now I want to put it in service. I can't remember the brand and I am away from the boat. I do know the...
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Forum: Troubleshooting
06-13-2015, 07:46 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,762
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Forum: Troubleshooting
06-12-2015, 04:21 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,762
Occam's Razor
Spring start up (late)
A4 won't start. Don't lay on the starter, start sleuthing:
Facet fuel pump no tick-tick. Zero pressure on fuel pressure gauge, just installed and for one second thought...
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Forum: Cooling System
04-11-2015, 05:16 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 5,899
Water intake
Back flushing a thru-hull strainer has worked for me in the past. Now I have a Groco with a "straight" thru hull and have caught fish in it. Still, it makes more sense to me to have problems...
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Forum: General Maintenance
11-25-2014, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 12,897
Pipe
Is that galvanized pipe?
Howard
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Forum: General Interest
11-11-2014, 11:07 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,070
Fish Tug
Some are better looking.
Dave, here is some info one one of the tugs:
It is steel-hulled, 50 feet long, a beam of 14.5 feet, a draft of 5.5 feet, and a displacement of 42 tons. The working deck...
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Forum: Troubleshooting
11-10-2014, 05:36 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 10,019
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