Recent content by ejds

I did the same on my boat, replaced the original element with a 12 V low wattage element. Maybe 150 Watt. Found a 120V element that fit the anode threaded hole. I can switch to use either 12V or 120V. It took some wiring and a relay to use the thermostat for both 12V OR 120V It is only a 3...

Reminds me of the time when I worked for a cruise line in the eighties. Arriving in the same port as this ship the harbor was full with trash. In no time the cooling water intakes clogged up and the stern thruster overloaded. The debris was caused by heavy rainfall and mudslides. When...

After a year debating we finally came up with the name PurDee. Simply three letters of my wife's last name Pursel and three letters of my last name Dees. Egbert

Sorry to hear you want to sell your boat you worked so hard on to build. I can see the reason why. I should be selling our boat for that same reason. All I seem to do with it is dragging it to boat shows. The only trip this year lasted two days and I broke my foot in the end. Hope it will...

Welcome from the Northern Neck, Va Egbert

Any convenience and or luxury item is nice but they take up space and not to forget about the weight they add to a boat. Glad your trip went well despite the fog. My idea is if you are in a situation were you need radar, stay at the dock or home. One time we used our boat in the dark and...

A bit more North from where you are and it is hotter than hell here. After Monday it should go back to the upper 80s. I learned the need for screens last year in Florida. Some nights you couldn't open anything without being bombarded by mosquitoes. Good luck with the final touches those...

T-astragal I had to look that one up, never heard that term before. Nice solution for the back door without taking up much space. My sliding door was a bit of a challenge to get it to run smoothly. Top and bottom rails were not exactly in line and parallel. Egbert

Thanks everybody for the compliments. Long time ago in a different country my first real job was electrical work on a shipyard. They were building a series of navy frigates. The importance was quality not speed. Something I liked. The dinghy is a modified version of Dave Gentry's...

We do like the Nature Head very much. We only used it in March last year for a week. Back problems prevented further use of the boat that year. I left the solids in the bin until fall and there was no smell at all. The urine bottle does fill up. It is however easy to empty in any toilet...

Thanks, here is a link to some pictures. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ejds33/

Thanks all, We are in the Northern Neck pf Virginia right where the Potomac runs into the Bay. The boat is a Bluejacket 25.5 as per plans from Tom Lathrop. One of the reasons to build a boat was the need for a shallow draft boat and is was fun except for all the sanding. The entrance to our...

That is our boat in the avatar. I'm not looking for another boat, I have too much time invested in building this one. Four years and still doing some small modifications. Egbert

I have been looking for a while at the trawler forum, lots of useful information. We don't have a trawler but a homebuilt Bluejacket 25.5 and are just beginning to cruise around in it locally to the Chesapeake area. Egbert

I just found this thread on your project. Didn't know you were planing a side door. The side door in my boat is probably one of the best extras. Specially when we use the boat in a campground. It did take a lot of reinforcement ribs at the door area and cutting it out was a tense moment...