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  1. Sababa

    RIP Vesper Cortex

    Vesper Cortex *not* RIP The article says the exact opposite: "Garmin is committed to the Cortex AIS/VHF/monitoring system — which may have been too much, too soon in Vesper’s hands — and there is good reason to believe that Vesper features will appear in future Garmin AIS and VHF products."...
  2. Sababa

    Peplink + NEMO + Starlink = ?????

    Ouch! When I needed to work remotely from Alaska in 2021 I rented an Iridium Certus terminal for $200/week and paid ~$2000 for 10GB of data. It was slow and unreliable but it worked just well enough for me to be able to take the trip. I consider every penny of it well spent!
  3. Sababa

    Peplink + NEMO + Starlink = ?????

    Can’t speak to the NEMO, but definitely plug your Starlink into the WAN port of the Peplink via Ethernet. Go full DC while you are at it to save yourself some juice. Easy to follow instructions here: https://svrenaissance.com/musings-about-starlink/
  4. Sababa

    Narrowly Avoided Disaster

    I had a similar “but for the grace of G-d” moment when I noticed that one of my fuel lines was rubbing up against the sharp edge of the engine mounting frame, which had worn through a good part of the outer casing. I had by this time been to Alaska and back without noticing the problem despite...
  5. Sababa

    2023 Seattle Boat Show

    No knock on the Apollonian or the Greenline for what they are. Just not very interesting for the eight knot crowd.
  6. Sababa

    2023 Seattle Boat Show

    I think one was actually a 49 and the other (the one I think you liked) was a 485. The 485 has the step up from the pilot house to the boat deck with seating up there aft of the stack. But for this and maybe a few small other nice touches they are the same boat.
  7. Sababa

    2023 Seattle Boat Show

    I forgot to mention the American Tug 485. I love that boat. Got a tour of one from a couple tied up across the dock from me at Baranof Warm Springs in the summer of 2021. They had a new Nordhavn building and I told them to call me when it was time to unload the tug, but sadly they didn’t follow...
  8. Sababa

    2023 Seattle Boat Show

    I’ve visited both the docks and the exhibit hall now and there wasn’t much to interest me from a trawler perspective. Most of the boats afloat are go-fast pleasure palaces, many of them with cheesy euro-style interiors full of shoddy join work and sharp corners with no hand holds and lots of...
  9. Sababa

    Mystery black water sensor readings?

    Are you sure you don’t have seawater siphoning back through the macerator pump? If your through hull is not fully closed, the joker valves in the line can be prone to failing and allowing the tank to be filled with water. I know because I have a keyed electrical lockout on my macerator pump...
  10. Sababa

    capsized boat

    I do lock my boat to discourage casual theft of its contents, but I don’t worry about leaving my key in the ignition because (I’ve always wondered) what are you going to do with a stolen trawler in the PNW? Sell it? To whom? Joy ride at eight knots? Chop it for parts? Where and how? Which...
  11. Sababa

    Props should turn with one hand?

    Aside: This reminded me that I often see people say both “cutlass bearing” and “cutless bearing” and have wondered which is correct and why. So I looked it up and found this: https://www.seattleyachts.com/news/its-correct-name-is-a-cutless-bearing
  12. Sababa

    iPad GPS Reception

    Same. I often run with the NOAA or CHS raster maps displayed on iNavx running on my iPad as a check on the Navionics vector charts running in my MFDs. I run my Vesper Cortex as a client on my boat Wi-Fi network with a reserved IP address provisioned in my Peplink router settings and have no...
  13. Sababa

    Starlink internet onboard?

    None at all. The Seaview mount is designed to put the satellite antenna above the radar beam. Works great underway too.
  14. Sababa

    Starlink internet onboard?

    Here’s the new flat panel mounted on my NT37. Works great but draws a lot of juice.
  15. Sababa

    iPad GPS Reception

    This thread from 2019 identifies the problem but no solutions. :( https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250402643
  16. Sababa

    iPad GPS Reception

    Are you sure it’s the GPS and not the whole app itself freezing? I also have a 12.9” iPad Pro that I use as a secondary MFD and I’ve never had this happen. For you to have had it happen on two different iPads in bizarre. I assume your OS and apps are all updated to the latest version. Have you...
  17. Sababa

    Interesting boats

    See below:
  18. Sababa

    Interesting boats

    Too much power, too little tankage, Volvo engines.
  19. Sababa

    Too cold for me

    I spent a rare sunny and calm but cold week working remotely from my boat in the San Juan Islands in November and loved it. Had all the anchorages and towns to myself, and the winter light on the water and shore was like liquid gold. Temps were in the thirties but I was snug as a bug with the...
  20. Sababa

    Best toilet for boats

    I chose the Tecma over the Raritan when I replaced the original Vacu Flush two years ago and am not sure I made the right decision. The Tecma has noticeably lost flushing power recently and the repair guy can’t seem to figure out the reason.
  21. Sababa

    Man Overboard Alerts

    Swimming ability aside, I’m not sure that other boaters or dock owners in the path of travel would feel the same way.
  22. Sababa

    Californian 34’6”

    I grew up with a 34 Californian LRC with twin Perkins engines. A truly wonderful boat. Congratulations!
  23. Sababa

    Man Overboard Alerts

    I just purchased but have not yet installed an MOB+ engine cutout switch. It pairs with a fob that activates on contact with water. My primary use case is for one-handing, which I do a fair amount of, positioning the boat ahead for wife and family to join and such. I have a mental movie of going...
  24. Sababa

    Starlink Antenna - how are you mounting?

    Just completed the flat high performance install with the Seaview mount. Voila! (Anybody want to buy my residential antenna?)
  25. Sababa

    New member - sail to power

    I swear that a majority of the fellow Nordic Tug 37 owners I have met are former sailboaters. What they love above all else is the raised pilot house that affords great views and easy deck access to both sides while keeping you out of the weather. The great fuel economy at trawler speeds also...
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