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Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 26-07-2011, 12:13
Replies: 93
Views: 16,268
Posted By PeregrineSea
Re: How Often Do You Use Your Propane Oven ?

We liveaboard year round - in Boston for now - we use the oven not infrequently, and it is a great placed for pans! Do not have, and would not have a microwave. Installed a freezer ...
Forum: Navigation 26-07-2011, 08:51
Replies: 3
Views: 3,010
Posted By PeregrineSea
Re: Getting AIS rs-422 Signal Out to the iPad

I tried but couldn't get the Digi wi-sp to work with rs-422. The converter solved it and I am not unhappy. As a plus I can plug in my handheld gps through the serial cable to the Digi and IPad...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 26-07-2011, 06:53
Replies: 7
Views: 9,153
Posted By PeregrineSea
Re: Ed Monk Design

Do you have any pictures??
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 26-07-2011, 06:52
Replies: 20
Views: 8,430
Posted By PeregrineSea
Re: Advice Needed for Hatch Shades

If you do decide to opt for exterior covers check out the ones by Blue Performance. If you want netting, it stored in a pocket in the cover. We use them on PEREGRINA - we live aboard and they make...
Forum: Navigation 25-07-2011, 14:02
Replies: 3
Views: 3,010
Posted By PeregrineSea
Getting AIS rs-422 Signal Out to the iPad

I keep learning more and more about things I never wanted to know. Things like the difference between rs-422 and rs-232. I thought the NMEA 183 output on my Furuno FA-50 Class B AIS wasn't working,...
Forum: Marine Electronics 24-07-2011, 11:04
Replies: 213
Views: 62,434
Posted By PeregrineSea
Re: The Marine iPad . . .

If you keep the IPad off the deck, get iNavX and connect it to true GPS and AIS it is very worthwhile - beyond movies, magazines, and all the other good stuff. (Blue Water Sailing and Cruising World...
Forum: Our Community 12-07-2011, 10:26
Replies: 26
Views: 3,541
Posted By PeregrineSea
Re: USS Constitution Underway - 4 July 2011

I agree with Curmugeon - Ian Toll's Book "Six Frigates" is a great read.

Here is part of a report about the Constitution's engagement with HMS Java:

After The Enemy had struck, wore Ship and...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 12-07-2011, 07:02
Replies: 601
Views: 108,615
Posted By PeregrineSea
Re: Rocna Size

I have noticed whenever Rocna Anchors are mentioned, we degenerate into religious discussions the supossed problems with the anchor or it's manufacture, and various comparisons with alegedly superior...
Forum: Our Community 11-07-2011, 08:40
Replies: 26
Views: 3,541
Posted By PeregrineSea
Re: USS Constitution Underway - 4 July 2011

While I was on the stern of PEREGRINA, taking pictures (https://blog.peregrinesea.com/2011/07/uss-constitution-underway-july-4-2011.html) friend Ellen who lives aboard the 33 foot steel sailboat...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 08-07-2011, 05:53
Replies: 15
Views: 2,743
Posted By PeregrineSea
Re: Spearing a Tire

Would love to see the photo!!
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 08-07-2011, 05:28
Replies: 15
Views: 2,743
Posted By PeregrineSea
Re: Spearing a Tire

Yes, it was a fight - that tire really liked my anchor! Fighting with tires is alway fun, even in paradise. Says my friend Webb Chiles...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 07-07-2011, 08:39
Replies: 15
Views: 2,743
Posted By PeregrineSea
Re: Spearing a Tire

My faith is redeemed! Replaced a CQR and haven't looked back ...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 07-07-2011, 06:51
Replies: 15
Views: 2,743
Posted By PeregrineSea
Re: Spearing a Tire

Be nice Jeffery - I like my Rocna, even if the sharp point wasn't in my favor, this time!
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 07-07-2011, 05:51
Replies: 15
Views: 2,743
Posted By PeregrineSea
Spearing a Tire

The chain was coming in but the windlass was laboring. I was immediately concerned that Lofrans windlass I had installed three years before was having issues. It soon became apparent that the...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 07-07-2011, 05:22
Replies: 601
Views: 108,615
Posted By PeregrineSea
Re: Rocna Size

PEREGRINA is a Stevens Custom 40 - 40'9" on deck and she displaces 24,000 lbs. We have a 25 kg Rocna. PEREGRINA came with 3/8" high test chain, heavier than needed I think, but when we replaced the...
Forum: Our Community 04-07-2011, 11:15
Replies: 26
Views: 3,541
Posted By PeregrineSea
Re: USS Constitution underway - 4 July 2011

I have a long connection with the Constitution as well. In July of 1997 with Commander Michael Beck, “Sixty Fourth in Command” of the USS Constitution, I sailed aboard from Marblehead to Boston -now...
Forum: Our Community 04-07-2011, 10:52
Replies: 26
Views: 3,541
Posted By PeregrineSea
USS Constitution Underway - 4 July 2011

At 11:00 AM this morning the USS Constitution began her Independence Day cruise in Boston Harbor. The view from the stern of PEREGRINA....
Forum: Pacific & South China Sea 29-06-2011, 16:19
Replies: 3
Views: 1,820
Posted By PeregrineSea
Re: the photos they should have used

One of the best ones, but not published.
Forum: Pacific & South China Sea 29-06-2011, 13:19
Replies: 3
Views: 1,820
Posted By PeregrineSea
the photos they should have used

The Far North Coast of Qeensland is a uniqe largely unspoiled place. The lastest Cruising World has an article written by Webb Chiles called "The Big Empty" which I almost passed by becuase of the...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 26-06-2011, 06:06
Replies: 10
Views: 3,236
Posted By PeregrineSea
Re: Suggestions for Mounting Solar Panels

I have installed six solar panels aboard my 40 foot cutter PEREGRINA - totaling almost 300 watts. Three of the largest panels are adjustable and the biggest one at 95 amps it adjustable fore and...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 26-06-2011, 05:50
Replies: 5
Views: 2,555
Posted By PeregrineSea
Re: Battery cable sizing

I agree that 1/0 is sufficient. I have 7 group 31 AGM batteries is 3 different locations aboard PEREGRINA, and connected them all with 1/0 cable. I wanted to make sure there was little voltage...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 26-06-2011, 05:41
Replies: 9
Views: 2,885
Posted By PeregrineSea
Re: Battery, alternator, shut question

I installed ammeter on both my alternators so I can see what is going on with the charging from each. Looking at the shunt, I suspect it would work with a blueseas meter. I would suggest a meter a...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 26-06-2011, 05:31
Replies: 27
Views: 23,629
Posted By PeregrineSea
Re: New Counter Tops

Finally done - The Peregrine Sea: The New Counters and a brighter cabin (https://blog.peregrinesea.com/2011/06/new-counters-and-brighter-cabin.html) Yes, the solid surface material is relatively...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 13-06-2011, 17:05
Replies: 72
Views: 28,545
Posted By PeregrineSea
Re: Rolls verse AGM batteries

Throw out the isolator!! USE A RELAY!!
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 13-06-2011, 16:59
Replies: 27
Views: 23,629
Posted By PeregrineSea
Re: New Counter Tops?

Take a look at Solid Surface & Corian Countertop Material Supplier | Kitchen & Bathroom Counters (https://solidsurface.com/) - a good source. How you might ship to Mexico is beyond me ...!!
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