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Agreed. We have enough space under the forward cabin to store the 12" balls inflated, but not the 18" ones so those get deflated if...

On my boat with a somewhat flared hull, I carry both 12" and 18" balls in addition to our 10" cylinder fenders. We use the cylinders...

Yup. Bow up is often better than bow down for drainage, but I figure the safest assumption is that if everything drains fine and water...

Personally I try to make sure any boat is blocked so it's level to its resting waterline with a reasonable load condition. On many...

Is the ground for the MPPT going through the shunt? If anything is grounded directly to the battery and not through the shunt then it...

Agreed, there's nothing inherently wrong with a one-off boat. But it can be harder to determine how good the design and build is...

If it's leaking where the rudder log mounts to the hull, the only fix is to haul the boat, drop the rudder and re-bed the rudder log.

Do we know if the inundation forecast takes timing into account? If so, it may be accounting for the peak surge coming at less than...

I've only personally tested it on one boat (sailboat with a fixed 2 blade prop, but not right behind the keel). On that boat, locking...

Other way around. Assuming no excessive drag in the shaft rotating then in most cases a freewheeling prop is less drag. It's not the...

If the alternator can handle more than 50A going to the house bank, a second DC-DC can always be added in parallel to transfer more...

Accounting for fuel, maintenance, etc. I figure generator power costs somewhere close to $1/kwh for us. Doesn't take long for solar to...

Raw water cooled engines can be converted to closed cooling with a heat exchanger as well, but the issue is the condition of the cooling...

We use balls in locks as well. I find they slide well and when they're not needed for a while they can be deflated to store more...

Repeat after me. Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries (which are the kind used as house batteries in a boat) are not the same lithium...