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That is because Calder is a strong advocate of having only one bank for house and inverter use. He argues the benefits of this design at length. In my opinion, there is no good reason for a separate inverter bank.

I would guess dead. Their space is now occupied by San Juan Yachts. I don't think anyone in their right mind would put down a deposit on a new one, given their long-time propensity for using deposits on yacht B to finance finishing construction on yacht A. With no yacht A in process, that...

I have a Fogmate connected to my Kahlenberg D2's. I love to turn them on in the fog. They sound a bit like those on a ferry or something else very large and I can see smaller boats on my radar scurrying out of my way!

This is an interesting piece: https://www.morganscloud.com/2016/08/13/anchors-resetting-failures-with-rocna-and-some-thoughts-on-vulcan/ The Morgan's Cloud guy recommends the Spade, arguing, along with Practical Sailor, that the Rocna can fail to reset after a 180 degree wind change. He also...

No Problems I bought one when they first came out -- must have been four or five years ago. I have had no problems with continuous use. The company is very easy to deal with. Their 50 foot 30 amp cords were out of stock, so they gave me a 25 foot one while I was waiting and didn't expect...

Pack N'Roll The folding carts from Amazon, Office Depot or the like: https://www.amazon.com/Olympia-85-010-Pack-N-Roll-Portable-Carrier/dp/B000UZ0P7I/ fold down to nothing, hold a fair amount and are quite handy for runs to the grocery or liquor store. they won't last forever, but they are...

That is amazing that that is the stock setup, since it is seriously misguided. I have a similar boat, a Bruckman BlueStar. It came with 3 4D's (one for house and one each for starting the Yanmar engines). The batteries were tired when I bought the boat and the first thing I did was buy two...

Sterling Power does the trick The Sterling Power alternator to battery charger is a very clever device that really works well. It tricks your stock, unregulated alternators into seeing a lower voltage than is actually on the house batteries so that they will put out more current than they...

It runs fine, it is just a switch. I wired mine on a 24 volt boat in parallel to the existing temperature sensor.

Go wireless - cheap Indeed, those "boat" controls are expensive and unnecessary. Wireless car-type remotes with "validity" operation work just fine. I use one for my dinghy hoist and its small fob just lives conveniently on my motor keychain. For instance, this one: 2-Channel RF Receiver...

Raymarine gear of that vintage came with one of my boats. Although I have an AIS hooked up to it (just a cheap generic receiver from Miltech), I have to say that the display is worse than useless. It simply does not scale the targets to their actual size and it clutters things up in a really...

That is in the Burdwood Group, right across from Echo Bay. The bright lights at the fish farm left a diesel pump on overnight. Emergency crews responding to diesel spill near northern Vancouver Island - British Columbia - CBC News Yet another negative consequence of fish farming. Your will...

Project Fi I have been using Project Fi for over a year now and I highly recommend it. It is an ideal solution for Americans in British Columbia. Domestically, at least on Nexus phones, it switches transparently between t-mobile, sprint and wifi (for calling) On your data device and plain...

This is not really a crap shoot. Practical Sailor does extensive and rigorous testing of bottom paints (and a lot more). A subscription is worthwhile even if one is not a "sailor" as better than half of the content is related to paints and varnishes, electronics and other stuff that goes on...

Sterling Power has good stuff Sterling Power makes excellent DC->DC chargers. Use one of these and your thruster batteries will be happy whether you are running on shore power, the generator, or your engine alternator. I am very happy with my 24 volt -> 24 volt charger. It keeps my bow...

It is alive and well the website is here: Trawlers & Trawlering: Voyaging, cruising and living aboard under power The easiest way to search the archives is to enter your search term in Google, followed by "site:trawlering.com", as in "best anchor site:trawlering.com" A nice threaded...

Answer here Look at this comparison: https://www.ez2cy.com/otherenclosures.aspx EZ2CY, an acrylic, in my opinion is superior to polycarbonate because scratches can be polished out and because it does not have an annoying rainbow effect when you are looking through it with polarized...

Propane Sensor/Switch If you want two sensors and a switch as well, take a look at this one: CruzPro GD25 LPG gas vapor detector and gasoline / petrol monitor and alarm sports variable sensitivity, controls lpg solenoid and bilge blower It also switches off the solenoid after sixty minutes...

Pulsatech is the ticket I have been using these for years: XC100-P Xtreme Charge 12V Battery Maintenance Charger Desulfator They work like a charm and keep start batteries very happy.

One More Thing... If you are considering buying full-size panels in the PNW and wish to avoid shipping, Platt Electric, which has stores all over, will sell you one or two panels. You just call up, and they will drop ship them to the store...

Here are some numbers Al Thomason, who writes a very interesting and well informed blog about living aboard and boating in the PNW, provides some actual data here: mv.VikingStar: Solar Detailed graphs are in there, but the executive summary is that output is, of course, highly seasonal, but...

Nice Boat The rest of that boat is beautiful too: Feadship Olympia You can charter her, if you have the cash: Classic Motor Yacht MONARA (ex Olympia) - a Feadship Superyacht

It is there! Speed and ETA damping has finally been implemented: https://www.coastalexplorer.net/forums/support/topics/76950 Another really nice thing about CE is that they respond to their users requests. It is altogether a wonderful piece of software.

"Nap Tyme" runs into Washington Ferry! MOD EDIT: Similar threads merged Seemingly asleep, the driver of Nap Tyme, plows into the side of a ferry. Seemingly all ended well. Watch: Boat called ‘Nap Tyme’ collides with Washington State Ferry near Vashon Island | The Seattle Times

They can't hurt My fifty-year old boat has one steel bilge tank that will be impossible to replace since the boat is literally built around it. (It also has four fiberglass tanks!) When it was last cleaned and inspected there was minor amount of rust at the bottom. Since I wanted the tank to...