Sure, fair enough. From your earlier comments, I thought you were making a blanket statement... -Chris
I guess... but proximity helps. Given the only power I need while wintering in water is to occasionally run the de-icer... and given that's only...
We replaced all our G4 bi-pin halogen bulbs with bi-pin LED discs from marinebeam.com. The product at the time was called Force 12 or some such,...
Well, "fully winterizing" and "wintering in the water" can be two different -- i.e., separable -- things. -Chris
I don't risk that, myself. We usually winter in the water, and we run a de-icer when necessary, but we do not run an engine room heater and we...
Good post, OB, thanks for taking the time to peck all that out. For such a young whipper-snapper, you do sometimes hit the mark the first time....
There are some convertibles and probably even more "sedan bridge" boats out there with stairs to the flying bridge, instead of ladders. FWIW, we...
Two common fabrics are Sunbrella and Stamoid. Common "sheet glass" roll-up-able clears are Stratoglass and Ultralite/Regalite, and the clearer...
Speaking of 39' Silvertons... I know there's a well-kept 2000 392 on Lake Texoma that's for sale, I believe by owner (i.e., no broker yet). No...
Gas can work, as long as you recognize and are comfortable with the limitations... Many would say that a Yugo is inferior to a Rolls. OTOH, the...
The Michigan Wheel website has a prop-sizing tool; might be useful to check that against your numbers. -Chris
That will be a useful report. -Chris
Ah, again. There's that pesky Rule 23... which I guess is why I'd always been looking at all-round white lights... -Chris
Ah! Good point, thanks, I was always thinking about the all-round white light... -Chris
We have a smaller WB Genesis model (but not the console version), seems to have some of the same features: good storage, seating, etc. What's a...
FWIW, I can't tell from reading if that's always attributable to Noflex or not. Our own experience is that we had no head odors before trying...
FWIW, that's not a universal outcome. Possibly works well if a sender float is stuck because of fecal matter or other solids, but it didn't do...
The discussion is way above my pay-grade, but... I gather, from what the others have said, that if running the boat accounts for about 5% of the...
Is start-up surge really a big deal? Neither of ours trips a breaker... FWIW, there's some kind of control in our overall system somewhere so...
FWIW, I think self-contained units are simpler. Many of our owners club members have replaced aging units with Dometic "Vector Turbo" units and...
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