RoryG and Ben, I thank you for your expertise, to be quite frank this all came about as a result of my removing redundant wiring and o/d...
Thank you, I sure appreciate your reply. Could you now, advice on the following. When bought the boat, it had been repowered with Yanmars, which...
My Bertram has Yanmar diesels controlled by Yanmars fly by wire system, which uses NMEA 2000 wiring. I installed a Garmin GPS MAPS chart plotter,...
You have a similar problem as myself, a 35 year old boat with masses of redundant wiring......l, i am presently pulling the redundant stuff...
Today I received a replacement unit from Garmin, who were very helpful, The unit was expeditiously returned, needs to be recalibrated of course....
Brief notes as how to confirm an existing prop is correctly matched to the engine and boat and to alter it if not. I...Rev engine to WOT at the...
One must assume the engines are operating in peak condition, ergo can rev to the makers WOT at the dock and out of gear. If they cannot meet this...
This is an incredibly misunderstood reality, quite frankly very difficult to explain in a few sentences and by me in particular. I assure you,...
Ideally the revs produced with WOT at your dock with a well warmed engine and out of gear, should be the same as those produced at WOT at...
You are making progress, now you know what you in a boat and of a boat....you will be able to check out listings.....as it still is considered a...
As oldboater says, you should determine what you need or anticipate from the boat.....at one point you say you want to run across to Catalina...
Garmin sent a note via email, requesting the unit be sent to them. It will be dealt with under their warranty which still has a month to run....
Never noticed.....I guess it was the confounded spell checker. Thanks for pointing the typo out
Pascal's books and are excellent...well worth reading before deciding which boat to go for. There are those, like myself who believe the early...
My Bertram 38ft flush deck cruiser was powered with 8V 53 naturals with a single starter solenoid on the 12 VDC starter. Never has any trouble...
I would suggest 25 to 30 in a 42ft boat is hauling ass, particularly if you consider that your cruising speed. There many good US built boats...
What on earth can the pool water be tied to?
I agree, Highbourn went south for me 20 30 years ago.....Shroud always a favourite and our first stop on our annual Exuma pilgrimage. Apart from...
After 45 years of Exuma cruising, and enjoying every minute, I'm now located in the Abacos, where there are many beautiful islands, both inhabited...
PS....I would not run the main engine(s) with the new alternator or the Genny at the same time. Just confuses the issue. Run one at a time to...
