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Forum: OpenCPN 30-10-2023, 11:36
Replies: 39
Views: 3,752
Posted By westernspirit
Re: AIS - VHF - Open CPN

Back to original post question I have to echo what Evan (eheffa) said. Spent 4 months this summer mostly north of Cape Caution and often in deep fjords , including 4 days Princess Louisa, Starlink...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 07-09-2023, 09:18
Replies: 30
Views: 35,873
Posted By westernspirit
Re: True Kit/ TakaCat Experience Requested

Reading this older post because needing to replace a Takacat 300(PVC). We've liked this dingy and so am looking at True Kit.
Takacat:
Good: light weight/easy to lift/matches well with a Torqueedo...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 21-07-2023, 21:26
Replies: 39
Views: 10,231
Posted By westernspirit
Re: Power for Starlink?

Sorry, that’s wrong (60 watts) have been watching it just now on amp meter. Thru inverter uses a brief 60 watts on start-up but then bounces around from 30-40 watts. Interestingly while motor was...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 21-07-2023, 21:01
Replies: 39
Views: 10,231
Posted By westernspirit
Re: Power for Starlink?

Ours runs off inverter; averages about 60 watts. It seems like ours only does it’s motorized searching , when it first boots up. It doesn’t appear to be moving at all while we sail/tack etc.
of...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 28-04-2023, 21:59
Replies: 8
Views: 5,935
Posted By westernspirit
Re: Windlass installation on Pearson 36-2

I completed my windlass install last summer on my Pearson 36-2. I went with a horizontal axis Lewmar which I installed inside the existing chain locker. I made several major modifications: the floor...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 05-10-2021, 20:25
Replies: 133
Views: 19,502
Posted By westernspirit
Re: Older sailors and boat must-have features

I’m 68, just now installing my first electric windlass, planning a Stackpack for the main but the most important advice of all is what’s said here; stay as active as possible, pushing as hard as...
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 05-10-2021, 19:51
Replies: 13
Views: 3,204
Posted By westernspirit
Electric outboards -opinions

We’ve had Torqueedo 1003 for about 5 yrs. used on a light Takacat catamaran style inflatable. 3 knts at 300watts; 5-6 knt 750 watts, wide open 950 watts. Battery’s 915 Whr (29v 31 Ah)so range 3 to 1...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 01-10-2021, 15:57
Replies: 48
Views: 8,836
Posted By westernspirit
Re: Drinking water on old boats?

We have fiberglass tanks; clean twice a year with weak bleach but still sometimes get mold. Sometimes questionable water sources when cruising and also have to winterize where we are. All this led to...
Forum: Navigation 27-09-2021, 11:41
Replies: 115
Views: 14,519
Posted By westernspirit
Re: What is your primary means of navigation (poll)

Navionics on Raymarine Chart plotter- haven't used others on big plotter but like this one
Navionics on iPad and iNavX on iPhone
Ive grown to love the iNavX App. Can keep my phone in my pocket and...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 19-09-2021, 09:22
Replies: 8
Views: 5,935
Posted By westernspirit
Re: Windlass installation on Pearson 36-2

Hello! Hope this finds you still out cruising and enjoying your boat, your post was from quite awhile ago. I am planning the same basic installation of a vertical windlass in the anchor locker of my...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 14-09-2021, 17:42
Replies: 73
Views: 12,377
Posted By westernspirit
Re: Raising, lowering, reefing from the cockpit.

Also interested in this discussion due to aging. I have lazy jacks; they have to be manually raised and lowered at the boom. Do people keep them up while the main is up? And even with lazy jacks I...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 18-01-2021, 18:47
Replies: 72
Views: 12,918
Posted By westernspirit
Re: Dive setup, BCD integrated weights vs weight belt.

Many more experienced divers here than me but I'm diving mostly to work on boat. Like pouches for pockets because the pockets much easier to store. DO like to use ankle weights because want to be...
Forum: Our Community 17-09-2017, 22:13
Replies: 135
Views: 14,950
Posted By westernspirit
Re: Stacking rocks - why?

I live in Hawaii and we see lots and lots of Little Rock stacks made recently that aren't old cultural sites, usually by tourists. These are done because of the legend of the menehune. Here they...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 11-09-2017, 20:36
Replies: 4
Views: 3,128
Posted By westernspirit
Re: Integral water tank Pearson 36-2

Interesting, sounds like the 1985's were Fiberglas like mine and then they switched to SS in 1986, or were they retrofit?
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 11-09-2017, 20:30
Replies: 67
Views: 20,324
Posted By westernspirit
Re: Water Maker / Reverse Osmosis water health

I'm with catsketcher the chemistry professor, please show us how RO with low tds is corrosive
Forum: Dollars & Cents 10-09-2017, 08:56
Replies: 24
Views: 10,951
Posted By westernspirit
Re: Property tax for boats in British Columbia canada

Thanks, very helpful
Forum: Dollars & Cents 09-09-2017, 16:47
Replies: 24
Views: 10,951
Posted By westernspirit
Re: Property tax for boats in British Columbia canada

Sorry a bit off topic but I'm USA citizen with a boat built in USA considering keeping my boat in Canada(BC). I'd heard there is an "import fee" in order to do that, has anyone had experience with...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 07-09-2017, 21:19
Replies: 4
Views: 3,128
Posted By westernspirit
Re: Integral water tank Pearson 36-2

We have the 36-2; never tested water but we prefer not to drink(carry seperate water bladder) I do have to bleach clean inside tanks every season for mold/algae growth plus I winterize tanks with...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 31-08-2013, 00:38
Replies: 12
Views: 2,064
Posted By westernspirit
Re: Battery/Solar size

Factors to consider. Where will you be cruising? look at the solar insolation map or talk to others to see what they are getting per day from their panels. Realize you wont get the ideal solar...
Forum: Our Community 24-08-2013, 13:53
Replies: 346
Views: 46,099
Posted By westernspirit
Re: The (Official) "Lets Bash the Nina Thread" - sponsored by Bazzer :-)

Hi Capt'n, Have been spending quite a bit of time on Tomnod images last few days, on the Facebook pages there is quite a bit of posting and sharing images/maps of what people have seen. Some of...
Forum: Our Community 23-08-2013, 09:31
Replies: 346
Views: 46,099
Posted By westernspirit
I logged in with me email, then just a password...

I logged in with me email, then just a password made up at the moment . Have been able to look at blue screens with occasional clouds, tagged a few spots. Seemed to work for me can't see any request...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 07-08-2013, 09:18
Replies: 209
Views: 21,200
Posted By westernspirit
Re: "Dock Lines will be Cut!"

Want to hear something funny? My last trip out I called ahead (or so I thought) for an overnight slip at our destination. The slip assignment. tie orientation, directions around the breakwater all...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 14-07-2013, 23:39
Replies: 73
Views: 12,344
Posted By westernspirit
Re: Can this hull be fixed?

Thanks RaymondR. The cracks are not at the keel hull joint but above that where hull forms keel stem. At this point can't tell depth, survey starts in morning hopefully will be doing some grinding...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 12-07-2013, 11:14
Replies: 73
Views: 12,344
Posted By westernspirit
Re: Can this hull be fixed?

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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 12-07-2013, 10:27
Replies: 73
Views: 12,344
Posted By westernspirit
Re: Can this hull be fixed?

Teknav; on the outside it appears latitudinal; on the inside they are longitudinal. None appear to be thru multiple layers but none have been gound to date to assess depth. I'll post pics
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