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Hi Friends, Happy New Year! So I figured out that the three lower cabinets that make up most of the island are one piece solid hardwood face and will fit perfectly in place of the ugly fake-mirror wet bar on the aftdeck. Now the wetbar is out and the original cabinets are sitting in its place...

I just tore out the built in wet bar on the starboard side of the aftdeck below the window (horrid fake mirrors and black vinyl and Formica). Left of the centerline of the window there were some holes drilled in the fiberglass. The ones near the floor are wet and the core is rotten. It is a...

I have been using a jail broken iPhone 4 for a hotspot for Internet on the boat and it worked quite well. The only reason I bought an iPhone 5 was for the 4G Internet. It works fine on my iPad but I can't get it to work consistently on my Dell laptop. Sometimes it works but mostly not. Any...

She is coming out soon, if anyone wants her (or any parts). Everything works.

Since I have decided to go with engineered hardwood flooring, I am now thinking about installing heat, something like this: http://www.warmyourfloor.com/floor-heating-cables/warmwire-complete-kits/warmwire-240v-kits/warmwire-100-sq-ft-240v-radiant-floor-heating-cable.html Any comments or...

I'll be ordering the new galley cabinets next weekend so now I need to select some hardwood flooring to put down first. I know engineered or laminate is recommended, but I installed 3/4" naildown flooring on my last boat (38" flybridge cruiser) and it worked fine. These boats don't really get...

I just noticed a small amount of water on the floor of the port ER under the accumulator tank. Can't see it leaking but the shelf it is mounted on is wet and nothing else seems to be leaking. I assume it would be ok to just replace it with a household style tank?

Wow, there's an electrical panel behind there, both 32 volt and 120 volt! What is that copper water line doing there?

Why would anyone cover beautiful aformosia teak with those cheap mirrors?

Years ago my then-wife ripped a piece of wallpaper off the kitchen wall to motivate me to remodel the kitchen. I ended up tearing down walls and ceilings and cabinets and building a new kitchen. Sunday I finally got tired of the mirrors on the galley wall. [ATTACH=CONFIG]12400[/ATTACH

Anyone install them? If so do you change oil less frequently?

I finished isolating all the 12 volt electronics circuits to a new breaker panel and installed a Victron 602s battery monitor. It's really nice to be able to turn off all the 12 volt circuits with one switch. No more converters all over the boat drawing current constantly from the house bank...

I must have hit some key on my Dell computer while on this site, the font size is very small. Other sites appear normal. Any ideas?

I finally found the reason the starboard engine room bilge pump is cycling. Now I need to learn how to tighten the rudder box. Needless to say it is very hard to reach. Thanks for your help.

Planning to replace some batteries, is it ok to transfer the acid to safe containers to lighten the load and prevent spills? What is a good container to use?

The schematic shows one sender wire going to the vessel ground and the other to the gauge. The only ground available is the bonding system and I don't want to introduce any current to that, so I ran a ground wire from the 12 volt battery (soon to be replaced with a converter - see my other...

Today I pulled wires for the new freshwater tank gauges (WEMA) and a new stern navigation light. Aside from my back hurting everything went well except I counted six 32/12 volt converters under the lower helm alone. There are more under the flybridge helm. What a mess. next project is to clean...

The bilge pump just forward of the starboard engine cycles too often - not alarming, but too much. I recently noticed oily bilge water being discharged from this starboard bilge pump. Two weeks ago I emptied the cr*p can. I spent hours cleaning the starboard bilge areas yesterday and it's...

Let me be the first to criticize myself. This was all my fault. Last night was "Boomsday" on the Tennessee river in downtown Knoxville. Hundreds of boats of all sizes come in for the fireworks. There was a nice 53' classic nearby I had not seen before. Current is 2-4 knots and wind was...

Have two DD part numbers 23530645 and 23518482 Also Baldwin BF581, 5810 & 5815 Anyone know the difference?