Recent content by Grahambda

When we purchased our 1990 DeFever trawler, we had the notion to bring all the teak back to its former glory. However all of the teak, toe rails, guard rails, window frames, doors, steps, etc. had all been painted white, and now most of it is flaked. After many hours of using a heat gun and...

Hi Our DeFever 44ft Trawler will be in Cape Coral in January at a friend's dock. She has been sitting on the hard for six months, and I need to get her ready for a cruise down to the Keys commencing early Feb. I have a long list of non-technical projects to complete in January and am looking...

Thought these instructions would be useful for anyone that needs to operate a VHF radio outside of US waters (likely Bahamas for most of us). This is the online application process, you will need at least two cups of coffee, or something stronger! to complete the application. Current fees as of...

Hi fellow trawler owners.. I am a recent owner of a 1990 DF 44 OC trawler. The upper helm is in pretty bad shape, with old redundant/broken switches and a variety of badly filled screw holes. Also the gel coat flaking. Attached photos that give you some idea of the challenge (this is just a...

Hi in end we went with river forest on the hard due to time constraints. Mixed about keeping her on the hard vs a wet slip, both have there pros and cons. Not sure about next season, will see how well they looked after her when we put her back in at the end of this year

Thanks not a vet so unavailable to us. We did secure slips at Perry Marina and safe harbor in Marathon.

Perry is now $4800 for the month of March, that’s for 44 foot trawler including power. However the marina next door Stoke island yacht club is $1800 cheaper trying to figure out if it’s worth the extra for the Perry hotel Marina, thoughts?

Thanks everyone , I’ll start ring around and see what’s available based on recommendations

Hi We are trying to find a slip in the Keys for Feb and March, ok to move around if only available for a few days at a time. This will be our first cruise to the Keys before we head over to the Bahamas at the end of March , early April. Any recommendations would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Recently took our DeFever 44 on a lengthy 5 day shake down cruise. One of the more annoying issues was the Simrad auto-helm would only engage for 30 seconds or so before throwing an error.. No Rudder Response.. and the auto-helm would disengage. Any ideas on where to troubleshoot re most...

Inmarsat radar dome, modified to house the standard Starlink dish - fully protects from all the elements. Size of the dome: 25" in diameter and 27" high, includes a fitted base for Starlink Dish. Asking $300.00 , not including shipping, can be picked up from central Florida. email...

Used but working fine when I replaced it with a Victron combo charger/inverter. http://www.effectivesolar.com/PDF/statpower/1750_specs.pdf New priced around $350.00- $400.00, asking $125.00 plus shipping. Includes a wired extended remote control panel. Contact : grahambda@gmail.com

Vetus - Sanitary Hose 1 1/2" #VE SAHOSE38 Have approx 35 ft left over from trawler head re-fit. Retailed @ $10.00 ft , asking $5.00 ft. (35 ft x $5.00 = $175.00) shipping not included, can be picked up from central Florida. email grahambda@gmail.com

Problem fixed ! Here is the electrician explanation, related to a Victron Mulitplus invertor charger.. I took the neutral coming in the boat off the buss bar, routed that through the inverter AC in, then took the neutral out of the inverter and brought that to the neutral buss bar. So the...

Eliminate the invertor Thanks, yes electrician is back on board this morning and he plans to disconnect the new Victron multiplus inverter charger to see if that is the cause. Everything works fine when running on the generator by the way.