Recent content by lokeefe

For Sale: MV Miss Miranda Miss Miranda has just returned from two years in Mexico and due to a change in life circumstances, we are putting her up for sale. She is just out of the yard where she had bottom and running gear painted, zincs replaced, keel cooler cleaned, and coolant changed...

The reason I originally asked the question is that it is indeed a bit further coming from the east side - Anacortes in my case. Over the past couple of seasons we've enjoyed the San Juans, the Gulf Islands, and last year, Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast from our home base in Seattle...

Similar situation on our previous boat. Wife hated the generator run time, so we stacked a Magnum ME 2012 on top of our MS 2812 just for the charging capabilities. The Magnum folks were a little nervous about it and had us de-rate the 2812 somewhat to balance the outputs. We turn off the 2012...

Good Points, ghost. We have NEXUS cards, so have some flexibility on where to clear customs. But I had a look and realized that there is not an entry point at Garden Bay, which would be our preferred initial stop. Interestingly, there is one at Cabbage Island... very convenient for this...

As many PNW boaters know, the typical route up north is through the Gulf Islands and across the Strait of Georgia from Nanaimo (what we usually do) or one of the passes to the South. Last year, coming back from Vancouver, we intended to cross and go through Porlier or Active Pass, but wound up...

For sale - partial roll of Soundown Marine Carpet Underlayment, 1/2" thick, 1 lb per square foot. We bought the roll this summer when we replaced carpet on our boat. See the link below for description of the material. Great for reducing noise in salon above engine room. Soundown - Barrier...

Hi, Randy- Looking at today's email about the Mark I rendezvous in Port Townsend, it seems that you will be right next to us. I look forward to meeting you at the rendezvous and having a chance to take a peek around each other's boats. Should be a fun weekend. We attended our first one last...

We've seen the Cape Ross (photo posted by Tad) several times. I think she is based where we are, at Shilshole marina in Seattle. We were tied up to her for a couple of days last summer up at Gorge Harbor. Beautiful lines, nice layout, and looks like a lot of comfortable living space. An elegant...

An update on the Sterling ABC I went ahead and installed the Sterling Alternator to Battery Charger that I described in an earlier post on this thread. Overall, I am pleased with the results. When running at cruising RPM, I routinely see 120 amps to the house bank (which varies depending on...

Dashew's boats are unpainted aluminum. Pretty interesting, built for ocean crossing, sizes ranging from 64 to 115 feet. The latest design is the FPB 78, which they are designing for themselves. I have visions of commissioning one and setting off on a world cruise... as soon as I win the...

Surprised no one has posted this yet... From Dashew Offshore - the FPB series... More about them at SetSail Newest model scheduled to start building in Q4 2013: SetSail» Blog Archive » FPB 78 – Steve & Linda’s New Dream Machine

A couple from opening day Here are a couple of classics from Opening Day 2013 in Seattle.

I am really not looking for more watts. I am looking for a way to use the available capacity that I have more effectively. As I mentioned in my original post, I have two alternators nominally rated at 105 Amps each. I would be very happy if I could get a consistent 120 Amps from them into the...

From the Sterling Power website... This is what their website says: How do we do this? Well, in theory, it is very simple. With an advanced regulator which connects to the alternators regulator, we override the standard alternator regulator and we push the alternators voltage up to increase...

Using existing alts Actually, the benefit I see is that they can use and combine the existing alts and can drive them harder by lowering the input voltage to them. To me, this is a much simpler proposition than adding dual pulleys and fabricating a bracket, etc for a larger alternator, though...