Recent content by capnjim

All the lighthouses... Raspberry has recently been fully restored and furnished as it was in operation in the early 1900s. Devils and Outer are also favorites of mine. The sea caves along the mainland and on the north end of Devils. If you dive or even snorkel there are shipwrecks to be...

Yeah, I really only need the western half of Superior... For now!

Don't throw that PC away just yet, Try loading a copy of ubuntu linux on it. http://www.ubuntu.com/ I've got to use Windoz at work however I am starting to move some of our secondary systems over to ubuntu. (Our servers are all coming with Red Hat loaded now...) It comes with all the...

Not so fast, I was already on Lake Superior, You can have the lower lakes...

Ghuskin, I have a similar situation, I purchased my boat (1983 245DA) late in the fall of 06, it's got a bit less than 500 hours on it, was wet slipped in 06 in fresh water but on the trailer since. I'm at least the third owner and I will be pulling my risers off to check for the first time...

Heavy leather gloves... I keep 'em with the trailering accessories in the truck. I do have an electric winch but it only powers in, I have to freewheel it out.

I'm sorry we missed you! I haven't been checking the board much this summer... Our trip was 19-22/25-31 July. (I had to work Monday and Tuesday) Beautiful weather, great friends and some great boating. Our friends have 18' IO bowriders (Larson and Bayliner) so they camped at Buffalo Bay...

Ok, Mine is not on the list... SERO ? Jim

Well then, I apologize. I have not seen an inverter that was rated for engine compartment use. All the "Marine rated" inverters I've seen had coated circuit boards for moisture protection (like a marine grade stereo) but were not vapor-tight for bilge use. I just want people to be careful...

Inverters, marine grade or not should NOT be installed in the bilge or anywhere in the engine compartment. They are not rated for an explosive atmosphere. On a DA people commonly mount them in the aft cabin (usually making a vented enclosure to secure it and pretty it up) because it's...

Well, I got to it, mine is below the anchor locker, and forward and above the fresh water tank. A real pain to squeeze a wrench in there. The nut I removed was not made of stainless, nor was the lock washer under it. I'm planning on replacing the nut with stainless and using a large, thick...

The lower side of my bow eye is a good 1/4" further out from the hull than the top side. I haven't yet started digging around inside to see if I can get to it. It's holding the boat now (I released the tension once it was on the trailer and out of the water yesterday), but I'm concerned since...

One thing to remember is that you will experience much shorter battery life when you use a battery differently than the way it is designed. Deep cycle batteries used for starting will quickly deteriorate internally since they are not made to provide that much current all at once. A starting...

I think this guy's truck bed was floating... Wouldn't happen with a 4wd truck :smt021 Oh, and back to the original topic, I do usually wait for a bit after a long haul but it's usually not more than it takes to get 'er ready. I usually check my wheel temp every time I stop anyway, I had...

Around $300 for everything. Got the fridge at Sears, the inverter and the 250A fuseholder on eBay and the welding cable from Arizona Wind and Sun. Yes I have shore power of a sort, one outlet in the galley and one in the engine room for the charger ( a dual bank 15A smart charger from SiTex)...