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Im going to start by recognizing that I should just prepare to spend a couple of boat bucks on this...but, my refer just gave up the cold. I had some work done last year and things seemed to be working ok. The coldbox fan went out a few weeks ago so I found a replacement and it was working...

Yak season is here KSanders...did you get your kayak yet? Last week was nice... BTW, there is a plastic screw plug fitting that you can retro into the bow and stern with a couple of rivets and washers if your boat doesn't have drainage, like my two orange boats are missing. There's always a...

BIG improvement Just back from a week long trip using the new antenna. WOW. Very accurate heading that was so fast on the update that it made overnight steering in the slop much easier. Now, the only thing left is to repeat the heading over the 0183 bus to my old ComNav AP head. All of my...

My Yanmar 3GM30 was showing a low of 0.1- 0.2 gph fuel burn before the raw water impeller let go during a test run. I don't think it reads much lower than that. The senders were rated at 0.5 -26 gph. Should handle a 4 cyl engine just fine.

It looks like its a positive displacement meter. Its like a gear pump. There is also internal temp, and that is the k factor. Somehow, with the temp known the proper volume can be measured for each revolution. That's how I understand it. Much better than the other methods I have used before.

It looks like the installation was a success. I programmed the FFM100 using the free N2KAnalyzer and the USB100 interface. I put in the k values and watched the data start pouring in. Not a surprise, but it showed up on my PC and the MFD just fine. I also used the DSM250 software to display flow...

Thanks for the good input. I just finished the install and kept clear of all. I made an adapter plate in the shop then through bolted that to a platform on top of the mast. I fired up the nav system and it worked right away. Very sensitive while blowing around in the slip. Can't wait to see how...

Here's another one, where you can see the structure after passing over it, where a chart would not show much at all. It's neat to go back to where you've been and check out the bottom. I find that I change my course a bit just to capture some new data when chugging along.

OK...good to know. I couldn't find anything in the manual that says this. Only a reference to fuses if not powered through the bus. I might give Furuno a call to verify what kind of battery. On the bathymetry, I got in "cheap" with a recreational version of MaxSea plus PBG. Here is what it is...

I'm just getting to the installation of a Furuno SC30 GPS compass. My Maretron SSC200 is effected by the steel hull, to the extent that when heeled to port, there is a 20 deg swing in heading as the mass of the hull moves out of the way. I should mention that I had to install that compass on the...

I do know that the N2K View is not free. Also, the USB device is specific to Maretron PGN proprietary fields. I haven't heard of using the IPG with the Analyzer software. But if you could, it might be a better interface for ability to move to View later, since the USB device is somewhat limited...

BTW, I just saw a flier in the mail for Cabela's opening. Inside, the advertised a 10ft orange kayak with a dry hatch, sit in type, for only $249. They open tomorrow. Go get em, Ken, save (.20 x boatbuck)=$200 over Costco prices.

As correctly mentioned, you need the USB to N2K gateway device. I have a Maretron one and it will definitely talk with Maretron equipment. I don't know if the Actisense gateway will work with the free N2KAnalyzer software.

Ken, FYI, Costco just got in the Equinox 10.3 kayaks as described. They were around $350 and yellow.

I'm pretty sure that you can use the free software, N2KAnalyzer. I'll let you know in a week as that is my plan to install ffm100 and I don't have a Maretron display. I am using a N2K bus and furuno MFD. I used the software in the past to configure a Maretron SSC device without issue. Good luck.

I like blue White and grey to start, then white house, grey decks and blue hull. The admiral made me paint over the bow art... The blue is harder to keep clean because of the bumpers, but it's two part epoxy so we'll see how it holds up. This paint job doesn't make her look fat (the boat, not...

Thanks, Ken. I'll be down tomorrow to water up and bunker fuel too. Looks like my first trip is mid month. I appreciate the thoughts on this piece of hardware. Thanks for those. It is about what I expected too. I'm going to remove all of the threaded pieces, short nipples, and brass t...

These were at Home Depot for $15. Made in Korea. The threads are 1/2 and 3/4 pipe thread so the valves should go right in.

I came across this stainless gas flex manifold with pipe thread fittings. I have a persistent air leak or other gravity siphon issue and was thinking of using this for new supply and return manifolds. They are ul listed but I'm sure it is for gas use. My plumber says if it is good for gaseous...

voip over satellite FYI...it's the variation in latency that causes most of the problems, not the latency itself. This is jitter and your Cisco equipment has a 150ms jitter buffer before the voice RTP information is lost and you get "clipped". I have set up many IP telelphony links over...

Travel-lift...there seems to be many of these on the west coast.

That's a better idea, Tom. We have just as much to offer as that waterfall at Kynoch Inlet... Andy said, "Just don't spoil it before I get there" Well, I'm being the best steward that I can be, and passing that to my kids so they have the same respect. Sometimes we go beach combing and we...

Just like the AK - BC salmon wars of 1997? http://www.sitnews.us/Kiffer/SalmonWars/071907_salmonwars.html Notice to armchair mariners....I said I could live without "most" of BC. Cant imagine them burning me down for going around. I have found a few great people and places there. Gotta love...

Mark, inside or outside passage? Did you skip customs? I can live without most of BC.

Ended up doing paint myself this summer and hired help on paint day. Six weeks of prep, one week of paint and one week of reassembly. One part Interlux topside for the house, two part epoxy Devoe (Ameron) for the deck and hull. Standard copolymer ablative bottom paint. Quotes of $15K are in the...