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I've replaced all my old flourecent lights with these. They give off a nice, bright white light and the engine room looks much cleaner. There are several sizes available. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VWTBRJ2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Can you post a pic of the results?

It's possible your Xantrex inverter is a modified sine wave. If your micro is an inverter style, which I believe a Sharp is then it might not play well with that inverter style. Or, it could be that the micro circuit is only wired to the leg going to the genset and not the inverter. But as I...

Well this thread inspired me, and since I had nothing better to do this evening I thought I would tally up the annual cost of ownership in the nearly 4 years I've owned North Star. It came out to about $2,300/mo or 17% of the original purchase price of the boat/year. Not too bad considering all...

Should be a nice upgrade, but you may only be able to transfer some data between your older Garmin system and the new unit via Nmea2K. The new unit will have higher resolution maps which won't be able to be displayed on the older system. Radar from the older system will likely not be able to...

As noted, probably not super valuable to actually log coolant temp and oil pressure, but if you have a turbo engine adding and keeping track of EGT and boost at certain RPM and load is quite valuable. These values can show a number of factors such as turbo health, prop fouling, after cooling...

What vintage is the 12" Garmin MFD? As you may or may not know some data cannot be shared between the newer all black MFD's and the silver one you have.

I know they installed this system on Delos and it was not deemed to work very well.

I would recommend opening the electrical box on the generator and carefully check the input to the breaker. If you have power there then work your way to the AC panel at every connection. If not, it's going to be more serious like a rectifier or issue with the generator coil wiring internally...

Is the OP anywhere to be found in this thread? Perhaps he is... Busy moving his stuff out of the house to the boat? Busy fixing the boat and pretending there is no problem with the relationship? Busy with a marriage counselor? Busy making whoopee in exotic places (cockpit of course)?

Along the lines of the Albin TE 35 FB which we came close to buying is what we did buy, a Lindell 36. This boat was modeled after the Riviera 36 in terms of layout and general style, but build quality, fit and finish are a step above. Being in the PNW where they are built there are a few...

Like many on here I followed the build with great interest. So sorry to hear you are needing to sell it Wayne, I think that decision would kill me personally. Being an engineer myself, this boat, it's layout and systems (and Gardner engine) are a like something I could only dream about. I...

That shaft log hose looks pretty bad from the picture. I would be thinking of doing this on the hard and refurbish or replace the stuffing box depending on how it looks internally. Also, replace the hose and put on some better hose clamps, like AWAB or Scandvic. The ones on there with the...

Rather than a trip line you could install one of these in slim chance you get a fouled anchor. Works well in rocky areas like we have in some places on the West Coast. https://anchorsaver.com/

I've seen that if I run my engine off the hose I get a hot spot at the top of the exhaust hose after the mixing elbow. I'm sure if I had a sensor there and let it run for long enough it would probably get hot enough to trigger it. I presume this is due to reduced water flow from the hose and...

Wind prediction is down from last night 60+gusts, this seem more about rain now. Still heading down in the morning and will probably pull the canvas down, add chafe protection and a few more lines. First tropical storm warning for San Diego I can remember in my lifetime. Hang on down there in...

I would lead towards a Fleming along with the rest of the crowd, but something along the lines of a Ray Hunt design like this might be a bit more unique. https://www.mby.com/video/hunt-yachts-ocean-76-american-cruiser-106156

Apologies for the thread derail rslifkin but wanted to respond to Peggy. I'm sure you are 100% correct on the reason for the buildup in the generator being insufficient water flow after a flush. Keep in mind this is the first time tearing into this thing since we bought the boat over three...

Something else to consider if your system is a Vacuflush. I'm in the process of rebuilding the vacuum generator on my boat and have the entire thing pulled apart. The stench of the scale buildup on the interior of the pump and fittings was pretty bad before I used acid to strip it down (a...

Thanks so much for sharing the process, those are beautiful models. What CAD system do you use?

BCK. Can you tell us a little about the process of building one?

I use Rector seal on hose connections now. I think it helps with wicking of water between the hose and bronze surface of the nipple and slows down the corrosion there and potential seeping. Makes sense to me so I'm doing it. Also have the black version of Rector seal which looks a little...

A PSS seal cannot tolerate much shaft movement and it's very important the graphite seal is concentric with the shaft. Sometimes this requires some offsetting of the bellows on shaft tube, but if the shaft tube and shaft are very far off you may not be able to center the graphite seal well...

I was investigating an issue with the AC when running off the generator. Found one leg of the AC breaker inside the NL generator had completely melted and the terminal had dropped out of the breaker once the plastic shell of the breaker melted. Scary. I went through and tightened every...

We did this on our Lindell. The back to back seats were really a bad idea on this boat and once of the must-dos we planned when we bought it. The change transformed the flybridge and now we entertain up there quite often. I don't have a good picture of the before but the first two pictures...