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I also am a huge fan of varnish, but having a boat on the east coast of Florida(for 18 years)that has lots of exterior teak, I have grown very tired of the twice a year taping, sanding, and varnishing routine, and it’s multiple coats of varnish year! Over the years of having many different boats...

We have an AB 10VL dinghy for sale. Info below pictures. Let me know if you have any questions. 2011 AB 10VL, Hypalon Inflatable RIB, NO MOTOR, NO TRAILER Located near Chattanooga, Tn. $2,000 *Good Condition *Length 10’6” Beam 5’7” 17” Tubes 123 Lbs *Double floored...

They say real estate is all about location. And boats are all about condition. We looked long and hard for our 34 Mk I Mainship. Lotta stuff for sale with big time deferred maintenance and generally poor condition. But asking prices still up there. Requires patience. We’ve got two boats, one on...

Give Florida Bow Thrusters a call. Vetus is their core business. They travel the country installing them. They are a class act. Don’t know if they rebuild the motors. But reasonably sure they can answer your questions.

So during my Gulf Stream crossings going almost due East from Florida to the Bahamas, I intentionally have autopilot steer to a course about 20 miles south of arrival way point. So the boat is pointed to the indicated heading, but actual Course Over Ground (COG) is at an angle to heading due to...

I have the older Simrad Rf300 rudder position instrument. It is mounted independent of the hydraulic ram and is connected to the rudder arm by an adjustable all thread rod. To adjust, must manually center the rudder and then adjust rod connection length to get zero indication on mfd or...

Comment on the shilling rudder. As with any rudder needs boat speed through the water to be efficient. Doubt prop wash enough at slow speeds (such as docking maneuvers) to make a difference. So agree would be hard to notice much difference at slow speeds. As speed increases a little, should...

Am familiar with the Becker Shilling rudder. Essentially a sailboat rudder shape and is symmetrical. We have a motor sailer (essentially a trawler with sails) that has a sailboat rudder, powered by a Perkins 6.354. 200 rpm change has no effect on course. The 2 degree port rudder position...

Out of curiosity, checked California Current and the Southern California Eddy. Looks like you went through the eddy and were set by the current.

Oh should add, I’ve got the Simrad autopilot system. Have had issues with metallic objects placed too close to rate compass causing deviation. But never sporadic or sudden change as you describe.

Think key statement is that worked fine for first couple of hours. Agree with others that most likely seeing legitimate difference between course over ground (COG) and magnetic heading due to current. I’m an Atlantic Ocean guy, don’t know Pacific area you’re in. But routinely experience similar...

Great perseverance and result. Congratulations!

Have had similar experience being boarded by US border patrol outside the Ft Piece inlet when returning from the Bahamas by boat. Agents looking for fresh conch. We had shells, but no fresh conch and were needlessly harassed. Does anyone but me see the irony in all of this? Both Canada and US...

We have used Hydrocoat in New Smyrna Beach on an inflatable for a winter season. Prevented hard growth, but does need to be scrubbed periodically to remove soft growth. We have a motorsailer that says in the water year round in New Smyrna Beach as well. We use an ablative with approx 40% Cu...

My Balmar with external regulator programmed this way.

Have a Perkins 6.354.4 just rolled over 6000 hours (3000 hours by me). Starts immediately and runs smooth. Use Rotella 10w40, Wix oil filter, and 100 hour oil change interval.

No pictures of engine room should be a red flag!

Currently running a Suzuki 20 hp electric start. Chose over Tohatsu because found parts more readily available (check out boats.net) to diy maintenance and a big plus, a shop manual available. Satisfied with the performance and reliability.

Good analysis. Agree.

Could it be the cell signal input quality as opposed to a Navionics issue? Two thoughts: 1. As others have said an external gps “puck” receiver that bluetooths to iPad would likely solve the problem. 2. Maybe old school, but always have paper charts in use at the helm as backup. And also try to...

Echo previous posts about defining problem to be solved. Would offer three other comments: 1. Think this forum is a great place to start learning and discussing. 2. Be wary of the professional help. Likely very willing to take your money to solve the undefined problem. 3. If thinking solar, can...

Have a Trinka 10 as well. Photo of tiller and rudder attached. Tiller 26” long. Rudder 40.5” long x 9” at widest point. It has a kick up feature as you can see. If I were to fabricate one, would just do a solid piece and forego the kick up. Don’t think the shape critical. But would try to get a...

Several thoughts: 1. As you likely know, a combiner simply connects the batteries together in parallel. Agree with others that should replace existing, but suggest a DC-DC charger for reasons explained below. 2. Since your starting bank and house bank are different sizes and are different states...

As posted previously, haven’t seen that to be a problem on the FL central east coast marinas along the ICW. So do not agree a design or supply problem. But do agree, if marina distribution system degraded, or boat is degraded, then the margin is eroded. Edit: Should also mention my marina on TN...

Agree, not all 200 on same circuit. But on the other extreme, a single pedestal is not serviced by a dedicated marina distribution breaker. So there are a number of boats on the same dock on the same circuit. Can’t know, but suspect around eight boats, maybe more on a circuit (400 amp breaker...