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Re my 1988 40' DDMY: Decided to upgrade ancient and original head system before old age and failure causes the nastiest mess imaginable. We are in the process of removing the old Sea Land pump motors and updating with new Seacoast "swish" vacuflush systems (as I understand it Seacoast aquired...

These fine folks boast a new and quiet replacement for the old Sea-Land (choo-choo train) vacuum pumps. The price seems to be significantly lower than the rebuild kit previously offered by the aforementioned and now defunct(?) supplier. I would be very interested and appreciative if anyone in...

Made in Cleveland they offer the "High Tide" yellow 50', 125/250 Amp power cord for $256.00 (elecordset.com). Is anybody in the Forum using this most incredibly affordable device? Doesn't the manufacturer of these devices have to comply with some authority as the The ABYC? or USCG standards...

I'm sure this has come up somewhere in distant past but it would take days for me to find it - thanks for understanding. I am considering replacing my group 8D lead acid batteries with gel batteries. My late model Charles battery charger has an optional switch over for gel and gas mat. Frankly...

This item is about $740 at WM and $657 at Defender. However, Defender also offers something called Furrion which sells for $495 And the sales desk guy says that they seldom get returns or complaints on either product. My question is has anybody had good or bad luck with Furrion? Thanks, Bill

A couple of years ago I had a tachometer to go bad. No luck in repairing. so I bought 2 new ones - digital (and they weren't cheap!). This left me with a left over serviceable one (see pic). As far as I know it still works. No idea how much life is left in it. YOU PAY FOR SHIPPING AND IT'S...

At the risk of redundancy - surely someone must have brought this up in the past - I have been trying to wade through the mounds of information on setting up a back-up chart plotter using my laptop PC and hand held Garmin GPS, and perhaps eventually my (android) cell phone. (Back in 2003 I...

Recently a Power Squadron/USCG Safety Inspection revealed that my manual/automatic old halon fire suppressant system - in the engine room - is out of date. (4 other current portable units were ok and the boat passed inspection). A new 500 cu. ft. manual/automatic Fireboy HFC-227 is going to run...

I know that this has been kicked around a lot in the past, but it's been a while since I read anything new. My question is what should I be looking for in a canvas cleaner solution that is effective on mildew and bleach free? Most stuff that I've used in the past has been anywhere from...

Why is it, on the advent of one of the worst storms we have seen all up and down the east coast, I can't find ONE - not one solitary - weather buoy on the east coast of America showing winds in excess of 55 Kts? Just trying to understand what they are there for. Capt'n Bill

At 6:04 PM (1804) the sea buoy off Sunset Beach, NC - near the SC/NC state line - had this to say: "Station 41024 CaroCOOPS Location: 33.848N 78.489W Conditions as of: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:00:00 UTC" Does any one know what is "UTC" time?? Thanks, Capt'n Bill

I am beginning to hear about a procedure that incorporates acrylic window panes in with canvas, particularly the forward windows of a fly bridge. One source suggests that hot glue from a glue gun is utilized and can make a long term bond. Has anyone had any experience with this??? Thanks!

We left Lightkeepers Marina last Sunday destined for our first winter-over in the Florida Keys. Just below the Little River swing bridge we passed a sailboat named "Senta". The first bad omen came about two miles down the waterway when we realized that we could not get up to speed as we had a...

Hi guys! The old original Dart sounder (1988) finally died. (Bet no one gets 22 years off today's electronics!) My main sounder is a Garmin mounted on top of the console. Works fine. The Dart is like a thick panel mounted flat (horizontally) near the throttles. A neat installation. I think that...

Re: Newly Asked Service Questions - Zincs I would like to add to that post that the problem was solved last October (2009). An astute mechanic made the accurate determination that the old (original) battery charger was bleeding off AC current over to the the DC side and, hence, into the bonding...

Maybe this started as a college craze amongst younger whales, but this may end it: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38482222/ns/us_news-environment/

Recently my port tachometer died. (It died. I jumped it's wires to the starboard tach where the sending unit works). As I recall past threads on this subject showed little hope for rebuilds or replacement without also replaceing the sending unit. Aetna Speedometer offers replacements for both...

I was watching Michelle Malkin on Fox News this morning. They showed a clip of Obama's take on the results of last Tuesday's election in Massachusetts. He said, "this is the results of the peoples anger and feelings not only of the past year or two, but from over the last eight years." He's...

I am selling Maptech's latest (10th edition) chart kit book of the lower and upper Chesapeake Bay and the Delaware Bay. It has 80 pages of charts plus software maps of same and more. This includes all major entrances, rivers and tributaries. Price is $65.00 ($119.95 at WM) plus shipping (3.5...

I need to change out the coolant in my 3208 CAT's which have done quite well with Dexcool in the last 5 years. I'm not sure that something else would work better. Dexcool was (or still is) a GM product with ethylene glycol. Prestone's "Dexcool", when you call Autozone or Advance Auto, does not...