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I’ve spoken to the Commodore and they are going to let me do the test off the 50 amp connection either at my own slip or at the outstation depending on when and where I can get an inspector lined up. They are all volunteers and don’t charge anything so I can’t get too fussy.

Notwithstanding what Marinco says, Miguel insists that he has had other club members successfully use the reverse Y adapters with the GFCI podiums and the hitch must be with my isolation transformer. He seems to be a bit prickly about it so I'm not going to push it. I don't know what to think at...

I don't know why the 30A single doesn't work. I'm assuming it has something to do with the isolation transformer but would appreciate any insight.

Unless the web site is wrong they only have 30 amp at the reciprocal dock. https://www.queencity.org/reciprocal-visiting-boats

I just got through to Marinco technical support and they have confirmed that this is the correct answer. You cannot use a reverse Y adapter with GFCI/ELCI protected podium because of the mismatch on the neutral line, full stop. Thanks everyone, this mystery is solved.

I misunderstood what you wrote. What tiltrider said.

My boat is set up the same as yours and I’ve never had a problem using the splitter with 30A power in the same way as you until I encountered this GFCI podium. Trying to determine if the problem is with the GFCI podium/splitter combo or with my boat. Consensus seems to be the former.

:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

At ten bucks a pair for these you really need to be in search of a hobby to splice and whip your own fender lines. https://www.fisheriessupply.com/sea-dog-line-fender-lines-double-braid-nylon-fender-whips/302106006bk-1

He is a marine surveyor.

I’m surprised the guy they hired to do the inspection didn’t know that the reverse Y was a non-starter. What a waste of time if so.

Good suggestion, I’m going to reach out to the contractor. They do have 50 amp protected pedestals in some of the bigger slips and at their outstation, which I have plugged into without a problem. I don’t know why they only installed the 30 amp pedestals at the transient/guest dock in front of...

The reverse splitter circuitry needs power to both inputs before it will supply power to the output. I have a single 30 to 50 pigtail that came with the boat, but I’ve never been able to get the boat to accept the power input. The LED on the pigtail lights up, but there is no power to the panel...

So what folks are saying is that reverse splitters just don’t work with GFCI and there is nothing wrong with my boat? Anything authoritative I could point to, as the club’s inspector doesn’t seem to think so?

My shore cable is four wire 125/250v 50A. The splitter is two 3 prong 125v 30A to single four wire inlet. https://www.fisheriessupply.com/marinco-reverse-y-shore-power-adapter/ry504-2-30

So I went down to Queen City Yacht Club this morning for an electrical check that is required for being on their (eternal) moorage wait list. The club has new GFCI podiums with 30 amp power outlets. I have a Marinco 30>50 amp reverse splitter that came with the boat when we bought it last...

Have you tried working the valve repeatedly—I mean really going at it for a while? I had a slow leak from a sticky valve that I fixed that way.

All toys. There is only one marine gas grill worth mentioning, and it is this one: https://www.blazegrills.com/product/blaze-marine-grade-316l-professional-portable-grill/ I had one on my old Nordic Tug and I miss it. My current boat has a built in Kenyon electric, which is fine, but damn, the...

A couple of other options on our radar that are significantly less expensive than the NP590 are the Linssen Variotop 550 and Elling E6 out of the Netherlands. The latter is CE A rating and capable of crossing an ocean, though that’s not its target use case. You can take delivery in Holland and...

Yes, in Bermuda. Every structure is made of stone or concrete with, I kid you not, a solid limestone roof. I arrived there on a cruise the day after Ernesto hit them dead on. Like nothing happened.

They appear to top out at the 435 these days, which I think is less boat than the OP is looking for. The now discontinued 485 is a lovely boat if you are OK with two sleeping cabins and can find one. There looks to be one for sale in La Conner right now...

Strictly speaking, the OP asked about modifications, not upgrades. Hands down, the best *modification* I ever did was to soften the forward chines on the 2001 Nordic Tug that we used to own to reduce the notorious bow slap that plagued those boats. Our life as cruising couple would have been cut...

Not sure where you are located on the Peninsula but the docks down at Pleasant Harbor have a nice variety of boats and are not locked. The transient docks at Point Hudson Marina in Port Townsend are also ungated and booked solid with a different assortment of cruising boats with garrulous owners...

Anybody here know what is up with Marquise Webber and Renewal Marine Care in Seattle? I had them detail and ceramic coat my boat in August based on the recommendation of another Queen City Yacht Club member. I signed up to have them do monthly washes with the ceramic renewal solution, but they...

Anacortes Yacht Charters. They have everything from a 27’ Ranger Tug on up. They also have a three day crash course that will get you to the point where they will let you take that class of boat out from them on your own. https://anacortesyachtcharters.com/charter-fleet/power-yachts/