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I agree with the assessment. I will add that it is always worthwhile to carefully check your charging system before replacing batteries. That would include cabling configuration and charging voltage program. It is too easy to assume batts are the only problem and damage new (expensive) batteries...

You might be underweighting the possibility that the people you discuss this with just have different priorities, so they nod and move on. Electronic diesels have some significant benefits that outweigh any theoretical reduction in reliability they may give us relative to mechanicals. I own and...

FWIW, Blink cameras have temp sensors on them. The cameras are pretty inexpensive, wireless and have long battery life (more than a year). We have them around the boat and as a bonus we can see temps where each cam is located. They have a setting do alert you if the temps go outside a set range...

Insurance companies don’t survive unless they price the risks they insure. Property insurance pricing varies greatly to reflect the estimated risks by location, property type and use. Pricing models are not nearly perfect but are constantly adjusted in pursuit of pricing that reflect risk. I...

Wenthur Law Group in San Diego is a well regarded choice. Cris Wenthur does lots of complicated boat transactions in many countries. I have used him for several transaction with good results.

Looks great. Engine room pics would be a nice bonus.

The same cautions would be in order for any significant electrical or fuel system work. A reasonable boat owner will either understand the systems well enough to safely do the work, or hire a qualified tech. There are lots of ways to do unsafe things on boats but LFP doesn’t need to be any...

I bought a small aquarium air pump (20-40g size) and split the output into a large black tank and a large gray water tank, each well over 100 gallons in capacity. It runs 24/7 with pretty minimal power usage and minimal sound, and has had the desired results of eliminating odors. This is with a...

Why is the output at idle important? Isn’t your cruise rpm much higher? Just curious.

That spare outboard could cost you $40K. Convenient but pretty expensive.

I went through a similar process and reached the same conclusions. I love the look and the commercial/military feel, but not enough to work around all the compromises you mention. Additionally, I was a little surprised to find it is a fairly heavy boat due to the stout build. We were interested...

That is slightly painful to contemplate. I would not have thought that boat handling skills had been that widely abandoned.

There is a part made for exactly this use. They are expensive but very strong, very secure and can be operated with one hand. If you ever need a serious tow rig, look at Rope Inc in Florida. They are pros and do great work. This part is what they put in our tow rig and it has been flawless...

I don’t think any of it is high-temp paint. Normal engine temps are within the range of typical spray paint, and the hottest parts (dry exhaust?) aren’t painted. Age and heat will alter the new paint color over time, which is why searching for the perfect factory color might not be productive...

Have you considered replacing the galley refrigerator with a combo unit since you don’t need all the cockpit freezer space? Maybe that would be less of a project and could be hugely more efficient.

The metric system is superior in every way. We should have joined the rest of the world on this decades (or more) ago. On a related note, try adding 3 7/16 plus 2x 11/32 for a wood or metal project and then try it in millimeters. Its embarrassing that we still cling to Imperial measurements...

Look up Groco SSC-1250 if you haven’t already seen it. Not a T exactly, but functions the same.

Bingo.

As usual, I agree with Peter’s assessment. I won’t even try to add anything because Peter says it better than I can.

It’s hard to have a useful discussion about an anchor dragging without discussing the anchor. CQRs are junk compared to modern anchors, based on my experience with both. Get a modern anchor in the correct size (bigger than you have) and both the holding power and reliability of that holding will...

That boat will be a piece of art. Very nice.

The comments here show that there are different variations that can all work. We use the round turn with 2 half hitches, but prefer to start over the top of the bull rail. That puts the rest of the job (the half hitches) up high where you can see them instead of on the lower side of the bull...

For future reference, many (most?) of the marine supply stores from the San Juans up through BC will have the Waggoner’s guide for sale.

Seconded.

I got the eye roll in person the only time I mentioned “ship’s stores”. The CBSA officer said he preferred that we just tell them what alcohol we have and that is for use on the boat. He made it clear that, at least for him, there is no magic to a term that really doesn’t apply to a rec boat. We...