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Are there such things as covers for these BEP Marine breaker panels? Note the placement of the bow/stern thruster controllers. Lower station on the left, upper station middle, and the breaker panel for the engines that's just barely visible on the lower station. I had a problem with my upper...

We've all had our share of gizmos fall overboard. I've usually tried to use a tether, when possible, to avoid losing things to Davey Jones. That or attach some kind of 'float' to help prevent sinking. Trouble is most of the floats are crap. The foam disintegrates, the chain or ring rusts...

Anyone replaced their Suncor anchor with something else, and happy with it? We've got a 45# Suncor Plowmaster anchor (and all chain rode) on our EB47 and I hate it. It just never seems to get a proper bite when anchoring at various places around the Chesapeake. Especially not around St...

I've bought a Peplink MBR Pro 5G for the boat and am delighted to report it's worked quite well, right out of the box. Not the cheapest solution, but over the years I've learned "buy once, cry once". For now I've got it using the 'paddle' style antennas that come with it. It supports using...

Anyone know what brand faucets GB used for the transom shower on an EB47? The ones in my EB42#7 have seized up. And since they've got TRIANGULAR shaped handles there's no decent way to get a grip on them. The back side of the faucet body has one "COBRA" on the housing. No part/model# I could...

Has anyone heard or or used V-Kool film on their salon windows? I'm debating the merits of using something like that on the inside of our EB47's salon glass. We already have curtains, and likewise external textilene covers that get used when it's not in operation. Wondering what the...

Anyone know what the light labeled 'maintenance' is on the lower helm of an Eastbay 47? It's not listed in the manual. It did not previously light. It comes on when either engine start breaker is powered. No other signs of trouble, engine displays reading all normal expected values. The...

I spent all day today helping a friend debug some AC condensate leaks, which turned out to be a clogged condensate sump biox he didn't know existed. He was probably about a week away from the unattended leaks causing damage to cabinetry. Downside is his boat is all 24v so it wasn't a quick...

Seems like we've all had our sudden "great, this thing broke" experiences. How about a thread for only new unexpected repairs? We've all had plenty of past stories, but let's keep this thread to recent, unplanned surprises. I'll start with one from the 'no good deed goes unpunished'...

There has been an odd smell in the forward cabin. Not mildew/mold though. Sort of like an animal had gotten into the vents? Our EB47 had a fair bit of electrical work done this past winter. Part of which included moving some batteries around, including ones for the bow thruster and windlass...

Does anyone recognize the connectors on the back of this Twin Disc EC300 control? I think they're Deutsch connectors? This being the 'brains' behind the Power Commander throttle/transmission controls used on my EB47. There's two of these, one for each station (flybridge and lower helm)...

Anyone seen these in action? Or have one installed? https://www.electrosea.com/electrostrainer/

https://www.penbaypilot.com/article/camden-harbor-master-hope-fisherman-work-fast-save-sinking-yacht/162916 Though I certainly wouldn't call the engine room being underwater for 20 minutes in salt water a "should be fine" situation. I'm guessing this is where it happened...

Boat engulfed in flames at Dana Point Harbor, 1 person injured

I've had an FA-50 AIS transceiver in our EB47 for a while. It works quite well. I've been able to see everything else nearby if they're squawking AIS. All was well, right? Not quite. Turns out my unit was not actually SENDING our own AIS info. This is mentioned in another post here, but...

For the first time in decades I let someone else do the water winterizing on our boat last Winter. And I suspect they did it the stupid way dumping pink into the water tanks. And we I talked to them after recommissioning last month I was told they prepped the water system and it was 'ready to...

Anyone know what flashing lights on an EC300 Power Commands engine/transmission controls mean? I've got a boat set up with two of them and two Caterpillar C12 engines with Twin Disc transmissions. One of the stations seems to have developed a problem. The usual way to change stations by tapping...

Anyone made use of the Airmar SmartBoat interfaces? https://www.airmar.com/uploads/brochures/SmartBoat.pdf They've got one listed (ASM-CES-T2) that'll do up to 4 voltage sources, and that'd be convenient for some battery monitoring I have in mind. The added interfaces for current loop and...

Had a fair bit of electrical 'rearranging' done this past winter to sort out decades of past owner 'attempts'. It would seem that an oddball cross-connecting of starting banks and house bank was due to the C12's needing more CCA than than the one-each 8D was providing. They're tired anyway so...

Anyone found a useful intercom for below-to-flybridge use? Sure, some VHF radios have this feature but most are a pain in the butt to use. They all require some combination of FUNC then BUTTON sequence or wandering through onscreen menus. The main purpose being to call up/down from the...

Anyone have/used a C-Zone meter interface? I'm interested in using one to monitor the state of several electrical sources and provide that data onto the N2K bus. The C-zone unit looks to be a relatively compact way to get several sources monitored. As opposed to multiple separate Maretron or...

Some may have read about this, a grounding near Ocracoke after loss of steering. https://loosecannon.substack.com/p/aground-at-ocracoke-owners-statement?s=r

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/video-man-accused-of-stealing-yacht-crashing-into-others-in-newport-beach-harbor/2845420/ A man was accused of stealing a pricey yacht in Newport Beach and crashing it into several others before being taken into custody Thursday. Police said Joel Siam...

I happened to be trying yet another boating social media app and scrolled over near our home port. Now, there's lots of interesting discoveries made with satellite photography. But just as often there are "interesting" artifacts that get put into the picture when several images are...

I had an annoying hassle this past weekend. The station select button on the Twin Disc EC300 control on my flybridge seems to have gotten stuck. It was around 40F, so I'd attribute some of it to thermal conditions, but it's just as likely age as they're original to the 2005 boat, and that's an...