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Forum: Great Lakes 04-03-2021, 04:05
Replies: 6
Views: 878
Posted By windpipe
Re: Newbie moving to area in 2022. Where to start?

Hi.

I guess it is just getting a feel of which harbor town you like, as far as: the drive time, access, if you want to do anything else while you make the drive to go sailing, etc.

I live over...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 23-02-2021, 09:38
Replies: 3
Views: 653
Posted By windpipe
Re: Sterling Alternator to Battery Charger - unit will not stay off?

OK, forgive me for not immediately accepting this.

The wording in the Sterling ABC manual is, "The unit’s intelligent software automatically calculates the optimum charge cycle and absorption...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 23-02-2021, 07:06
Replies: 3
Views: 653
Posted By windpipe
Sterling Alternator to Battery Charger - unit will not stay off?

Hello all,

I am wondering if anyone else has experienced a similar behavior of the Sterling ABC unit:

I can successfully power off the unit with the remote, but it turns itself back on after...
Forum: Product or Service Reviews & Evaluations 17-05-2020, 06:32
Replies: 1
Views: 916
Posted By windpipe
Mantus headlamp charge indicator LED not working?

For those of you with Mantus headlamps: hopefully someone can help me understand what the indicator light is supposed to do?

I do not have the documents that came w it, and I do not see a manual...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 02-05-2020, 11:17
Replies: 56
Views: 11,230
Posted By windpipe
Re: Breaker Panel Organization - Post your photo!

Okay, thanks. I've got a plan, now!
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 02-05-2020, 11:16
Replies: 56
Views: 11,230
Posted By windpipe
Re: Breaker Panel Organization - Post your photo!

Right, I meant terminal strip. Thanks!
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 01-05-2020, 17:14
Replies: 56
Views: 11,230
Posted By windpipe
Re: Breaker Panel Organization - Post your photo!

Hello, all. I am working on an upgrade of my chartplotter and radar. I hope someone can help clarify a basic problem:

One straightforward question: Is it frowned upon to connect duplex cables to a...
Forum: Great Lakes 30-04-2020, 11:51
Replies: 2
Views: 865
Posted By windpipe
Re: Great Lakes Charts

Thanks Mike. I have a feeling most charts would do the job just fine. The way the charts are marketed makes it very unclear what extra information one gets with the more detailed charts. As I am...
Forum: Great Lakes 29-04-2020, 18:28
Replies: 2
Views: 865
Posted By windpipe
Great Lakes Charts

I am working on a new chartplotter installation. (B&G Zeus)

Does anyone have any good advice on buying charts for the chartplotter? We had Navionics on our older one, which was fine, but it looks...
Forum: Our Community 05-04-2020, 04:23
Replies: 76
Views: 7,555
Posted By windpipe
Re: OK - cheer me up!

Last summer, after an overnight sail, sailing in to a new day.212066
Forum: COVID-19 | Containment Area 23-03-2020, 23:39
Replies: 95
Views: 11,082
Posted By windpipe
Re: The Great Lakes Situation

Michigan just issued a "stay at home" order. Until April 13.

The marina didn't launch too many boats prior to April 13, anyway. However, I'm sure they will be behind on various things.

I...
Forum: Marine Electronics 07-03-2020, 10:52
Replies: 14
Views: 3,922
Posted By windpipe
Re: Navico Radar, to splice or not to splice?

Thanks. By gland I mean parts D, E and F. Maybe those are easier to deal with than I am thinking.

I was thinking of tieing the ri10 in to the same Empirbus power lines that feed the other...
Forum: Marine Electronics 07-03-2020, 10:38
Replies: 14
Views: 3,922
Posted By windpipe
Re: Navico Radar, to splice or not to splice?

Thanks.
Forum: Marine Electronics 07-03-2020, 10:37
Replies: 14
Views: 3,922
Posted By windpipe
Re: Navico Radar, to splice or not to splice?

Thanks. I was planning on ring terminals for the power cables. I already have an RJ45 crimper, so I might go that way, but point taken I could just do crimp terminals for all the Ethernet wires.
Forum: Marine Electronics 07-03-2020, 09:15
Replies: 14
Views: 3,922
Posted By windpipe
Navico Radar, to splice or not to splice?

Background: I have a 34 ft monohull. We take the mast down each winter. I am upgrading electronics and radar. I just got a Simrad (Navico) broadband 4G radome, and I am pondering the installation....
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 31-12-2019, 04:19
Replies: 306
Views: 66,782
Posted By windpipe
Re: How to Make Perfect Coffee?

Here's how I do it! The gimbal helps so that it can be done underway! 205964
Forum: Great Lakes 25-09-2019, 03:45
Replies: 2
Views: 1,189
Posted By windpipe
Anti foul

Greetings all.

My boat (34 ft sail) is usually in the water in May, out in October. We sail in Lake Michigan. I've had the boat 3 yrs, an it's been 2 winters since applying AF (Sea Hawk Cukote,...
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 21-07-2019, 04:33
Replies: 16
Views: 2,248
Posted By windpipe
Re: Roller Furling

One piece of advice to the OP is to make sure the outhaul tension is present when unfurling. Otherwise, unspooling the sail can bunch it up in the mast.

Vertical battens can catch. For my Selden...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 14-04-2019, 20:01
Replies: 56
Views: 9,796
Posted By windpipe
Re: Buying and selling a sailboat

Free market, people... I do agree it is annoying to deal with low ball offers if you have a firm price in mind, but what can you do? As someone suggested: list the price as firm, if that is what it...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 14-04-2019, 17:50
Replies: 115
Views: 34,078
Posted By windpipe
Re: Watching movies when cruising offshore

I have a 34 ft sailboat. I plug my 13" laptop in to the aux on the built in stereo. Nice sound, small screen. You can pre download content from a lot of the streaming services nowadays. I don't have...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 24-03-2019, 19:35
Replies: 55
Views: 17,206
Posted By windpipe
Re: Alternator for new Volvo engine?

My plan to deal with this is a Sterling Alternator to Battery Charger.

I have the Sterling ABC on order. I can't explain how it works as well as the website does. ...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 24-03-2019, 19:10
Replies: 432
Views: 195,871
Posted By windpipe
Re: Amel 50 - Build Thread

@boom23

Sorry if you listed it... but what type of sails did you choose for your Amel 50? and what options were there? Do you have vertical battens on the main? I am wondering if/how that works...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 17-03-2019, 15:40
Replies: 25
Views: 3,620
Posted By windpipe
Re: Fatality Report on Chicago Mackinac Race

I retract my previous statement of "almost certainly be alive" but, I think this could have saved the COB, picturing myself in his position.

Again, I am not trying to be critical of people in a...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 17-03-2019, 14:12
Replies: 25
Views: 3,620
Posted By windpipe
Re: Fatality Report on Chicago Mackinac Race

My thoughts go to the family and crew, first off.

Thinking about this as a learning experience... my next thought is they should've deployed the MOM. If that was done either immediately after he...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 16-03-2019, 18:18
Replies: 31
Views: 4,223
Posted By windpipe
Re: MOB - broad reaching or DDW, what is the best approach?

Regarding the idea of throwing flotable objects overboard... I like the idea of Switlik's man overboard modules.

https://youtu.be/iP_MeIZn_6k

I have a MOM8-S.

I have never used it...
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