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I was going to mention my 20 years of circumnavigation in a gas turbine powered coracle that I designed and built myself but I thought it superfluous [emoji847]

NAIAD are the Northern Lights equivalent for Stabilisers. Simple and robust solutions ( at least with their smaller stuff). Sadly NAIAD factory support can be patchy but there are plenty of experienced people out there to work on them.

Taras, Back to your issue. The cost is going to very dependent on the condition of your shaft, bearings etc. There are people who have improvised the tools to remove the fins etc but I wouldn’t recommend it. The boat needs to be lifted and someone experienced with stabilizers etc needs to do...

NAIAD 252 with Multisea II controller and 7sft Fins. I have spent a fair bit of time talking to NAIAD.

Ok got it. I think you will find that NAIAD recommend different things for different systems. i.e. Some use engine oil some use hydraulic fluid. Later ones with auto lock don’t flop around when centered. If they are properly rigged you shouldn’t use more fuel when they are centered. In fact we...

In particular basis for this advice? I have never heard this before.

Outer Shaft Seals are just under $30 and you need two per side. Crush Washers are about the same and you need four per side but you may be up for a bit more depending on how the shafts and bearings are. Funnily enough if you don’t use your stabilisers Naiad recommend changing the seals more often.

We replaced one of our Vacuflushes with a Marine Elegance and it is a great improvement. When the second VF causes issues it is gone. The plumbing is simpler and the runs are shorter and as others have said you can use a smaller diameter waste pipe without issues. On a longer run the smaller...

I have a SIG hunting range finder and it is great for anchoring and checking rate of closure without spooling up the radar. Cheaper than a new waveguide too!

The key reason to run Navionics is Sonar Chart which is the crowd sourced depth data. I don’t think Furuno can run Sonar Chart. I also run Aqua Maps and Coastal Explorer with CMap and NOAA charting. If you are doing anything in shallow water including the ICW, Bahamas, Canada and Maine then...

Two advantages to having twin engines that help defray the additional cost: 1. You hopefully have a running spare to help fault find minor issues. Swap the sender units over. 2. You can practice any maintenance action on the side of the engine that isn’t jammed hard up against the fuel tank...

Check the depth of the new TV you choose carefully. I have a TV lift and the original LCD flatscreen TV fitted perfectly. A yard accident left it with a hole in the screen so I thought “no worries a newer TV will be thinner. Nope, all the new Flat Screen TV’s of that size are an inch thicker. It...

For general interest and to demonstrate the options out there for boat AC panels we have two separately switched 240VAC rows of breakers and a 110vac row that the Inverter powers. The generators are also 240VAC. Most of the machinery on the 240VAC legs is 240VAC except the 110vac water heater...

If they had a fire on the vehicle deck prior to the capsize it can melt through the lashings and the vehicles can then move. Chains are preferred by a lot of Navy vessels for that reason.

Grand Alaskans were a Defever design and not built by POCTA. I believe but I am not 100% sure that some designs live on with Outer Reef.

An RPH style boat can generally have a lower Center of Gravity than a single level design. GB Europa’s have a reputation for rolling and are best operated with stabilisers. Earlier GB’s also have a lot of items hidden away and some maintenance can be a pain. If your budget runs to it, GB...

If it is fuel injected don’t forget the fuel filters on the engine plus any seals required to change them. And a prop cotter pin if it has them.

We have 3126B’s. Ours are rated to 450hp. You should be able to get the engine history downloaded over the Canbus by someone with the right computer. Look for a complete history with no missing bits. The aftercoolers should be serviced regularly along with all the raw water coolers. Don’t worry...

Steve, I think “seemingly” is a key word there. I found a mix of clamps but also failure modes and only by setting out to change out the clamps did I find the bad ones. I didn’t do them all in one day but worked up from the most critical and secreted away to the less critical and “change during...

Improvise, adapt and overcome: I put the new panel into the old Sealand Tankwatch enclosure until I can sort out something else.

MG 540 and 5600 are 750 rpm max for engagement and it was the TD dealer/tech who told me told me that the harsh engagement wasn’t good and to keep the idle speed down.

Apparently you can get T Bolts with folded hooks rather than spot welds and that solves the problem but I have never managed to source them. If anyone has a brand I would appreciate the info. Thanks

The CAT dealer/service people recommended against 2 micron primaries so I use 10 micron. They are in twin RACOR 900’s with a vacuum gauge so I can monitor their performance. It is also worthwhile pulling the whole RACOR filter housing down and cleaning the bowl and the centre turbine...

Peggy, can you convince SCAD to make their Panel the same size as the Dometic so it truly is a one for one swap? I hate cutting up panels to cover holes in the fascia. Might up their sales as well.

I also think the Balmar regulator needs a certain load to kick in. I am going to be at idle for a while I hit Warm Up, throttle up get the charging going and then go back to idle and they keep charging. May not be the same for everybody’s set up but for two AT’s, two 612’s and a CF it seems to work.