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Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 23-02-2024, 15:10
Replies: 25
Views: 2,712
Posted By captstu
Re: chain type

Keep the Anchor, keep the chain:

first the Chain. I ave been in two very serious storms (hurricanes that changed path) and survived both with no real damage. In the more severe case, both...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 19-02-2024, 10:17
Replies: 60
Views: 5,457
Posted By captstu
Re: Ammonia smell in cabin

Refrigerators, especially in travel trailers and older boats, are often duel fuel, one being propane. If the fridge is dual fuel, the coolant is usually contains ammonia - and the cat litter smell...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 17-06-2023, 04:47
Replies: 17
Views: 4,552
Posted By captstu
Re: DAN Boater Membership / Insurance

Hi,

I've had DAN Boater for years.

This trip, I chartered a larger boat in the Bahamas and my 3 adult kids and their kids are having a family sail.

They carry medical insurance.

I'd like...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 10-06-2023, 14:04
Replies: 51
Views: 7,293
Posted By captstu
Re: Planning a route - Fort Myers to Miami

there are two routes from Fort Myers to Miami.

If you follow the circle completely, you can go from Fort Myers to Miami and around the circle back to Fort Myers.

The circle is generally...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 24-05-2023, 12:26
Replies: 23
Views: 1,992
Posted By captstu
Re: Transfer Switch -- Electrical Advice Needed

Home Depot and nearly everyone else in the business sell a double pole double throw center off 30 amp rated switch for about 20 bucks.

It makes a perfect transfer switch, absolutely failsafe, UL...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 24-05-2023, 12:21
Replies: 31
Views: 4,746
Posted By captstu
Re: Opinion choice between two cats

seems like you’ve chosen to marry the next stranger that comes along after one date with a previous stranger.

Several years of chartering or sailing on similar boats, the friend zone might give...
Forum: Dollars & Cents 24-05-2023, 12:18
Replies: 40
Views: 3,700
Posted By captstu
Re: Misleading Insurance

My masters ticket, ADA, instructor certificate, and years of experience seem to make no difference in the price of insurance.

My boating safety course taken online from Boat US reduce the price of...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 25-04-2023, 14:05
Replies: 19
Views: 5,435
Posted By captstu
Re: How to remove water stains from wood before refinishing

I bought an old gemini several years ago with badly discolored interior wood. It had been oiled 10 years before and water had leaked on it in a number of places.

I bleached it nearly white with a...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 03-04-2023, 06:45
Replies: 35
Views: 5,440
Posted By captstu
Re: Small Catamaran with a Family of Three? Pros/Cons?

I sailed a Gemini for years - sufficient room for a pre-teen to have a private cabin for years of growth and sailing. While there is one head, sharing isn't to difficult.

I converted the 3ed cabin...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 03-04-2023, 06:39
Replies: 51
Views: 4,240
Posted By captstu
Re: 8 turns lock to lock - help me reduce that

Had the same problem - because my steering was "light" under all conditions, I changed the helm pump to one rated at 3.5 turns lock-to-lock. Significant improvement.

But, remember, the force...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 06-03-2023, 10:07
Replies: 42
Views: 4,755
Posted By captstu
Re: Chain skipping on gypsy

i had a similar problem. The chain had stretched.
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 27-02-2023, 17:01
Replies: 0
Views: 314
Posted By captstu
Reducing Lock to Lock hydraulic steering turns

Hi, I have a new-to-me Rosborough 245, an 150 hp outboard powered monohull about 8000 pounds.

She came with a newer Baystar cylinder and the original older helm pump.

The pump is uneven, the...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 01-02-2023, 07:23
Replies: 70
Views: 5,595
Posted By captstu
Re: Fire extinguisher quandary

when I sailed offshore extensively, the boat was fitted with a hell on fire extinguisher system for the engine and multiple hail on fire extinguishers at critical locations.

The theory was you had...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 01-02-2023, 07:16
Replies: 152
Views: 12,908
Posted By captstu
Re: Thinking of going 24 volt with the new boat

my Rosborough 246 is all electric.

I fitted her with a 13.5 KBTU air conditioner, a Bosch, hot water, heater, and induction cooktop.

her peak load is about 28 A and is supported by a 3KW...
Forum: Marine Electronics 13-01-2023, 19:20
Replies: 279
Views: 28,064
Posted By captstu
Re: Why even bother with a plotter when you can get this!

How do I access marine charts with Google Maps? I thought it only showed land stuff, not depths, bridges, marks and obstructiions?????
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 09-01-2023, 07:45
Replies: 50
Views: 7,625
Posted By captstu
Re: Water Maker

I sailed from Cape Town to Barbados a few years ago with a 6 gal/hr dc modular water maker powered with excess power from the MPPT solar controller - after the solar filled the 1200 Ah bank, it...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 16-11-2022, 03:44
Replies: 35
Views: 5,163
Posted By captstu
Re: Building a sailing dinghy

A Walkey Bay 8 (for one person) or 10 (for 2 people) rows and sails quite well for a small boat. It can carry a 3 hp engine. For under a $k used, they are a bargain. Something to use while you...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-11-2022, 03:15
Replies: 84
Views: 5,602
Posted By captstu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

Drive her up on the beach at high tide? I painted my catamaran this way, worked fine. First low, scrub and prep, second low paint.

Alternately, i installed a depth thru-hull by putting the thing...
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 21-10-2022, 07:14
Replies: 35
Views: 5,384
Posted By captstu
Re: Negotiating boat price without a broker

I don't think the brokerage commission should be part of the negotiations. During my several boat purchases, I always collected the asking price of the boat model of interest - and plotted the...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 14-10-2022, 11:58
Replies: 41
Views: 3,000
Posted By captstu
Re: emergency conversion fresh water pump to raw water?

I had that happen relatively new boat with a poorly installed raw water pump. I was able to replumb so the freshwater pump drew the water in from the ocean, ran through the heat exchanger, ran...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 14-10-2022, 11:56
Replies: 74
Views: 6,929
Posted By captstu
Re: Longer term Florida Anchorage Suggestions Near Grocery Stores?

West Palm Beach city doc has an excellent long-term anchorage and free dinghy access. There is water and a pump out available for nominal fee. There’s a free bus to a Publix and a full range of...
Forum: Lithium Power Systems 26-09-2022, 06:35
Replies: 171
Views: 20,935
Posted By captstu
Re: LiFePO4 reference diagram, Alternator version

Beautiful drawing! Any chance you could tell me the software package you used to make it, please.
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 15-08-2022, 10:29
Replies: 36
Views: 6,467
Posted By captstu
Re: How to size the thickness/strength of a bridle

Everything is a trade. Several years ago my 43' Voyage catamaran rode out a hurricane that destroyed most of the sister ships in the anchorage.

I had a tandem anchor, a 50 kg Bruce with a 37#...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 22-07-2022, 10:17
Replies: 28
Views: 5,037
Posted By captstu
Re: Mississippi River wing dams

Excellent answer to a different question.

Wing dams on the Mississippi, or elsewhere, or hydraulic structures built out of riprap or stone that push the water to the navigation channel. They are...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 18-07-2022, 00:50
Replies: 25
Views: 3,644
Posted By captstu
Re: step up transformer to run air con

Assuming the existing aircon is 240V/60 Hz, you might be fine.

In the potential a/c is a replacement, getting a 120 a/c will draw about the same current as the transformer feeding the 240 a/c.
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