Recent content by Don G

We spent the summer cruising north of Desolation Sound. No cell service up there but we had our phones and very high speed internet everywhere and while under way. The wife is still working remote and without Starlink we would have been limited to areas with cell service which are few and far...

Starlink After getting Starlink I tossed my Maxtransit cat12. All problems solved for half the expense of the Maxtransit not to mention antennas. Bottom line, Starlink is the answer for phone, internet, movies and everything else.

I provided a new survey they required so it’s an agreed value policy. Doesn’t get any better than that.

State Farm Last year with the price increases I checked around. State Farm was by far more reasonable. The cruising limits are 100 miles from all US, Alaska and Canadian shores which is perfect for my cruising. I had all my vehicles and properties insured with State Farm already, so I got a...

We've had the Marine elegance toilet a few years and it's been great. The Smart Control panel was difficult and irritating to use, you have to find the exact spot to push which got old. I replaced that panel with a Dometic/Sealand panel that has two rocker switches and it's great, easy to use...

Insurance renewal to State Farm We switched our coverage to State Farm. An agreed value policy with the same limits of coverage and same cruising area. You will need a survey two years old or less. 20% less than the old Chub rate.

Unfortunately, I dumped my accumulator when I put in the variable pump. Now I'm going back to an accumulator and regular pump. I see everyone else seems to have quit offering the variable type due to reliability. Maybe I've just been unlucky but both of my Marco pumps had the same problem. When...

I bought the same pump, over $600, and it quit working after about 16 months. It was the middle of the summer and the pump needed to go back to the factory for warranty inspection so I bought another and installed it. The factory sent me a new replacement pump under warranty. Now after another...