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Time for a new thread on how Sandy's affecting you ??

For those of you who were on/visited the old site (that was suddenly closed down a few months ago) there is a new one one.. www.life-aboard.com

Seems I have once again soaked a cell phone in salt water...... This time I did not fall off the dock.... I had left Falmouth Mass. last Friday.... Had just got to the beginning of Long Island Sound when the weather went to crap... Strong outgoing tide with high waves out of the northeast made...

Have gone thru most of the old posts on inverters so maybe I missed what I was looking for.... Bought a Samlex America PST-1505, 1500watt inverter off of Ebay two weeks ago for a whopping $79...... (list price for what I could find online is $459). New in box. I understand the wiring aspect...

Today I was doing my weekly and monthly check on the boat and found two problems... 1. my aft bilge pump was not working... 2. my mid bilge float switch was not working... In the 12 yrs we've owned the boat... have never had a problem with either.... No idea why the pump stopped.... Have...

The heat exchanger on my 9 kw Kowler Genny has bite the dust. Know when I bought the boat in 2000 the marina had a rough time locating this one. The number stamped on it is " RD E00 229058K"

OK, Am in the middle of doing a LOT to the "No Dial Tone" (happens when one retires and actually has time to do stuff). One item is, just ordered a new anchor windlass and ordered all chain rode (9/16th). What snubber do you use ? I like'd the idea of a 25' or so of 3 strand line that hooked...

I was out in my little Whaler and stopped at Fernandina Harbor Marina and saw their diesel price is $4.43 a gal. 1200' away I stopped at Florida Petroleum and their price for diesel is $3.43 a gal. What a huge difference...... Amazing what a little search will show you

So my neighbor, after a full day of drinking with friends on the dock (we have a long dock, no slips) decided to take his houseboat out for only the 2nd time since he bought it 8 months ago... it does have a 120boat hp Force outboard... He did manage to get off the dock... But seems he didnt do...

As Pascal knows, I'm retiring on May 4th after 42 yrs at the phone company... They offered me an extra 79 weeks of pay along with all the other stuff I get to leave..... SEE YA...:cool: Now a few of the things on my "to do" list.... A. Replace my Loftran Progess II windlass B. Replace both of...

Was going thru Ebay today and found a 3000W Power inverter with 4 gfci outlets for $299 from AIMS Power . The few marine ones I saw were "repaired by the factory" and more expensive. I have space at the front of my ER for the batteries and could easily mount the inverter in the galley along...

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard plans to use cannon fire to sink a derelict Japanese ship dislodged by last year's massive tsunami. The shrimping vessel, which has no lights or communications systems, was floating about 195 miles south of Sitka in the Gulf of Alaska on Thursday...

The 58' Hatt is currently at a marina at SR84 and I-95. I haven't been on the New River Canal since 1971 so what changes/"fun" am I now looking at to get to the ICW...

My friends just signed papers for a 58'YF in Ft Lauderdale this week... They sold their house earlier and are staying in an apt. for the time being... I'll be going down with them first part of Jan. to bring it back to Jacksonville. (NO Randy, you cannot come with us). Couldn't believe how...

Clicked onto the $22 Hoodie...The Screen that comes up shows one like it (without the same front) but it's $25.. Not a deal killer.... But not what's shown on the front page. So to heck with it... I'll order two New Englander Jackets ($48 each).. Discription says sizes XS thru 2XX.. But when I...

We just had a nasty storm come.thru. the boat .60' feet from Me.took a.dirert lightning hit. Man was it loud. Came thru his dingy post and fried everything. We have all run 120v extension cords so they can have.lights.and.fans. and.now.round.2 is.about to hit

Worker Pulled From Yacht Elevator Shaft POSTED: Monday, September 19, 2011 UPDATED: 3:09 pm EDT September 19, 2011 EmailPrint Harbour Island ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- A worker was pulled out of an elevator shaft of a mega yacht at a St. Augustine marina on Monday afternoon. The man fell about...

I want to put two rod holders on the back of my 43 DCMY, Best place to put them is on the posts supporting my hard top. All the clamp on holders I've been able to find are for 1" posts, mine are 1.75". I want it to look like something fitting a Hatteras, not a jury rigged POS thing like you...

My buddy and wife now have a contract on their house and should be closing in the very near future... They ARE going to be buying a 53' Hatteras (He's the local Commander of the Power Squadron and they have been boating most of their lives) although the 58' isn't out of the question..... And...

I have an area, 7"w X 22"d X 5'h next to our refrig that's wasted space.... My thought is to install a "pull out unit" that we can put can goods and the like in...Actually, 6" is useable wide (oh how my wife wishes that true )........ I found a site a few years ago that had a roll out unit that...