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I thought this was interesting. There has been so much recent discussion on portable coolers and icemakers and LiON power in general, I thought this is quite intriguing . Just in time for Xmas. Absolutely no connection. Just something that Amazon magically thought I was interested...

My boat came with only 1 VHF radio and no AIS. I do want to add AIS and I wanted to have wifi out of the AIS. That narrows it down to Vesper(and one other company I don't remember). The Vesper unit is $800 and once you get all of the "kit", it pushes $1100. I have just found out about this...

Just curious if there are any folks out there using the H30 davits and how do you like them? Thanks in advance!

My boat is relatively new to me. I have not explored the "lower regions" of the fuel gauges. On my Carver, I think they tried to idiot proof the gauges as they still had a significant amount of fuel when buried on "E". I found it that on my new to me Meridian, that is not the case!!! When...

I will be replacing my current NovaKool RFS7501. It is an under counter unit with doors. It sucks by the way but that is beside the point. I will not be buying another one but am looking at the Vitrifrigos as well as Isotherms. I would be willing to hear opinions on those brands as well as...

Ok...my main set of props are 22x24. They are perfect....2700rpm on a 2600rpm rated engine(6CTA-450). My spare set is 24x24. We can deduce that I am overpropped with those...and I most certainly am...2500rpm on same engines. I was thinking of taking two inches of pitch out of the 24 inchers...

I didn't know what to title this but thought this would be a fun mental exercise. I took my boat in for prop work as well as shaft seals, cutlass bearings and other stuff. I had a spare set of props. They were 24x24. We had no clue what the props were that were currently on the boat. But we...

I recently read the Noflex and OxyClean are the exact same thing....with OxyClean being SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper. Is this true????

On my delivery trip, we hit something hard enough to bend a strut. I did not know this at the time so continued on. There was no change in vibration levels...at least I didn't think at the time. Well we have had the boat out of the water. Shaft seals changed. Cutlass bearings changed...

This probably will never come to fruition as the GPS system is too vital to our survival but it is a glimpse behond the scenes of the battles that must be one by interested parties.... On Friday it was reported that the Federal Communications Commission will approve the proposal of satellite...

My new to me boat has a pair of Cummins 6CTA Diamonds. The PO was running the boat for the sea trial. I noticed on the AC Panel "Block Heaters". I made mention of them to the PO on the sea trial and he scoffed at me....giving me the impression that they were either not installed or they didn't...

https://www.boattrader.com/boat/2005-defever-offshore-44-7380505/?fbclid=IwAR0yTkGdTpAwmtFG-btDVrxi-MLLO68rtfAjdA-9cqoOYlIqjyyTKPrs-H0 It does not appear to be stabilized....but wow....what a boat!!!!

I just am a little giddy about today's events!! If you notice in my signature, the Carver just closed and she is gone!! It was an absolutely great boat. We used the hell out of it and it took good care of us!! But she is on to make memories with her new owners! And now we can concetrate and...

My Carver is under contract. It has 6BTA 330hp. There was an oil leak around the rear cylinder on the right engine. The survey happened...hull surveyor only. He is recommending a mechanical survey due to oil leak...SO we all agreed to completely clean up the engine room to start new to see...

The generator is an Kohler 8EOZ 8kw generator. It autoshutdown on me during a weekend cruise and decided to troubleshoot when I got home. Did the troubleshooting. If you don't know this generator, it is a mechanical one. But there are a series of electical shutdown features from 3 different...

I struggle not to type "prop sync"...but alas.... I know Glendenning is the leader in this market segment. I just bought me a new boat(to me) and it has a pair of twin Cummins 6CTAs that I am thrilled about. THe one issue is I struggle to sync them by ear. The friction on the power levers...

I was just wondering if anyone has any favorite sites where they can find new electronics that might be last year's model and therefore discounted. Kind of a "clering house" for unsold electonics. I have scoured the internet and haven't found much. I will keep looking but wondering if anyone...

I am picking up a boat in Florida and bringing it back to Texas. Its most recent electronics is a C series Raymarine. So I will augment that(or maybe the other way around) with charting software on an iPad. So what it the best out there and why? Also, I am fond of Active Captain so if someone...

We are looking at boats with these engines. Should I be afraid? ANd what am I looking for as it relates to blown exhaust gaskets or cracked manifolds? I know my way around diesel engines but not sure where to look for the failure points...the coolant tank seems to block the ability to truly...

First off conditions to answer questions before they're asked: Clean bottom(bottom job done 5 days ago...couldn't be any cleaner) Prop pitch(perfectly...reaches 2900rpm WOT on a 2800 engine as measured by Aetna digital tachs) Engines: Cummins 330B with 1500 hours Load: less than half load Air...

Just a little something I learned on my last trip down the coast. I(Carver 35) was following a friend in a Sea Ray 47. We were coming up on a tow/barge and looking to overtake. He had 3 barges strung out and the wind was blowing hard out of the south so he was up into the wind taking up a lot of...

This is on the lower port side of a Cummins 330B. I do know the larger 2 wire sender is the oil pressure sender. What is the smaller "sender" next to it to the left? That is the raw water pump in the upper left part of the picture for orientation/reference. One of the wires coming off of...

Has anyone used this technology? I think PYI has a system termed "Sonihull". Just wondering if there is anyone out there that has any experience with this.

A friend of mine traveled down to Port Aransas from Houston area with us in their boat. On board were his in laws just to take a ride down the ditch. He burned around 450 gallons to get down here(I burn about half that) in a Sea Ray 47 Sedan. Said friend has a friend that owns/operates an air...

I thought this was a good read into what is going on over at West Marine.... https://www.tradeonlytoday.com/post-type-feature/inside-the-changes-at-west-marine