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I tap into the AC inlet with my Rainman. Never been an issue

Is there such a thing as a water proof or resistant meter?

My attempt at going paperless.. For the most part. A flushlet bidet seat. Apologies for the angle.

I bought a set of these Easy Up handles. Best thing ever … https://www.waketowerpro.com/index.cfm?p=item_detail&productid=498

I have a 48 foot highly optioned twin screw and my shipyard go to says factor in $800 per foot per year.. That includes all maintenance, repairs, replacements, insurances, moorage fees, 1x haul out, 1 x polish and 1 wash per month. They want $12k just to replace my flybridge clears. I had...

Have you spoken to your insurance company?

Didn’t they call the HT354 the Lazy Perkins?

Spend the money and get a proper fit for purpose marine camera. The cheap Chinese camera systems are designed for security not active situations like backing down (delays and reversed images on your display). The potential for confusion and damage will cost far more than a decent marine camera...

Mine is the M232 which cost $3500. The M300’s came out a little later and I believe are twice the price. Edited to add the 232 is B & W pan and tilt

I went with this one - With me it was a case of the Scotch you want to buy or the Scotch you want to drink … The camera on the port side of it is part of the Raymarine ClearCruise Augmented Reality (AR) system. Which is another very cool all weather collision avoidance and nav aid guidance...

I hedged my bets and installed a FLIR and Radar as not being a professional seafarer I’m not that confident using my radar alone in fog, at night or in bad weather. I didn’t think the price was that prohibitive considering. Would’ve liked to go for the color FLIR but that was costly.

Never been a fan of exterior teak. And after seeing those photos not about to become one any time soon. When recently adding teak to my decks (with great trepidation) I told the yard not one plank can be open to the elements..

I had 400lbs added under the bed in the guest cabin which is directly opposite the galley due to a starboard list. It’s held down with flexible construction adhesive. I think the designers did their balancing math with 2 x 200lb bodies permanently asleep…

I just had my decks done with teak. I was never a fan of teak but had no choice as the faux teak laminates were not guaranteed to go the distance either. What I found interesting was the shipwrights bonded the teak plank’s to a single piece of marine ply sheet and then bonded the ply to the FG...

Everything in electronics is pretty much on par with only personal preferences to guide you. I went with Raymarine last year as I wanted to also stick with the same brand. I bought a new FLIR, Quantum 2 Radar, AIS, Clearcruise with Raymarine camera, 12” + 16” Axioms and Autopilot which are all...

Thanks. I have QSC’s of the same year with the same stop buttons so thanks for sharing your experience with us. I may get the switches replaced as a precaution. Magnificent boat btw.

May I ask what type and year your boat is sir?

Remember that old saying if it flies, floats or f@&ks rent it ...

My rule of thumb (yearly budget) for my 44 footer is $1000 per foot per year all in to both own and operate. If I’m truly honest with myself...

I normally do that when the wife’s in the room ..

Be curious to know how as there still seems to be a flat surface on the chine?

Thanks, I’ll definitely be passing this info on to my shipwrights. ?

Just fired off an email to the shipwrights doing some major mods to my boat now. You just gave me an idea for my next project. My wife can’t stand the noise, and unlike most of the lucky guys here, I ain’t about to convince her to stop using the guest cabin as our master until the noise is...

. One things for sure, your guests won’t be coming back in a hurry... Not if they’re looking for a good nights sleep that is ..

I’m glad this subject came up. My boat has been trucked to a shipwrights for a transom modification. Might ask them while it’s there for their suggestions on a solution. Personally I don’t mind the slap but the wife hates it to the point where we sleep in the guest cabin. Happy wife happy...