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Amazon has Marinco 30A 50ft cords for $87. I bought my last two there and have been happy with them.

You're a brave man. I don't tell anyone where the key is just to board my boat, much less leave a checklist of how to take it out. There are one or two folks that I would let take it out without me, but they don't need a checklist, hence the reason I'd let them use it. That being said, it is...

David, You are correct, I have two split systems. Both recirculate cabin air, but I thought that since one is sitting in the heat, that is what caused it to sweat. The others (in the forward and aft cabins) don't seem to produce condensate, at least not to the same degree. I looked up the...

I've had this ongoing issue with water in the bilge. The pump keeps up with it, but there is always a lot of standing water and I've finally worked my way down the list to this issue. I'm also having the boat pulled for paint in a few weeks, so I needed to determine if this was an issue that...

Ahh, Paris Landing. I woke up early, early one morning to a banging noise, opened the hatch, and saw a guy standing on his bass tracker peeing in my slip while his boat bumped against my hull. I miss a lot of things about that marina, but definitely not the bass tournaments.

Thanks for starting this thread and please post back with your final results. I keep waiting for my 30 year old Cruisaire chiller system to die, but it's still hanging on. I would also be installing the system myself and would want to update the control panel in the process (now it's either...

Marry the owner. Gift the boat. Divorce the owner.

After seeing these posts and with my boat ready to be pulled for paint, I'm also following with interest. My concern is how well these would work in murky water. We are on the Mississippi River. Are there any other folks that have experience with these in a similar river/murky water setting?

You just described our current boat and I could live on it, but there are a lot of stairs with that design. I haven't been on one, but I love the pictures I've seen of older Cheoy Lee 55's. Galley, Salon, and Aft Deck are all on one level, which looks nice, plus it has a stove (how cool is...

You just described me and my boat, with the exception that we may not put that many hours on the engines per year and we are in fresh water. The boat sat for several years before I got it and required multiple repairs, but I have yet to even come close to spending $10k to $15k per year...

Not to hijack the thread, but I'm in a similar "boat" with a couple of old cruiseair a/c units. Both are chillers, two compressors three air handlers. For those of you that have replaced these units, are they simply drop in, as in a handy owner can replace them? Do you use the same wiring and...

To prime, my manual says to hold down the preheat switch for 30 seconds and then start. If needed, do so again for 20 to 30 additional seconds, that attempt to start again. I had to do that this weekend after a filter change. Two other things: 1. Is the Oil Filter painted red? 2. May want...

Has anyone installed wireless/wifi gauges? I did a Google search and came up with Seasmart gauges, but the website seems like it hasn't been updated in awhile. Seems like a great way to update gauges and you could monitor them from anywhere on your iPhone or iPad. Anyone seen or had...

I spent Sunday pulling out the starboard fly bridge gauges, disconnecting them, cleaning the contacts, and replacing connectors as needed. After all that, I still get a bump when I turn on the gauge lights. While the right answer may be to pull everything and start over, I'm not sure that I...

Adding this link for future reference. Provides wiring diagrams for marine gauges. http://www.discountegauges.com/documents/ACockpit_1.pdf

I'm working on gauge issues myself and have one of four tachs as an issue. In my research thus far, loose or corroded wire connections seem to be a common issue. If you haven't already done so, perhaps check those connections at the tach, sender, and buss bar (especially on the flybridge if it...

Update: I ran a new 14 gauge wire from the sending unit to both gauges and now have a reasonable reading on both, although not the same reading. That's better than what I had before. My next concern is that all of my gauges aren't quite right since they don't exactly match at both stations...

I considered swapping the gauges, but I'm able to get the lower helm to replicate the too high reading of the upper helm when I run the new wire, which would seem to indicate the gauge is not the issue. I'm going to try to daisy chain the two together with a new sender wire this weekend. As...

I'm with you on the need for both gauges to be working for an accurate reading. They are VDO gauges, original to the boat circa 1988. I've been digging around on the VDO site and others in general, but haven't found a good diagram yet. I'll try calling VDO to see if technical support may be...

I have existing dual helm temp gauges running off of a single, dual pronged sender unit. I thought my lower helm gauge was bad because it would not power on and the flybridge gauge reads much too high. It's been this way for some time. There are two wires (green and black) coming from the...

I had an issue with my cylinder, not the pump, but perhaps something in my old thread will be helpful. Others posted manuals and such within the thread. Good luck! http://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/s32/hydraulic-steering-cylinder-new-rebuild-21480.html

Yeah, but don't wire those CO alarms into the ignition switch. Some knucklehead mechanic did that on the boat near our old marina where a couple died anchored out with their gas generator going.

VRBO may be a useful resource.

Have you shopped boats much before? I've found boats that look great in pictures, but have issues that were just out of the shot once you get on board. How long has this one been on the market? Does the layout really meet your needs? Personally, I wouldn't even make an offer without seeing...

Land, because I know what would happen to the boat otherwise. There was a couple traveling near our marina years ago that anchored out in cove with their gas generator going...in July. The boat was at anchor for several days before someone checked on it. Tragedy for the couple and the boat...