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There are three types of these synthetic ATONs: 1. a physical marker (buoy, beacon, etc.) with an actual transmitting AIS antenna. 2. A physical marker that is also marked by a synthetic AIS signal broadcast via shore towers showing the same location 3. Completely virtual ATONs with no physical...

Certainly in the San Juans and southern Gulf Islands it's T-Mobile. Coverage is free of additional costs across the border. The rumor is that one of the corporate officers has a home on San Juan Island and so assures good service.

If the gauges on the dash are pegging, as you described, that's an indication that they are seeing zero impedance in the circuit, i.e. a short to the DC V supply (12 or 24 ). So, look for that. I had that symptom, but in my case it was due to a shorted sender that was a new replacement for a...

Some direct experience I recently replaced one of my Oil pressure senders, and confronted this sealing issue. I decided to go with the blue goop pipe sealer that says compatible with water and oil. It works. i.e., the gauge reads properly and there's no leakage.

and in Friday Harbor got into the teens. I relied on shore power running the electric heaters and the ER water heaters plus the 45F salt water bath to keep things warm and it seems to have worked.

to throw my hat, or boat, in the ring.... This is a budget-driven answer: There are better boats on quality of build and aesthetics but, bang for the buck, I'd go with my current boat, a Bayliner 4588 or the 4788 (essentially the same boat). The engineering in them is well done, the interior...

If I understand correctly, the two tanks are interconnected by the blue hose. Then the fuel level should equalize naturally. Have you considered the guage readings might be just a calibration issue? You said 19 and 21 are the readings? What % of full scale is that? Maybe it’s inconsequential.

Over past decade in Friday Harbor: - to get my 30 foot slip took about 6 months - to get my 50 foot slip took 3 years. No, you can’t assume the slip but the Port staff is excellent in working with you to sublet slips when owners are out for awhile, and has winter moorage at normal slip rates...

Completing this thread in oil pressure fluctuations This thread started a while ago, but I just finished my work on it. It took so long because tech I asked to work on it kept putting it off, so I finally found a new oil pressure sender, waited through supply delays, but received and installed...

I agree strongly with the dinghy separate idea. As a former owner of wooden boats (3, all sail, 25’-48’), and also in Friday Harbor, I think the value indications from the 2023 PNW sales are quite valid. I believe there’s also a forum linked to the wooden boat center over in Port Townsend...

Don’t understand need for the brush on the shaft. It should be grounded through the engine block, and hopefully has zincs mounted directly outside.

I’ve rigged a similar system. I find a regular trip line has too many issues, and this approach provides a need-only solution. I confess I haven’t actually used it yet, but what could go wrong??

Response to 3 comments Great inputs. Thanks. Yes, same at both helms. So it seems like it’s at the sender end vs the guage end. I agree it sounds like ground vs signal side since two sensors are affected. I don’t know but assume it’s likely that oil and tach senders would share a ground...

BL 4588 with twin Hinos about 1800 hours. Well maintained. Recently this thing happens on port engine only. At about 1400 rpm and above, oil press gauge suddenly either drops to zero or starts flopping around. It does this instantly rather than at pace a change in real oil pressure would...

Interesting thread. It seems simple to me. Boat market took off due to people escaping Covid lockdowns. COVID’s over so the market is softening, if not collapsing. There are more boats than slips and everything else about boats is numbingly expensive. So, more softening. I’m wondering if I...

4 years ago had purchase survey done by Tom Johannessen, Hemnes Marine Surveys LLC. (owner) 360-684-2925 Everything he noted turned out to be accurate and no subsequent surprises. I had a very good feeling about him. Also had engineering survey done by Kevin Ambrose - Marine Diesel Engine...

Bedwell Harbor is a training station. If it’s not training day then check in is normal via phone. If it’s training day, it can become long and intrusive. Just always be totally honest and it’ll be ok.

An old salt I had 4 wooden sailboats in my younger years, and hung out with wooden boat folks. It was commonly understood that saltwater inhibits rot, so the standard practice was root out anywhere freshwater could leak in or be trapped, and give everything a good salty rinse every few days...

My boat is named Athena. The goddess of wisdom, strategic warfare, and a few other things was often depicted with her spirit animal, an owl. The dinghy is named Bubo, Latin for owl. I’m thinking that anyone who would make that connection won’t be pirating. But you never know.

It’s inert. If I take it down nothing will happen. Or everything will happen. It has no causality.

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My thought exactly. as to other comments: if it was sold as a radar reflector, somebody got robbed. A cylinder will produce a very poor return. As someone mentioned, the orthogonal diamonds are the best as they return the signal regardless of direction.

How will we know?

this is much older than starlink.

Put money on it? Nope. It’s a solid cylinder if Al, markings show turning on large. When unscrewed, it’s a 1” threaded hole that screws onto the stainless pipe. Inside is just the bottom of the drilled and threaded hole. So nobody knows what it is despite a lot of clever surmises...