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Ais send & transmit app As you all are probably aware of regular AIS is transmitting and receiving the signal over the VHF of the vessels. Now there is a new app called mAIS, this app is netbased and your signal is sent from your phone / pad or whatever, to the marinetraffic site on the web...

Hi all I have just done the most stupid thing! :confused: My fluxgate compass had to be relocated, and when removing the 7-pin plug from my Autopilot - Wagner MP 320 - I managed to twist off the end part of the plug!! Now, this should be straight forward to fix if I only knew the order of the...

Hi All of these Taiwan builds are said to be copies of Grand Banks, But GB`s are themselves a copy of Fleming, right? :-) Anyway, the GB site has a quite good collection of drawings you might find useful. Just take a look at this: very similar to your boat i think? And if its not completely...

Golden Gate 37 Gentle people Maybe this is not the most approprite thread as I own a Golden Gate 37 - Not a MT, but I think the challenges are similar :-) I bought my trawler last summer, and the previous owner had done a fantastic job restoring it from a near-wreck state. Still a lot of...

OK Sorry, I did not know this was a thread abt rebuild. I thought it was covering comparison of engines :-) As said in Scandinavia: "The great thing about Volvo engines is that there is spare parts everywhere, and the poor thing about Volvo is the likelihood of needing spares"

Why only Volvo vs Lehman? Yanmar is probably the best boating engine. But maybe not for slow trawlers. Lehman lasts forever, and should only be replaced by other similar engines. RPM up to 2500 and slow cruising will keep any engine alive for decades! Faster engines wear considerably more than...