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  1. Captain James

    Are paper charts still relevant?

    We just have two iPads and two iPhones and a Mac plus a Raymarine MFD so we are okay.
  2. Captain James

    running gasoline/diesel mix in an emergency

    Add fresh motor oil to the diesel fuel up to twenty percent.
  3. Captain James

    Case in point on boat prices today

    Time is all we have. Go for it. It will be your big new hobby.
  4. Captain James

    Physics question - which line method is stronger?

    Boats I don’t like either of them. I think boats should be untied and free. Am I missing something? Captain James
  5. Captain James

    Fender Covers

    Oh oh Yes yes these damn First World problems can really get you down.
  6. Captain James

    Name the one thing you dislike about your boat

    Just disassemble the Morse control underneath and put it together the other way around.
  7. Captain James

    How to Dock a Boat Correctly

    Prop wash can be used on a single screw vessel to turn it. Going slowly or stopped in neutral put helm hard starboard put in forward hard throttle blast for one second. Boat will spin to starboard. And versa visa.
  8. Captain James

    Lightning

    Ha ha funny.
  9. Captain James

    Faster battery charging on the hook

    Yes but you are upside down downunder. For you the sun comes right out of the ground.
  10. Captain James

    To Vacuflush or not...

    Maybe this is too redneck for some. My wife and I use the aft cabin head for pee only. We use the forward head which is almost right over the holding tank for number two. We don’t flush but once a day. Between uses we close the well fitting door and keep the port open. We collect soiled wipe...
  11. Captain James

    Found this thing in the aft Genset area?

    Someone improvised a pipe cap using a pipe coupling and a pipe plug.
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