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Slow Hand, a 2002 Cherubini Independence 45, is offered for sale by owner (Ted Green). Purchased in 2014, she was refitted, repowered and painted in 2014 & 2015. Slow Hand refit She was extensively cruised from 2016 through 2023, including the Great Loop, Rideau canal, Trent Severn canal, Erie...

In 2014 I bought Slow Hand, a 2002 Cherubini Independence 45 coastal cruiser. She was refitted, repowered, and painted in 2014 & 2015. I made her the boat I wanted to cruise on. From 2016 to 2023 I cruised her on the East coast from Florida to New York, the Great Loop, the Great Lakes and into...

Have a friend with a Ford Lehman 135 that probably needs a special tool. On the injector pump there are fittings that are screwed into the injector pump. The individual injector lines are screwed into these fittings. Don't know if it's a ratchet socket or more likely a style of tubing wrench...

To go along with the dry bilge thread: So if you have dry bilges, how often do you check your bilge pump systems? So I have two compartments with two pumps each. Each compartment has high water alarms and high water remote notification systems (part of my boat monitoring system). Only way I...

I have several anchor drag alarms onboard that all set the anchor location based on your current GPS position. Wondering if anyone has one that allows you to point on a chart where your anchor is without using current position? As an example, lets say you power set your anchor. From where you...

So I'm anchored for the next day and a half waiting out a storm in the Great Lakes. I'm anchored in a very protected cove (more like a lake that's 2/10 of a mile in diameter). The water is 9' deep with a fair amount of weed on the bottom. Anchor was thoroughly buried from 25 knot gusts from the...

From Wednesday 06.21.23 Speaking of the Coastguard, things aren't going so well right now. John Deere decided to take some time off. For those who aren't familiar with my projects, I swapped the engine in my boat for a John Deere 4045TFM75. It's a tier 2 diesel that is mechanically injected...

Rest In Peace Gordon Lightfoot. Ted

I'm heading back up to Lake Superior for the summer and thought I might post a picture or three, maybe even a sunset. :rolleyes: Should be getting into Superior around July 1st. It's about 2,700 miles by boat from Fort Myers, FL to Sault Ste. Marie, MI (locks to enter Lake Superior). If you...

Free to good home (Trolls need not apply) a KVH TracVision TV3 set up for Direct TV. https://www.kvh.com/admin/products/satellite-television/tvseries/tracvision-tv3/leisure-tracvision-tv3 I bought this unit in 2016 to lure my wife on to the boat. She didn't bite on the NFL package. I used it...

So I'm doing the 5,000 hour service which includes the cooling system. There is a tube bundle core that is held in place with 2 end caps. The first end cap has this white goop in it. It's about the consistency of pudding or yogurt. Basically it blocked about half of the tubes plus the raw water...

Just received this from a friend in Stuart. Apparently the railroad has teamed up with the Coastguard to make some new friends. Starting May 1st at 6 Am until May 21st, the St Lucie River Railroad Bridge will be closed for repairs. Prior to the full-time navigational closure on the 1st...

2023 has arrived. If you're cruising this year, you probably have your plans already made. It could be a trip to Fort Pierce to the TF rendezvous, a couple of weeks on the St Johns river or the Great Loop. Always fun to hear about where people want to cruise and why. One of the nice things...

A number of years ago Seastar bought Hynautic Steering systems. They continued to produce components and rebuild kits. Dometic purchased Seastar. As of the 1st of the year, everything Hynautic has been scrubbed from the website. The pages use to include comments, rebuild kits, and most...

So things will be changing in 2024. The Wife will be retiring in August. My cruising will have to be modified (Happy wife = Happy life). This summer I can again leave in April and return in November. But in 2024 if I still want to spend summers in the Great Lakes, I'll need to make some changes...

https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-jersey-men-lost-atlantic-ocean-days-atrevida-ii-recount-experience-small-miracle Ted

https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/pilot-busy-on-his-cell-phone-led-to-ever-forward-s-grounding?mod=djemlogistics_h Ted

I'm planning to add a dedicated inverter for my 120VAC refrigerator. Would like to build a transfer switch that would switch the refrigerator between the 2 inverters and shore power / generator. The one inverter has a transfer switch to accomplish the shore power / generator switching. A...

The Kirkfield Lift Lock is a hydraulic lift lock on the Trent Severn Waterway in Canada. In September it broke, or at least one side is broken. Current status is "Closed for the Foreseeable Future". Was hoping someone might be able to interpret what that means in a relative time frame. Is that...

So if you're in an anchorage with other boats, after anchoring, do you leave your VHF on whether to be hailed by a friend, informational question about the anchorage, or warning about a situation (pending anchor drag)? Ted

For those of us with CDO (OCD in alphabetical order as it belongs to be), happiness is a fresh wax and buff with new bottom paint and anodes. And 5 pounds of Chesapeake Bay lump crabmeat! :D Ted

So I'm pondering replacing my autopilot. The old pilot that still works flawlessly is a Robertson Simrad AP 20, 21 (remote), FU35 (jog lever), and RFC35R (rate compass). It gets its steer information from the Garmin MFD over a NEMA 0183 network. The Simrad I'm considering networks all it's...

So I saw this on my Waterway Guide navigation email: Clicking on the link, I found that they have 3 phase 208 and 480 volt shore power available. How big does your boat have to be to need 3 phase 480 volt. :eek: Ted

Sorry for the sideways pics. So I really love my apartment refrigerator, but the thermostat is a POS, as are most RV and boat refrigerator thermostats. The differential (difference between compressor on and off) is ridiculous. Over time the thermostat gets weaker (best term I could come up...

In keeping with the TF rules of not discussing the item fore sale in a classified listing, I'm starting this thread. https://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/s9/sale-1996-grand-banks-europa-46-%24395-000-a-62367.html I will be the first to tell you I'm biased with regard to Howard's boat. I've been...