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Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 09-02-2024, 10:15
Replies: 59
Views: 5,765
Posted By steffan
Re: Is 6hp outboard enough power?

Exactly my experience with the same conditions and outboard!
Forum: General Sailing Forum 07-02-2024, 10:50
Replies: 67
Views: 8,820
Posted By steffan
Re: Has boat insurance become so hard to find?

Part of the reasoning for our buying our current 34' was to gain ownership experience. The theory was that would keep us safer and hopefully help with insurance qualification later on. Our dream boat...
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 03-11-2023, 06:22
Replies: 15
Views: 3,167
Posted By steffan
Re: Joshua Tree ashore in Montauk

"skipper, who recently purchased the boat" is probably enough explanation IMO.
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 27-10-2023, 07:10
Replies: 57
Views: 6,428
Posted By steffan
Re: Holding tank refit legality

Our boat had the black tank installed at the factory in France but has spent it's entire life on the Great Lakes. Oddly, the gravity discharge seacock was not secured and had no apparent way to do so...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 08-09-2023, 07:53
Replies: 33
Views: 2,733
Posted By steffan
Re: Holding Tank

After a few seasons of deliberation, we switched to desiccators on both our boat and RV. Since there is enough room in the boat's head we went with a $100 cobbled-together solution and left the wet...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 24-08-2023, 08:59
Replies: 20
Views: 3,265
Posted By steffan
Re: ecoflow

We use an Ecoflow Delta Max plugged into the shore power inlet to run our Starlink and laptops. AGM house bank handles the DC side and occasional inverting. Both Ecoflow and house bank are recharged...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 26-07-2023, 09:04
Replies: 62
Views: 7,917
Posted By steffan
Re: Sell house, buy boat or vice versa?

We sold our house this month. We are holding the proceeds in fixed-income investments until we buy our saltwater boat in 2025. In the meantime, we're living between a cheap RV and our current boat on...
Forum: Navigation 12-04-2023, 08:29
Replies: 3
Views: 719
Posted By steffan
Re: Question about Bedwell Harbor port of entry

When we checked into Ontario last year the online instructions were to use the telephone at Prince Arthur's Landing. Not knowing any better I thought that meant some kind of dedicated kiosk. When we...
Forum: Powered Boats 12-04-2023, 06:55
Replies: 29
Views: 3,586
Posted By steffan
Re: Changed our mind, new questions

The St Croix joins the Mississippi at Prescott. It is not connected to Lake Superior and is not navigable past Taylors Falls.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-03-2023, 11:30
Replies: 62
Views: 15,845
Posted By steffan
Re: Starlink Roam

I believe that global Roam can't be paired with the in-motion dish yet. I could see them offering a low-bandwidth (or per-byte) on-the-water add-on to global Roam with that hardware. Restrict the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-03-2023, 11:15
Replies: 62
Views: 15,845
Posted By steffan
Re: Starlink Roam

I agree. Defining a new geofence, maintaining it, fixing errors and dealing with exceptions, just so you can lose a bunch of existing customers, very few of whom will switch to maritime, makes no...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 12-03-2023, 12:50
Replies: 62
Views: 15,845
Posted By steffan
Re: Starlink Roam

I think it's more likely they'll use the H3 cells they use to define availability as the geofence. They already have those well-defined and the unit already knows what cell it's in.
Forum: The Sailor's Confessional 07-03-2023, 10:23
Replies: 55
Views: 7,388
Posted By steffan
Re: Grounded my boat

Mine's pretty tame. Isle Royale National Park is more remote, rockier, and less familiar than our usual stomping grounds so we are generally very cautious. But last time we came into Washington...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 08-02-2023, 14:31
Replies: 189
Views: 16,832
Posted By steffan
Re: Who remembers all around white lights?

Nobody uses them around here. I display mine because I am a hopeless nerd. I got a motor sailing cone for Christmas. Send help.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-02-2023, 08:23
Replies: 129
Views: 11,107
Posted By steffan
Re: Insurance needed for transient (temporary) dockage?

I was asked to provide insurance info as a transient at the Thunder Bay municipal marina last year. They were pretty laid back about it, just told me to email proof to a random address. No reply or...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 01-02-2023, 12:55
Replies: 3
Views: 1,517
Posted By steffan
Re: Troubleshooting a Webasto Air Top 2000 STC with MultiControl

I have a Planar, not Webasto, but the dosing pump on mine failed very early on. It still made the ticking sound like it was moving fuel but was in fact, not. Replaced.

I found that running the...
Forum: Our Community 01-02-2023, 12:22
Replies: 62
Views: 8,729
Posted By steffan
Re: Obligations towards crew etc who wish to disembark or are no longer welcome

As I sailed away I'd remind them about the sometimes problematic bear that lives on Oak. :biggrin:

Anything not serious enough for the coast guard I'd offer to tow them to the nearest mainland at...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 16-01-2023, 10:24
Replies: 43
Views: 4,824
Posted By steffan
Re: Best composting head?

I haven't installed ours yet, but when I do I plan to vent into the existing holding tank via the current waste line. We will be retaining the tank so that we can remove the composter and reinstall...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 12-01-2023, 10:38
Replies: 9
Views: 1,347
Posted By steffan
Re: Flex Solar Panel Directly on Canvas

Our 175w Renogy flex panel is mounted in a pocket sewn into the bimini fabric. We've had no issues with heat (Lake Superior) or degradation. I feel like there is enough air circulation on the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 28-10-2022, 15:15
Replies: 54
Views: 9,913
Posted By steffan
Re: Broke from mooring, stuck on sand, now what?

Not to be an armchair towboat operator, but I wonder why they are shouting at each other and not using a handheld VHF? Seems like they yanked it out awful fast too.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-10-2022, 13:32
Replies: 323
Views: 66,013
Posted By steffan
Re: Day Shapes while Anchoring

Only ever seen one other yacht use one here on Lake Superior - a Canadian boat we shared a small anchorage with at Isle Royale. I had mine up first though, so maybe that prompted them. I use mine...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 20-10-2022, 10:44
Replies: 50
Views: 8,146
Posted By steffan
Re: Growing lettuce and other vegetables aboard

Thank you S/V Jedi. This is my favorite CF thread ever.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 19-10-2022, 09:54
Replies: 12
Views: 1,626
Posted By steffan
Re: Preparing a boat for winter storage

Excellent list



I remove anything with a lithium-ion battery. I've had hand tool battery packs die after being left in an unheated space over a Minnesota winter. I now remove our boat's EPIRB,...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 28-09-2022, 06:08
Replies: 118
Views: 14,374
Posted By steffan
Re: Do coast guard / customs use sniffer dogs when searching yachts?

If the residue from smoking can be swabbed from hard surfaces, and presumably can remain long-term on soft surfaces, what implications could this have for the purchaser of a used boat? If the PO...
Forum: Great Lakes 31-08-2022, 05:41
Replies: 5
Views: 1,832
Posted By steffan
Re: Lake Superior north shore recommendations

Our north shore trip was a great success.
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After an uneventful crossing from South Twin Island in the Apostles, we...
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