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Todays project was replacing this rather heavy duty 12 volt socket in the aft cabin; I googled it and found nothing. The 2 tabs that you can see are spring loaded and serious gauge. There was no cap on it and 10g wires on the back via screw terminals with rings. I have another in the fore...

Now that the TV has a place, time for the audio -:) I replaced the flybridge stereo last year and happy with the results. Went with the same Kicker (gauge style, 3 inch hole) head unit I used before. Saloon stereo was non-op and while going through the wiring for the replacement I think I...

When we bought the boat there was a cool little drop down box in the saloon centered with an NEC 4:3 analog TV in it. Custom fit. The not so cool was being analog it hasn't worked for what a decade? But it had potential... The antenna feed was in the box as well as AV feeds from the DVD...

of the San Joaquin Delta Power Squadron! Just inducted last night. Got my name tags and my burgee and interviewed by the executive committee and sworn in at the general meeting. Seems like a good group with lots of experience piloting the Delta. Looking forward to more training, river...

A new learning experience is coming my way. Out to the boat to do a little look-see fitment thing and had to go so I did. What is that noise? Too loud for fridge, fans and blowers off... Down to the engine room and it's the freshwater pump. Not hot, but running constant. Back to the...

Pumped out a couple hundred gallons last week and pumped out about 50 more today. Yes, I'm fixing the bilge pumps first as neither of them (2, fore and aft) work on automatic like they should. So, apply the band aid first and then the cure. The water in the bilge is crystal clear. Unlike...

Latest project and me thinks it came out pretty well. There was no seat at the inside helm when we bought the boat. A couple of upholstered chairs either side of the bar and the fixed seating around the table. Well one of the chairs was fixed to a deck plate by way of adapters and a sawed off...

Today we just got back from the 85 mile boat ride, Alameda to Stockton. The boat ran great, I had the diesels at 1600 rpm and making 9 to 10 knots depending on wind and currents. The boat ride took 9 hours and man I'm spent. We left home at 6:30 and got back at 7:30. Thirteen hour adventure...

Getting ready to move the boat to it's new location, a covered slip in Stockton. So to just make sure I don't have problems I check the marina for the roof height. Twenty feet. Top of mast we estimated at 23 feet. I'm thinking the bimini will fit, but not the mast. The bimini will be easy...

Bought my first trawler last weekend after looking for months. Still at the broker's dock in Alameda, but I have a slip reserved in Stockton. Since neither of the heads work, we're working that detail before the 90 mile Delta run to her new home. She's a 1979 44 foot Kong & Halvorsen Island...