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Pick up for free in LITCHFIELD, Ct (NW Ct) or shipped anywhere in US for $100 ea. Respond via PM (or rather start a conversation on this new site). David

Reading Peter's post today about dealing with his water maker got me thinking- Why do we use complicated automated systems on our boats? Peter's watermaker is a perfect example. It has automatic backflush and high TDS diversion capabilities. As he notes in his posting, the TDS diversion isn't...

I have a good friend who just bought an older trawler, but with fairly modern electrics. It has a 60A PronauticP 60A charger with three battery outputs, each connected to house, propulsion engine starting and genset starting batteries. It has a setting for Lithium batteries but since all the...

The recent thread on finding a crew position to build experience, got me thinking about my own experience in both a commercial setting as captain as well as unpaid crew. First, as unpaid crew (other than expenses) to help a boat owner move his new boat to its final mooring area, I think any...

Member bucktalley and I just got back from picking up his new to him Cape Dory 28 trawler and moving it from Martha's Vinyard to the mainland for subsequent shipment home to Virginia. Bucktalley considered several other schemes, but all required first getting the boat to the mainland: buying or...

I am a member of four web forum websites that all use the same software- V Bulletin and are managed by the same people- Hello Janet H! For the last few days all four of these websites start loading their home page or subsequent thread pages, the screen then goes white and after a full second or...

For wannabe trawlerers who live in the mid Atlantic states, Bow to Stern Boating in Oriental, NC has recently added a Monk 36 to their charter fleet. Here is a video blub about the new boat taken from Towndock.net, Oriental's semi-official town website...

I owned cruising boats for about 25 years and am now transitioning to RVs, a 25' Class A motorhome specifically. Boats and RVs have similar systems, but the RV systems are often designed for glitz and lack the functionality of boat systems. Some of the system differences: Plumbing wise they...

I have been researching the newer battery types in anticipation of buying a newish RV with a marine type DC compressor fridge rather than the more typical absorption fridge. With this change, the DC requirements of RVs become very similar to our boats. So the following is a review of the various...

The following article was written by my former neighbor- John Rahm, a former Harrier pilot and now semi-retired in Oriental, NC where he is a sometimes boat instructor. The article discusses the principle causes of boat fires, mostly electrical it seems...

I am starting a little developmental project to put together a solar powered dehumidifier for my boat and would like some thoughts/input from the solar geeks on this board (and there are quite a few here!) . Here are the parameters of this project: My boat is quite small, just a cuddy cabin for...

I realize the title reads like an oxymoron: how can a 1 amp trickle charger equalize batteries? But I did an experiment and I think it works. I had two Group 24 "dual purpose" batteries on a trickle charger hooked up in parallel for the last 6 months while we were in Connecticut. Before...

Here is a first class solar system big enough to power two A/Cs using Battle Born lithium batteries...

I just got back from helping a TF member deliver his new (to him) boat from Baltimore to the N Shore of Long Island. It was a relatively easy trip and we made it in two days of hard 10 hour runs. The boat was fully surveyed- both hull and engine before purchase. The boat was repowered from...

I am planning to help a TF member bring his new to him boat up from Baltimore to a marina at Riverhead, LI. The closest route is through the Shinnecock Inlet on the S shore of LI and then through the canal and locks and on to Riverhead. I have seen lots of conflicting information about the...

You guys are pretty clever at coming up with clever solutions to obscure problems, so I have one for you. Please refer to the attached pic of the rear seat hatch on my Ponmpano 23. Due to the configuration and slope of the seat, the rim around the hatch fills with rain water and overflows into...

My Tiny Trawler Many of you saw and some responded to my earlier post "Gonna Buy a Trailerable Trawler". So I bought one and have taken it on several overnight cruises. I call it a tiny trawler because it is the smallest I would consider to have the minimal basics for short term overnight...

The recent thread on where would you base your boat had a few veiled references to storm surge, so I thought it might be interesting to explore that issue more fully. I do have some experience with storm surge having experienced surge of about 9' during hurricane Irene in Oriental, NC and noted...

I have enjoyed Ed Robinson's Trawler Trash book series based on a fictional character nicknamed Breeze who lived on his trawler in SW Florida, the keys and the Caribbean, ran some dope, righted wrongs and bounced from girl to girl. I ran across this tribute to Larry Briggs published in...

A link to this Craigslist item was first posted on Downeastforum.com. Looks like a nice deal if you need one for your Mainship Pilot 34. Located near Annapolis, Md. https://annapolis.craigslist.org/bpo/d/mainship-canvas-boat-cover/6744343773.html David

I thought that this article by boattest.com is a good overview of the reasons and the various options for repowering gassers: https://www.boattest.com/view-news/5376_should-you-repower-an-old-sterndrive-boat I was a little surprised at the comment that at 1,000 gassers are subject to...

My wife and I from time to time have thought about moving to Canada, buying a house and retiring there as permanent residents. I was inspired today by a reference by a new member here on TF to the Sunshine Coast of BC north of Vancouver, so I looked up real estate listings there. We can buy a...

Well, I have been boatless for 4-5 months after I sold our Mainship Pilot 34 but the itch finally got to me and I have signed a contract to buy an outboard powered, downeast style boat, an Atlas Pompano 23. See the pic below. I wanted a trailerable boat so I could pull it out of the water when...

This problem isn't specific to trawler forums but TF is the most prevalent one I use with this problem. For the last few months my posts have a double line feed in them every time I do a paragraph break with an "enter" key. I suspect that my Windows 10 system is now issuing a carriage return and...

This is the final article on designing and installing a large solar panel system in my three article series on solar panels. Please read and provide your constructive feedback. I will incorporate your comments in the final article and then upload to the Library. David