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    How to anchor for a week?

    Right now I'm doing the hardest thing I've done yet LOL I have taken the vessel out of the water since the 7th and I've been working on scraping the bottom fixing the blisters and then I will be putting on a cup of coats of barrier along with anti- foul paint and then I will paint the rest of...
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    How to anchor for a week?

    I see an ad all the time on Facebook advertising a canvas College course so I will be looking into that
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    How to anchor for a week?

    I am trying to find a propane stove now as I hate cooking with electric my boat air conditioners were removed from the boat prior to me purchasing it so I installed a split heat pump which works good however I just saw on eBay you can buy 12 volt rooftop RV air conditioners and I think I'm going...
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    How to anchor for a week?

    All great responses, thinking of taking a class on how to do canvas work
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    How to anchor for a week?

    Ty, i qm able to run fridge, freezer, cpap, oxy. Tv, internet and lights all nite of my solar. Just not ac.
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    How to anchor for a week?

    1700RPM equals betwren 5.5-8mph
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    How to anchor for a week?

    Indeed i have a 41lb anchor on 100ft on chain and 100 feet rode. I hild pretty well but still nervous about all of us getting off the trawler for more tjhen a cpl hrs.i was thinking of a misting system.. after getting out the army i drove 18 wheel fot 20yrs so bofed with the land. Remember...
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    How to anchor for a week?

    Budget is 400 gallons a month and i was never one to have a hobby... i enjoy cooking but not in a tiny kitchen..
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    How to anchor for a week?

    We do have a shih tzu on board I got him when he was 6 weeks and he's about 11 months old and he was potty on artificial grass I have on the deck I'm not really a night owl other than my shift to make sure we don't drift but our anchor alarm does a good job at that anyway I was a journalist at...
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    How to anchor for a week?

    Oh and for the person that said something about the cooking I am a ex certified chef and at home or in our motorhome I do most of the cooking because I do everything from scratch most of my meals has anywhere from 5 to 20 different ingredients involved in the making and my family loves my food...
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    How to anchor for a week?

    Great ideas some of them have already been implemented. When I purchased the trawler the windows were already tinted I do have 24 hour unlimited internet access no matter where I'm at as long as I'm within 30 miles of land I haven't really considered the bow and Stern hatches even though I keep...
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    How to anchor for a week?

    Keep It Coming Keep It Coming you guys are doing great with great ideas. It's not so much as I feel like I have to move as much as I don't know what to do with myself other than to move LOL I'm sure when my daughter comes aboard and my grandchild is born that would entertain me a lot more as...
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    How to anchor for a week?

    Thank you for being the first to respond currently I run the generator for 2 hours in the a.m. and during dinner hours from 5:00 to 8:30 p.m. so that I make it through the heat of the day my wife doesn't add any additional heat with the cooking and we get the cool off the boat waiting for...
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    Tamd41a dipstick

    They now say the part is Obsolete and you have to go to Amazon and try to get it I've been on Amazon I've been on eBay I've been to Napa and every auto parts store including Volvo dealerships with no prevail
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    How to anchor for a week?

    So this is a topic that has been on my mind for quite some time and browsing around and talking to other Mariners I just simply can't get the type of answers I'm looking for. I'm not quite sure if I'm just being absent minded or if I simply just don't get what I'm looking for so here go I'm a...
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    Portable generator

    Looking for new carbon monoxide and smoke detector for my trawler what do you guys think of this one 2-in-1 DAB-TEK Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detector (3 Long-Life Batteries Included). Smoke Detector Carbon Monoxide Detector Combo with LED Indicator, Test & Silence Button
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    Tamd41a dipstick

    Measuring what I have left it comes about 21 in I was thinking the same thing even though I don't need an oil change yet I thought I'd just dropping the oil refilling it and then just finding me a dipstick around 25 in
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    Ranking these boats

    Why hasnt anyone mentioned a tiger marine trawler, i have a1987 41ft that has 400g fuel, 250 water and 30g sewer running 2-200hp Volvo pentas. The only problem i found so far has nothing to do with the vessel but worth motor parts being obsolete and very hard to find... one worksheet think that...
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    Ran Aground Using Navionics.

    LOL me too I love telling her stop telling me what to do LOL
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    Need advice about solar batteries placement

    Ty.. i dont have day tanks, just 2-200g furl tanks and 30g sewer as well as 50g water in bow and 200g water in aft.
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    Tamd41a dipstick

    I just realized I put this in the wrong form but hopefully I can get an answer
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    Tamd41a dipstick

    Howdy everyone, so I have a 1987 tiger Marine trawler with two Volvo Penta tamd41A Motors. When I got it one of the motors oil dipstick was broke off right before you can see the L and the h but the other one was fine so I started to use that one when I wanted to check the oil on both engines...
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    Need advice about solar batteries placement

    A lot of lectures for a simple question I know what I'm doing I've installed solar system and wind generation on my previous trawler my only issue was where would be the best place on this trailer to place the batteries everybody gives me all answers except for that but thank you I'm putting...
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