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Got it, that makes more sense.

Yeah, I'm certainly curious to learn more about this. Troubling to say the least. Is it naive to assume there will be some investigation by the USCG or another SAR service into why that happened? All a cruiser can really do is test the battery periodically and hope the system works. Sounds like...

Interesting. I have a 4.236 and it doesn't leak oil. I've always been confused when people say Perkins leak oil; thought I was just lucky. Didn't realize that was confined to the 4.108. Agree that simple is good. It's been very reliable for us, and survived an oil cooler failure that let sea...

Cambridge Cay, Exuma, Bahamas

Really? On the rectangular one? I never noticed, will have to look in the morning.

Salt spray and the small power plugs common in electronics definitely don't mix. USB-C jacks on phones also seem prone to problems on the boat. I've had decent luck rinsing things with freshwater and then letting them dry totally. I did that to "dishy" the other day after bringing it to and...

The bimini - at least as long as it is fabric and dry - won't be a problem. For testing purposes I've run mine from the cockpit, under the bimini, and it has worked just fine. Curious about rail mounts. Right now I just lash the included stand down on the foredeck when we're at anchor, but it's...

Not a knock on Victron in particular, but it doesn't seem like anything with electronics in it is built to that standard today. Will be happy to be proven wrong of course!

We recently upgraded to a Victron inverter/charger after our battery charger bit the dust. The old Heart inverter was still going strong but definitely not pure sine wave. The microwave is now noticeably more effective. According to the battery monitor the DC amp draw is about the same - not...

Don't mean to give false impressions - we are not there. We are in the Bahamas right now, also anchored with about a foot under the keel. @Elegua, what do you draw? Board up it's 4'9" for us, in theory, but I round up to 5'

Beautiful! Every time I think that, a couple of boats come in and anchor uncomfortably close. The herd mentality is strong!

Never tried it on a boat, but we used to clean homebrewing equipment using a two chemical process - first warm "powdered brewery wash (PBW)", rinse clean, then "Starsan". The PBW is a base and the Starsan is an acid. Cleaned up really grody kegs, fermentors, etc. and left them sterilized to the...

With a bridle rigged, it's also easy to bring one leg back to a cockpit winch and align to the swell. Just had to that here in the Bahamas, a mysterious swell rolled into the anchorage that has nothing to do with the wind direction.

Yep, that's been our experience. My wife is in the habit of letting out a fair amount of slack chain after the snubber, because that helped the old chain hook stay attached. Maybe that's why we haven't had a problem.

No signs of chafe yet. I think the dyneema is too slippery, and there isn't really a sawing motion like a dock line with a bad lead. We expect it to be a "consumable" but since we see it every time we attach the bridle wear won't sneak up on us. Sounds like others have rotated them after about...

We recently switch to a bridle instead of a single snubber, also led back to the bow cleats (actually samson posts). The stretchy nylon lines feed over the smooth sides of the bowsprit, through fairleads, and back to the posts, just like a mooring bridle. We don't hunt too much, but it seems to...

For sure. I once fried the starting unit for our freezer. Was super puzzled when the smoke and smell appeared, as I thought I had pulled the fuse. That's when I realized "fridge" and "freezer" were written on the removable fuse covers... And at some point the two had been swapped.

Yeah, I think a key to Starlink happiness is the expectation that the rug could be pulled out from under you at any time. That's part of why I bought the cheaper RV dish rather than the new vehicle in motion one. (The monthly subscription price is competitive with 5G/LTE and unlimited.) I'm...

Yeah, it's that pause that worries me. It's like the moon in daylight. If you know where to look or happen to look right at it, you'll notice it, but it's not bright enough to grab your attention. At least AIS is guaranteed to grab their attention.

Yes, not sure the big guys look at little sailboat radar returns much but they seem really attentive to AIS targets. If I had to choose only one of the above, I'd choose AIS transmit first... Of course that means you get AIS receive, which is nice too. Agreed. This is why I don't think @Alaris...