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    Can't lower Harken furling jib

    My experience so far is that unless something is radically wrong, drones don’t really give a clear enough picture. You need a reliable system to climb up to the masthead, so just bite the bullet and get up there. I’ve used the ATN mastclimber on both the 29 and the 42. Eventually I added mast...
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    Misc. EQ Recommended Marine Combination Lock

    Wild came to me with a set of Abus locks. I use them every day. Unfortunately, the one I used on the dinghy cable got dunked in seawater and maybe some sand. * No matter how much I oiled and worked it, after a few days it froze up. (Hint, wrap the cable twice around the bullrail, so that the...
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    The Demise of Good Old Boat

    Good Grief. I downloaded the issue without reading the cover letter. :( Every week, it seems there is a headline about this publication or that news organization folding. Glad I'm not in the business. But there is a sore lack of actual news or "content generation" these days. Just last week...
  4. toddster

    "Cruising the NorthWest Coast" -- available again!

    Thanks for the information. I did this trip last fall, using Charlies Charts 2012 edition and even that has become somewhat dated. For example, buoys no longer in place or in different places, ports dredged (or need to be dredged!) since then, and of course shoreside services all changed...
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    Chart plotter location options

    Have not tried mirroring to two devices at once. I suppose the result would depend on which device is experiencing the initial bug. Oh, also the iPad would not charge through the 12V adapter available at the helm. I had to run a 110VAC extension cord into the cockpit from the inverter to keep...
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    Chart plotter location options

    I started out like that, 18 months ago, with a Zeus3s9 at the nav station and an ipad mounted at the helm, for full-time cruising. My experience: The B&G app is cranky and buggy. Sometimes remote control works, sometimes it doesn't. A daily occurrence, usually at crucial moments, like trying...
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    Still Out There

    Still Out There I thought of the EY.o community this week, though the sight was rather sad. A forlorn Ericson 27 washed up on the beach at Puerto Magdalena reminds us to set our anchors well and check the chafe protection regularly. It's called "Tiki" with California registration. Can't quite...
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    Coming to a Crossroads. Or a Precipice? | Still Out There

    I thought of the EY.o community this week, though the sight was rather sad. A forlorn Ericson 27 washed up on the beach at Puerto Magdalena reminds us to set our anchors well and check the chafe protection regularly. It's called "Tiki" with California registration. Can't quite make out the...
  9. toddster

    Looking for some radar installation advice

    Over the last year, I've spent more days than I'd like in zero visibility, sailing by radar and GPS. Don't leave home without them. I have one breaker for the whole B&G network, joined at a terminal block. 2x zeus, 2x triton, triton edge, Radar, N2K network, ethernet switch. Individual...
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    Best Moorage near Portland

    Re: Saint Helens area. A bit far, but the travel time might not be too different from getting over to the Vancouver side? I kept my E29 there for a few years when I first got it, in Scappoose Bay. Quiet, inexpensive, fairly good security, expansive calm kayaking waters from the dock, if you're...
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    Change is not always improvement [Defender Marine Supply]

    I did encounter the new Defender site last week. Kept getting the "Unable to process your credit card. Try again later" message. They ended up charging my card four times. No order generated. Supervisor has no solution. I guess Defender is dead to me.
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    Need advice on repairing tricky electrical wind instrument

    Does it work now? My ST40 wind instrument was always disappointing. Lately, it has been showing wind direction rotating constantly around 360° (although it really can do that in a couple of nearby places.) But sometimes it works OK. It appears that the most erratic behavior happens when the...
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    Shower sump pump

    Probably not relevant to existing Ericson installations, but... The (somewhat dubious) wiring philosophy that came to me with The New Boat, is few breakers on the main panel that lead to distribution blocks scattered around the boat. To which many things are attached, mostly without additional...
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    Recent sales of Ericson 29 sailboats

    Without a survey to back you up, you are pretty much pulling numbers out of thin air. But I am thinking (hoping) that a good-condition boat with a fair number of upgrades and a few projects to complete should be in the $12k - $16k range. There are irrational biases against the Atomic 4 engine...
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    B&G Zeus Chart Plotter- Maps & Garmin SOG read out questions

    Maybe not relevant but I recently installed a new Zeus and other stuff. The SH radio would not display GPS data (Should be available from Zeus or the AIS) Turns out there’s an esoteric sub-menu that lists NMEA ”device numbers.” The documentation, translated from Japanese makes no logical...
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