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I'll give it a go and get back to you. I think I tried this with the old radio, when the problem first arose, and it didn't make a difference.

Just got off the phone with iCom and they had never heard of that problem happening before. Must be something unique to my setup. I will continue troubleshooting as time permits.

I like the idea of testing with the cable running outside of the boat. I'll give that a go. Yes, I have the case grounded to the engine ground. No noticeable difference between that connection being made or not.

Yes I disconnected the entire solar system and it didn't make a difference.

I installed a new cable when I got the new radio, but it's in the same location. It's not really feasible for me to run it in another location.

I'm a lazy bum and didn't call yet. Will report here as soon as I do.

Yeah I'll give them a shout tomorrow.

This is a problem I've been dealing with for over two years now. I have a stop-gap solution but I'd really like to get to the bottom of it. The boat came with an iCOM VHF radio with a command mic for the flybridge. When I first got the boat, everything worked fine. Both the main unit at the...

We had a perfect four hour trip back to our marina. All the new electronics were working well together. Even had a MARPA contact using the radar to track a sailboat that was traveling next to us. It was nice to not have to be continually glancing over to see if it was getting too close. The...

After five days of work, we're ready to go back in the water tomorrow morning. All painted up, replaced two zincs, sanded down the flybridge in prep for paint, polished the gelcoat, and installed the Simrad Forwardscan transducer (the yard did that last one for me). Back home tomorrow for a...

Yup, just got to take your time, as we did on the way to Mexico. The outside of Vancouver Island will require 30nm runs between the sounds. No overnighters like those required around Point Conception or down the Baja.

It'll look better with a gelcoat polish! Also I should mention that the arch was pretty darn steady on the trip over. I was staring at it while we were dealing with wake from the pilot boat and it just shimmied a tiny bit. Probably less than 1/2 inch from side to side at worst.

All went well. We are on the hard. Standby PM.

Nice. Maybe we'll see you out there.

Overdue update: We're three days away from our scheduled haul-out. Most of the new Simrad electronics have now been installed: two 12" NSS EVO3 screens, an AIS transceiver, 4G radar, HS60 gyro/heading indicator, GPS receiver, and of course the NMEA 2k network. Still to come: forwardscan (depth)...

The chain ended up just crushing the cone and there was no improvement. To be fair, I didn't build any special platform for the cone, it was just sitting at the bottom of the locker as close as possible to the centre of the hawsepipe. I don't think I have enough space in my locker to allow for a...

Will do. Would love to see it.

I just realized I had some cold cure on board!

Everything appears to be aligned and engaged. Tried several times with no improvement.

I find myself anticipating the wind and taking an approach that initially looks like I'll be colliding with my dock, only to have the wind nudge me over just enough to enter the slip perfectly. It's tricky and sometime I get it wrong but that's what fenders are for. Now that I've had the boat...

This week's project was a long overdue update to the lighting/electrical situation in the quarter berth. I added a couple of pieces of trim to cover up all the holes in the bulkhead from the old lights, and then I built little boxes to house two USB sockets. What's great about having USB...

wilco!

Just in case these Downtube bags would work for you... https://www.downtube.com/folding-bicycle-carrybag/

Interesting. I may try this.

Some good news and some bad news. Good news: received the new mattress yesterday and it's fantastic! Very happy with the way it turned out. The bad news: also received the new fridge/freezer and it's damaged. The hinges for the door retaining clips dug into the bottom edge of the freezer...