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I have already spent too much time designing a mount for my radar dome. I was about to copy the arch for the 43MY using measurements from Mambeaux's arch, but it just did not feel right to me for the DC. I came across a picture of the 44 Hinckley FB and that looks right to me for the more...

I came across this youtube reference on ebay www.youtube.com/watch?v=XePlqBfixtk It is an interesting video and it got my head spinning with ways to put this stuff to use. Regards,

While tracing the DC house wiring, looking for a place to put my new ammeter shunt I discoverd this item just above the fuse and the rotary switch for the batteries for the stb engine and house dc service. I know the lower item is a fuse and according to the manual the two 6 ga wires above...

I just started reading Christian Adams' book, "Injustice". It appears to be a good, but discouraging book. Mr. Adams is the man who recently resigned his position as an lawyer with the DOJ over Eric Holder's insistance that he drop his investigation of voter intimidation by the Black Panthers...

I appreciate posts on the forum with photos and recall how much of a problem I used to have getting photos to a size small enough to put on the forum. I have learned that Photobucket.com makes it very simple. It did not cost anything to set up the account and it has worked very well for me...

It looks like my bedding the cabin window frames with butyl tape and 3M 4200 is working, no leaks yet. When I removed the stb aft window frame I noticed that there was water under the vinyl covering around the edge of the window and I decided to redo the bedding around that window glass. I...

Heard this song on Glen Beck this morning picked up my outlook. Thought you might enjoy it. To Listen: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/keep-the-change-hank-williams-jr-unleashes-fiery-new-anthem/ To Download: http://www.hankjr.com/

Yesterday I replaced the shore power breakers and shore power receptacles (30amp) and when I tested my installation I found the following readings on the air conditioner panel voltmeter and watt meter: no load- 112v 1000w fan/water pump 110v 1000w fwd compressor 104v aft...

According to the tank tender and my Google Earth plotting, Lilly Marie burned 59 gallons over 75 nm of travel at an average of 8.3 kts. That included 10 hours of generator time. Assuming .6 gph on the gen that works out to 53 gallons for 75 nm or about 1.4 nmpg. Before the trip I added 29...

On Thursday's trip from Pascagoula to Biloxi I noticed a vibration in the aft cabin above the port prop shaft. I figured it was barnacles and while we were out Friday I went overboard with a scraper. There were very few barnacles on the props and as I tried to spin the port prop to get to the...

We have a wedding reception at the house this weekend. The bride to be, my oldest daughter wants a "signature" drink which consists of vanilla ice cream, vodka, chocolate syrup and cinnamon combined in a blender. I am concerned about the difficulty of blender batches of a drink that will...

I have put myself in a jam. Is there a substitute for the window "keeper shim" I was re-installing the last cabin window this morning and discovered water leaking out of the stb aft fixed glass window. I went ahead and removed the glass from the frame and just discovered that I cannot find...

I know it's symbolic, but standing in a group and pledging allegiance to a flag seems a little curious to me. When I joined the Army, I took an oath to uphold the Constitution, and recall reciting similar statements on only a few other occasions during the 40 years or so since then. Other...

I reworked and rebedded the port side cabin windows with boatlife polysulfide sealant shortly after we got the boat and within no time I had small leaks between the aluminum frame and the cabin side. Once the rain stopped after TS Lee I removed the windows, old caulk and set out to remove and...

I received an email from Garmin regarding their Homeport Software. https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=64242&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=marinesummer Has anyone tried this yet? Regards, Vincent

The tidal surge wasn't much, but was enough for me to lift the 30 amp dock shorepower connections up with a piece of rope to keep them out of the seawater. I avoided the tide but with the dock connector facing up rather than hanging down, rainewater leaked into the female dock plug and shorted...

TS Lee brought us about 10" of rain and an awareness that I have a mysterious leak inside and above the window on the stb side of the saloon. see area in center of photos: Even after the rain has stopped there is still water leaking in, I cut away some of the wood to try and see where it...

According to Weather Underground, the most expensive (in dollars) natural disaster in US history is Hurricane Katrina at a cost of $133.8 billion in 2005 with reported windspeeds of 175 mph. That amount is equivalent to the destruction of over one half million homes valued at $250,000 each. In...

Copied from NOAA Tropical weather this AM. A LARGE AREA OF CLOUDINESS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO...ASSOCIATED WITH A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE...HAS CHANGED LITTLE IN ORGANIZATION DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE CURRENTLY UNFAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT...