Yes, the VOX delay on the FRS units (ours are Motorola) is indeed an issue, as is simplex working. Cell phones on speaker can work, depending on...
I should have added my comments were meant neither to persuade nor dissuade. Simply offering other ways to analyze the problem for yourself in...
Ummm... You might want to replay that first part back to yourself. Eyes wide open: this boat, and all the various related issues, will cost you...
Reasonably easy livin' at 9 kts. Probably even slightly better with slightly newer 4-strokes (Cats, Cummins, whatever). We do what OB suggests:...
I think HTM09 is on the right track, and your interest in Hatteras is probably sound. Skip the house; when you return from Kadena, go straight to...
Some of this is the kind of additional information that would have been useful in your first post. The bottom-line response would still likely be...
IIRC, the story about the original Mainship hull is that Silverton got it from some defunct yard in Maine... Something like that... Would have...
Doesn't need huge. Could be as small as your comfortable in. This is usually a series of short trips, although I'm less familiar with the West...
Coastal "long range" is usually a series of short range trips... so the requirement can be bounded by features like having enough fuel and water...
AGLCA is at www.greatloop.org -Chris
Force 12 G4s from marinebeam.com, warm white. More light (lumens) than the original halogens. -Chris
Seems like a very useful approach, if compressor run time is critical... as is maybe the case, in "island's" case. -Chris
Capt J's comment about solar that far north may be spot on. My experience with NovaKool is that they're pretty good fridges. DC compressors,...
Yep, good point about sunlight. Wind generator? (Mostly the loud ones are sort of a pain...) Or sometimes you can't get there from here,...
I don't see an RFU 9000 on that link, but I'd guess then maybe their RFU 9009 draws about the same amount of current. (Your manual will say.) If...
NovaKool amp draw chart. Note values are based on 75-degree temps, after the unit has reached desired internal temps....
Which model NovaKool? And in what kind of exterior/interior ambient temps? Three days if outside and inside temps are in the 60s is likely...
Are you saying that 8D dies after 36 hours and you haven't re-charged during that period? While you're not on shorepower, yes? Many 8Ds will...
Current is Silverton, 13 years old, sanitation hoses seem to be nothing special (the one I can easily see labeling on -- from overboard macerator...
I'm surprised so many seem to have sanitation hose failures. We've never had that happen, and we never have head odors. We have "enjoyed" some...
