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About monday, my girl and I are taking the boat from the Wilmington area up the ditch and the plan is to make stops in Beaufort, then Okracoke, then Oriental. She's a teacher and is off all next week for spring break. We've been to Beaufort a couple times and have a pretty good handle on that...

So I am in my shop trying to clean it up a bit. I have an 8kW Kubota gennie that is the hurricane gennie for the shop and nearby house. While in there I figure crank it up and let it churn its juices a bit. Last time I ran it was about a month ago. Preheat it for 15sec, hit start and...

Three years ago I was in the Bahamas and bought Jeppesen C-map max charts and loaded onto my CE laptop. Found them to be ok, but not that great. First Q: Is that the best there is? I will have along the Explorer books for both Abaco and Exumas so gots me some backup. Second Q: I got a...

This June my girl and I are going to take Louisa down the ditch (she has never seen the whole thing) and get to S.Fla then jump over to the Abacos. I have been over there several times, including on Louisa, but always in the winter/spring months as that is the quiet time for my work. Weather...

Has anyone run a boat up the Cape Fear River or NE Cape Fear River north of Wilmington NC? My charts don't go past Willywood. I know the rivers are somewhat navigable, but not sure if shoals and channel are marked. I've got a single screw 38' and my prop blade tips are the lowest thing under...

I've got a varnished toe rail on my ride. On the bow line chocks, when anchored the rode still lightly rubs on the brightwork. I need one of those SS strips to provide some chafe guard. I got a piece of 3/4" quarter round, but I need to bend it to follow the curve of the rail. I tried to...

For those with 32V boats, interesting thing happened this evening. A lawyer buddy came by in his golf cart and I tried to help him set up headlights. Interesting thing was the golf cart had two banks of three batteries, each batt was four cells and thus 8V, for a total bank of 24v. Four of...

Hi all. Computer idiot needs some advice. Have an old HP labtop running vista and Coastal Explorer. The combo works great. Ran down here to the Keys with no computer issues at all. I may be heading to the Bahamas next week, weather dependent of course. I bought the Explorer...

Well, not really. It's something we shouted when starting an epic if not stupid journey. So this was a pretty epic boat trip for me. Left Wrightsville Beach Sat am, made Fernandina that night. Next day Fernandina to Ft. Pierce. Next day Ft. Pierce to Islamorada. This morning ended up in...

My old inflatable Bombard dink leaks. Not air, but water. Right where the skin of the bottom meets the transom and also meets the pontoon. A three way joint. It has been patched there before, and none have sealed it up. It is old and crusty and some of the skin is starting to peel, so I...

It's time for a new thruster battery. This is on my 38, it has a Sidepower SE60 3.1kW 12v unit. I run a grp 24 batt and only get a few years out of it. I know the batt is pretty small for the thruster, but in my duty cycle I rarely have to run it more than 10-20sec. When batt is fresh, it does...

Hi all. I've been on line for the better part of the day trying to figure this out. If I read anymore of this computer mumbo jumbo my head is going to explode. Details: Laptop with Coastal Explorer. Has USB and serial ports. So far loving the software, charts, photos and features...

Hi all. Just joined. Custom built 38' cold molded. Heading down to the Keys and maybe Bahamas in spring (??). No stranger to traveling on the boat, but only limited Bahama experience, as I've only been as crew. Lookin' to pick y'all's brains on charts and nav computers. I can also help...