Recent content by charlesryager

I'll reach out to Webasto to see. Thanks.

Thanks for the reply. I saw that controller in the FCF operations manual, but my BlueCool S Series has a controller that looks like the attached picture.

I had installed 3 Webasto BlueCool Series S reverse cycle units on my boat in 2020. Once the temperature sensors were properly located (the original contractor left the sensors with the units and never installed), the systems work very well. However, there does not seem to be a cool only or...

Documented Vessel Questions One reason to document your boat with the USCG is that you should not be paying sales tax in the state in which the boat resides. If you title the boat in the state, you will pay sales tax at the applicable rate (7% in Washington DC).

Eddie: IMHO, the DC Wharf is worth the trip up the river. There is space for transients at the Market Docks (or contact the Capital Yacht Club or Wharf Gangplank Marina). 20 bars and restaurants. View of the Washington Monument. 2 blocks from Metro. Short walk to the Jefferson Memorial and the...

Sounds like the issue in Google Maps when you deviate from the route it has selected. It keeps trying to turn you around. What happens if you turn off autopilot and then turn it on again? In the past, I've always set the heading manually and then engaged autopilot.

I am about to replace a Robertson A300/G300 autopilot. Won't work and according to the yard is drawing too high an amperage. Question is: Which autopilot should I replace it with? Background: My boat is a recently purchased 1990 Viking 44 motoryacht. Still has original Furuno radar, but...

I live at the Waterfront at DC. The Capital Yacht Club is, indeed, quite lovely. I have a liveaboard at the the Wharf Gangplank Marina (reportedly the largest liveaboard community on the East Coast). Brand new docks there. Look up the marina office online (not yet sure of TF rules on providing...

Depreciation Factored into Repairs I just read the policy details for my GEICO policy on my (just purchased) 1990 44' Viking Motor Yacht. It says that they cover repairs to the boat less depreciation, figured at 10% per year past the 20th anniversary of the boat's manufacture date. By my math...

SBU22: Thank you. I'm sure I'll have lots of questions. My first "big" boat.

I see there hasn't been much traffic here since 2016. Is the thread still alive? I'm closing on a 1990 Viking 44 ACMY tomorrow and would enjoy a place to ask a million questions specific to the Viking.