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So I did a ChatGPT question for the best navigation software… I currently use Navionics. Here’s the ChatGPT results. Can you say what your favorite is and why? And what is the cost? Thanks In the United States, popular marine navigation software includes: 1. **NOAA Electronic Navigational...

I’ve been looking about and not found it. Is the Cooper River navigable to Lake Moultrie, and further, to Santee Lake? Charts go far, but don’t seem to show a full connection. Anyone with first-hand knowledge on depths and currents?

Hi All - 38yo Genny is kaput. 1984 Onan MDKD 8kW w/3cyl Kubota engine. Looking at 9kW Onan/Cummins and 9.5kW Beta Marine to start. Genny recommendations (or avoids) in the 8-10kW range? Sincere Thanks!

https://youtu.be/qPD2XB9xPRw Hi All - I missed this forum for a while, but thought I’d share this really good Great Loop vlog these guys are doing. Most YouTube vlogs are pretty average (we’re all really average, I know), but this one is well-edited, well-crafted, upbeat, and useful. I don’t...

Hi all, I’ve pre-ordered Starlink for home, but wondering if anyone here has put on their boat? I searched before I wrote this and several posts researching in March, but not much since. Anyone with live, real Starlink ownership experience on or off the boat? It could be me once I can go from...

Hi all, What do most marinas consider the threshold to be considered a liveaboard? I work from the dirt home, but can see a scenario when I would work more from the boat. I imagine it is when more than 50% of the month is spent on the boat, but I really don’t know. Thanks

Hello, It is a distinct possibility we will adopt some Perkins puppies in the near future. Can any Perkins owners recommend their favorite parts houses? I have been a Lehman guy, but I don’t think ADC in Kilmarnock caters to the blue Brit. Thanks!

So I think I need to tiptoe… I usually talk about diesel maintenance and will continue religiously to do so. But I missed that they removed OTDE (Off-Topic, something, something?). I forgot what it was and never really used it. But I had to look it up, having forgotten it. I guess something...

I answered a post in FB today on GPS vs charts and dead reckoning and it got snarky (I think more so after I left). In typical fashion, I came back to see the whole thread had been gutted, with someone leaving the comment “how’d it get so nasty?” Whoa. It wasn’t that way when I left, but must...

Hi All - We are looking for the next Trawler, but somewhat slowly. Engines will be 60% of the decision. Like Lehman and Perkins. Neutral on Cummins and Cats Avoiding Volvos, Yanmars. Not a clue about Detroits (but they seem to last a long time!), or John Deere (my mechanic speaks well of...

Hi All - So has anyone crossed Government Cut in the last month or since Hurricane Michael? I am looking at a boat to purchase near there and would pass it on my transit back to NC. Doubt I want to take it, as unfavorable comments outnumber the favorable ones. However, curious for anyone with...

I saw a boat for sale with Perkins diesels. I love the boat but am nervous about Perkins. Not likely I’ll move forward on the boat due to personal timing, but want to be less leery. Oh, and I am cheap. What I have heard- Ancient No parts any more Parts available must come from the UK ( I’m in...

Question for all you photographers out there. I started snapping pictures with an SLR at the age of 19. I am a competent photographer-hobbyist, but not winning any prizes. All for fun. I am now 54. I have several albums, but truly only meaningful to me, of my early photo days including...

Bottom painted 2015. The engine recently had $11K work done to the crankshaft, bearings, head gasket, exhaust gaskets, and harmonic balancer. Boat runs perfectly. Cruises at 7-7.5 knots. Engine is a single Lehman 135 with a little over 5000 hours. It sips fuel. About 3mpg at 19.5K rpm...

I know this has been done somewhere, or I think it's been done. I have "slider" aft-cabin windows (see boat photo). They're old, leak, get stuck from time to time and look rough. I may replace them with some Wynne Enterprises windows, but another -odd- thought occurred to me. I was curious if...

On a recent deluge, I noticed a drip from my cabin ceiling underneath my deck. I do have some small hairline cracks in my fiberglass topsides and need to coat it with something, though it is the high-humidity season in North Carolina and coatings don't typically like that. I mostly don't know...

Dear People-Smarter-Than-Me -(All of you that is) So, My ADC 136N (The Ford Lehman 135 marinized by American Diesel) was knocking loud and unusually, towards the forward part of the oil pan. Link - with video connected...

http://youtu.be/-zOcUqn29hg Anyone know what the knocking is? Does not sound good at all... ?

I am planning to list my boat soon. I have a gob of pictures on my profile albums page, scenic and technical of the boat. Engine is a American Diesel Corporation (Lehman) 136N with 5000 hours. Single screw fully protected keel. Boat is mechanically in good shape, with some cosmetic punch list...

I'm planning on selling my boat. We moved to Wilmington NC and it is clearly not trawler waters here (mostly Carolina Skiffs and Sea Rays - zoom, zoom!), and we are not using it as much as we are maintaining our overpriced house (another story). I have just had it hauled to fix an issue...

Saw a DeFever 48 on Yachtworld with twin 375HP Cats. Most of these models I see with sub-200HP Lehmans or Perkins. 1986 Defever 48TRAWLER Power Boat For Sale - www.yachtworld.com How fast can a DeFever 48 really go? A full-displacement hull of that size probably would never exceed 13/14 knots...

Hi All - My bow pulpit looks looks like the dog has been chewing on the front of it -its some kind of fiberglass-wrapped plywood, coming apart - quite a mess to look at. I've had our 30-year-old boat for 5 years and the pulpit has gradually degraded. I went to my local marine wood supply...

Motor is a Ford Lehman, American Diesel Corporation variant model ADC 136N. Boat is a Marine Trader 35 Sundeck. Injector is Minimec. OK, so tomorrow, I am calling Brian at American Diesel for this part. Any marine mechanic expert care to walk me step-wise through the exchange procedure? I was...

I have TF on iPad as an app. Is there an equivalent to Samsung/Android etc?

I replaced house/crank batteries in 2011. Boat used lightly. Batteries on charger. No crank now. Before I blow $600-$800 on new - I want to just do the proper checks. 1. Is four years about fair expectations? 2. Did my light use contribute to the batteries' downfall? 3. Can someone give me a...