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    AC Issues

    I couldn't find a reset button...found an overheated connection on what appears to be an overload protector. How would I check to see if this has failed? Put a meter across the terminals and check for continuity? Thanks Bill
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    AC Issues

    I have a King Air AC unit on board. I was away from the boat for 2 weeks and when I returned there was no water flow, power was on and the fan was running. I secured the system and found the strainer plugged with debris. I cleaned and established water flow to the system. When I turned on the...
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    Pining for warmer weather...

    I made several trips years ago to the refinery in Come By Chance, but it was in Newfoundland, CA. It is currently -4C there. I don't think I want to be in either place.
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    What do You do when not boating?

    Jim It is a Kal Clone I built from The Electric Brewery, a HERMS system. The Electric Brewery They are all 20 gal kettles. Regrettably since moving to North Carolina over a year ago I have not had a chance to brew. I work in Philadelphia and just haven't had the time to brew on the weekends I...
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    What do You do when not boating?

    Retirement in 24 days 6 hours and 28 minutes. When not on the boat I look forward to getting my home brewery back on line.
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    Pining for warmer weather...

    Ice This is what it is like to work on a Great Lakes bulker prior to the close of the shipping season.
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    First overnight anchoring

    with some of us and the middle age spread....it is difficult to distinguish the difference between wearing a speedo and nothing at all..... a very BAD visual
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    this puts the problems we suffer into perspective

    FI Video: Container Collision Shatters Racing Yacht
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    Charter Outfit Recommendation in BC

    JD I know you meant bare boat charters... but a bar charter sounds more interesting and worth a trip to BC!
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    For Sale: Lewmar Pro Series 1000 anchor windlass

    37Pacific are the windlass and chain still available?
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    Tug Aground-Sank Northern B.C.

    B&B I agree completely.
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    Tug Aground-Sank Northern B.C.

    B&B You are absolutely correct. Response time is usually immediate. The maximum time is for hard to reach locales without much in the way of infrastructure. It is in the best interest of ANY company to respond timely and positively. You do not want the USCG to manage a spill! It is not a matter...
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    Tug Aground-Sank Northern B.C.

    B&B In regards to your number 4; I don't recall the Canadian requirement, but any Tank Vessel or Non-Tank Vessel, US Flag or Foreign Flag, entering US waters must have an approve Spill Response Plan. Part of that plan is the Plan Holder must have a contract with a oil response contractor who can...
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    Fishing quandary

    You should always maintain an emergency stash of beer onboard for situations just like this.
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    Tug Aground-Sank Northern B.C.

    The following is what SOLAS requirements are: BNWAS Regulations IMO - Solas Chapter V Regulation 19 The requirements making it mandatory to have a bridge navigational watch alarm system (BNWAS) fitted to all passenger and cargo vessels can be found in the amendments made to SOLAS Chapter V...
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    Tug Aground-Sank Northern B.C.

    Incorrect. Not needed to have two officers on watch, but one officer and one lookout. A Two man bridge team. Tugs have enjoyed a 'special' legal interpretation in that the watch stander can 'act as' their own lookout as well as doing the navigation. Ships are specifically required to...
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    Tug Aground-Sank Northern B.C.

    https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/video-grounded-kirby-tug-lifted-bc-seafloor/?utm_source=informz&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_content=newsletter For those continuing to watch this saga play out.
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    Big waves

    The worst place for this wind/current interaction is the Columbia River bar. It is so notorious that it is used to train the USCG surf boat drivers. It is a fun place to pick up a river pilot on a fully loaded poor handling tanker as well.
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    NDZ Washington State

    dhays The EPA made up their minds the minute WA state asked for it.
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    NDZ Washington State

    https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/11/07/2016-26877/washington-state-department-of-ecology-prohibition-of-discharges-of-vessel-sewage-receipt-of Last chance to comment, not that it will make a difference. Bill
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    What you do in real life?

    Graduated too long ago from MMA. I sailed 30+ years deep sea on tankers, 20 as Captain. The last 12 years I have been driving a desk as a fleet manager for a fleet of Great Lakes ore boats and now back on the east coast as a fleet manager for tankers. My first boat was an 8' El Toro sailing...
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    Puget Sound NDZ time frame?

    I hate to say it, but I can almost guarantee that the EPA will grant the state of Washington their request for a NDZ.
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    Lighter subject...coffee! :)

    RTF.. thanks it would help if I could spell caffeine... lol I know first hand that two cups of Deathwish in the morning will raise my at rest heart rate to about 110!
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    Lighter subject...coffee! :)

    For those of you that need or enjoy your CAFINE, check out https://www.deathwishcoffee.com/
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    A scary night on the water last night...

    Seevee Commercial companies all have operation/procedure manuals as well as planned maintenance computer software that is ship specific, some better than others.
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