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Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 06-04-2024, 19:41
Replies: 9
Views: 464
Posted By Kelkara
Re: white film in freshwater hoses

You want to test with hydrochloric acid ... dry it out, then drop the acid on, Calcium Carbonate produced by precipitation from hard-water should visibly fizz producing CO2 when it comes into contact.
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 28-03-2024, 09:48
Replies: 51
Views: 3,832
Posted By Kelkara
Re: Battery Cable Crimping Tool

I have one like this ... I managed to get acceptable 2AWG crimps, but it made a bunch of very poor crimps on 6AWG lugs ... eventually I got some good crimps, but I wasted a bunch of lugs and wire.
...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 12-03-2024, 12:39
Replies: 13
Views: 571
Posted By Kelkara
Re: IRPCS/COLREGS Source

They do list the COLREGS on their publication page, which you can purchase from suppliers ... eg.
...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 12-03-2024, 08:58
Replies: 13
Views: 571
Posted By Kelkara
Re: IRPCS/COLREGS Source

As far as operating in canada goes ... that is the definitive text.
However you may find what you're looking for here:
https://treaties.un.org/pages/showDetails.aspx?objid=08000002800fcf87
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 11-03-2024, 08:08
Replies: 53
Views: 4,302
Posted By Kelkara
Re: Mantas M1 or Sarca Excel

I can echo this ...


I will also echo all the thanks to Panope for sharing his testing :thumb:
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 03-03-2024, 08:51
Replies: 13
Views: 624
Posted By Kelkara
Re: Syphon Break

Groco make them in bronze and say they are for engine and exhaust applications ... but they won't work on the suction side either. No standard siphon break will ... they break a siphon by letting air...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 29-02-2024, 15:50
Replies: 3
Views: 511
Posted By Kelkara
Re: Help Identifying Burgees (Likely Pacific Northwest)

Number 2 looks like Gig Harbour:
Yacht Clubs | NWBoatInfo.com (https://www.nwboatinfo.com/Yacht-Clubs.html)
Forum: Marine Electronics 27-02-2024, 11:04
Replies: 79
Views: 7,466
Posted By Kelkara
Re: Fact or fiction: running with the chartplotter off to save electricity

My plotter uses about 1 amp, my radar about 1 amp my autopilot between 1 and 3 amps, and everything else about 1 amp. So, by turning off my plotter (and hence the radar too since it needs the plotter...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 21-02-2024, 11:02
Replies: 6
Views: 717
Posted By Kelkara
Re: Sailing Washington -> Kodiak, AK in late May

Bill. can you explain how you use the 500mb charts? ... I know what they are, but have never really understood how to use them to predict how the lows out in the North Pacific will move/change as...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 16-02-2024, 08:33
Replies: 77
Views: 4,451
Posted By Kelkara
Re: Are gas stoves worthwhile?

I think this paragraph was supposed to say that Butane is *HEAVIER* than air, and *DOES* have the same characteristic as propane.


Personally, I'm very happy with my kerosene stove.
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 14-02-2024, 09:32
Replies: 56
Views: 5,421
Posted By Kelkara
Re: Harness at sea

I mostly sail solo in remote cold waters ... falling overboard would probably be fatal.

I always wear my tether underway ... even in the most benign conditions. That way I don't have to make a...
Forum: Our Community 10-02-2024, 10:30
Replies: 6
Views: 1,426
Posted By Kelkara
Re: Giving up on sailing

KTP, you might want to start a new thread if you have questions about sailing Vancouver Island ... there are lots of people on here with experience there, but the title of this thread isn't a good...
Forum: Product or Service Reviews & Evaluations 09-02-2024, 19:01
Replies: 50
Views: 5,974
Posted By Kelkara
Re: WARNING : Sailrite Machine (240v/international) version does not work with invert

Seems like sailrite knows there is a problem with some inverters, specifically at 220V:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nZ-STRhpDg
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 07-02-2024, 12:00
Replies: 2
Views: 376
Posted By Kelkara
Re: Solar panel mounting: Deck vs Bimini

I have 100W on my cabin top between mast and companionway, and 100W on my stern rail. In ideal conditions both sets of panels produce about the same amount of electricity ... but the panels on the...
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 06-02-2024, 15:49
Replies: 35
Views: 4,134
Posted By Kelkara
Re: alt.dinghy: A place to talk about choices beyond RIBs

I built myself a little plywood pram last year ... stows on the foredeck, rows nicely, gets me where I need to go.
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 04-02-2024, 13:01
Replies: 109
Views: 18,550
Posted By Kelkara
Re: Ideal Boat Bike?

It doesn't have to be big to carry a lot of stuff ... On leaving the airport I have a 30km ride to get to my boat ... sometimes the boat wants me to bring a lot of stuff with me ...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 30-01-2024, 10:35
Replies: 58
Views: 6,897
Posted By Kelkara
Re: What's your anchoring etiquette

This should work if everyone is lying to the wind ... but in a calm anchorage there is little relation between where a boat is on the surface and where its anchor is set ... A slight breeze or...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 15-01-2024, 10:06
Replies: 287
Views: 24,006
Posted By Kelkara
Re: Anchor Balls

I've seen a "motorsailer" like this with the cone printed on the sail.
Forum: Pacific & South China Sea 12-01-2024, 15:02
Replies: 6
Views: 951
Posted By Kelkara
Re: Where can you camp for free in the Puget Sound?

Check out kayaking guidebooks ... kayakers camp onshore every night on a multiday trip. If there are legal places, they will know about them.

I don't know about the Puget Sound, but in the BC...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 06-01-2024, 09:37
Replies: 24
Views: 4,108
Posted By Kelkara
Re: Is a Cordless Power Washer too good to be true?

My local chandlery used to rent out a pressure washer, but then someone stole it, and my boat needed the decks scrubbed. I have nowhere to store a big unit on board, so I bought an off-brand chinese...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 18-12-2023, 10:14
Replies: 287
Views: 24,006
Posted By Kelkara
Re: Anchor Balls

The USA has a charted line where the Rules change to inland rules, I don't know if there's an official demarcation in Canada, or if it's up to us to determine whether we're in a roadstead or harbour...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 18-12-2023, 09:24
Replies: 287
Views: 24,006
Posted By Kelkara
Re: Anchor Balls

That's only for inland waters ... on the ocean it seems to still be required. Most of the Canadian modifications are for compatibility with the US inland rules, which means that the rules won't...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 30-11-2023, 11:46
Replies: 16
Views: 965
Posted By Kelkara
Re: Tapping into 1-1/2” drain

If you want it in bronze ... build it up from a pipe-T and add the hose barbs and bushings of your choice ... it won't be cheap though

https://defender.com/en_us/acr-bronze-pipe-tee-coupler...
Forum: OpenCPN 29-11-2023, 15:38
Replies: 36
Views: 4,068
Posted By Kelkara
Re: Internet AIS

You live in a very different world than I do. I like to sail in areas of no cell service ... And I'd be astonished if more than a tiny fraction of the boats with class-B AIS I see have any kind of...
Forum: Product or Service Reviews & Evaluations 21-11-2023, 14:57
Replies: 160
Views: 116,548
Posted By Kelkara
Re: Rule Bilge Pump Float Switch Problems

I just had a rule-a-matic switch fail after five years ... not a bad lifetime for something that inhabits the dank bilge.

So I cut it open to see how it had failed...

The inside of the switch...
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