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Radar Tracking
Spencer03/10/2010, Neuse River
I learned how to track other boats and set up alerts when boats or markers enter one of four rings that I can set around us. It is a very cool capability that reminds me of my days flying the AV-8B Harrier - pretty much the same. I just move the cursor over the target, lock on, and it tells me the heading that they are on and our closing speed... too cool! Goose would be jealous!
03/10/2010 | Q (krblakely att yahoo dott com)
Slowing the merge by 880 kts should be just about your speed. (kidding) I wish I was casting off soon like you two!
Car-Free
Spencer03/10/2010, New Bern
And in the middle of the bilge storage project, I sold my truck today. It was bought by a dealer in Asheville. They drove 7 hours to take that great truck off my hands. They tell me that they can't keep them on their lot, since all the snow this past winter. I'm now driving a rental car, waiting for a cargo van to come in any day now at Enterprise Rental. It will be my rolling storage and workshop until we cast off.
03/10/2010 | Ron Mayo (ronamayo att msn dott com)
keep in mind that those Racor's can produce completely invisable air leaks into the system. the bowls will appear to be air-free yet while under pressure, they will let air into the system that will make the engine stop. If problems persist, bypass them and see if it helps. Very envious of your trip!
Ron & Kathy s/v Toucan Bilge Storage
Spencer03/10/2010, New Bern
Today's project was making use of the 4 inches of air space above the main water tank and under the cabin sole. I built a storage area that is about 4 feet x 2 feet and four inches high. Just right for wine bottles perhaps! We will probably use it for small bags of tools that I won't be using very often once we get cruising. The picture doesn't look to good, but the storage area is strongly suspended by the cross beams under the floor, not pressing on the water tank.
03/15/2010 | Penny Beesley (Beesley dott penny att gmail dott com)
Looks like a wine locker to me....I'll show you ours
Inverter Swap
Spencer03/10/2010, New Bern
The big, good news of the day late yesterday was that I changed out the Xantrex Prosine 1000 for an 1800 and the Splendide Washer/Dryer works like a charm! I need to let the folks at Westland Sales know that this appears to be a great match for boat or RV installations. I disconnected shore power and the wash, rinse and spin cycles worked fine. I reconnected shore power for the dry cycle, since it was pulling about 100 AMPs DC, but all was well, running off of the Inverter, which is NOT connected to shore power.
Starting Battery
Spencer03/10/2010, New Bern
All these fancy new electronics came with instructions that said not to hook them up to the same battery that starts the engine. Well, the electical system that I designed and installed a while back had one, 600 amp/hr AGM battery bank for everything except for the windlass. I felt that this was a simpler system and wouldn't be wasting any battery power.
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