Recent content by joelkoz

I am being told that its time to have a 1,000 hour service on my Cat engines. I'm being quoted nearly $14,000. When I look at the Cat Maintenance Intervals manual, I don't see much that needs to be done other than Aftercooler Core Clean/Test and inspect the Turbocharger. Is there some huge...

Great feedback guys. A couple of comments: 1) I to never leave the shore hose pressurized when I am not on board (unless it's a quick run for lunch or dinner) 2) My marina's water comes from city water 3) I was planning on putting water filter inline with this new hose. I already have a...

Everyone knows (or should know) that the shore water connector has nothing to do with the fresh water holding tank. If your fresh water tank is near empty from your last trip, and you connect to shore water, you get unlimited water for showers and such, until you disconnect, in which case you...

Please do! By the way, Customs is operating out of Grand Cay (the government building on the West end if the island) and NOT Walkers at the moment. No time table as to WHEN they will be back at Walkers - they are rebuilding on Walkers right now.

Hey Randy! I'm typing this message from Grand Cay right now (albiet not on eSea Street - here with some friends on a fishing boat). Weather is perfect here right now. Looks like our timing is off a little. I'm thinking about a Bimini or West End trip two weeks after yours (Sept 22). If I...

I used to set my A/C to the "DH" setting to run in de-humidify mode, but then I just got lazy and started raising the temperature setting to around 80 when I left. I then purchased a couple of the Eva Dry "mini" dehumidifiers, which are AWESOME. Perfect size for a boat. I got this one for the...

Great! So where are you thinking of boating? Personally, I really wanted to be on the East coast for access to the Bahamas. You've also got some logistics to figure out, such as getting to your boat. Rental car? Or cheap used car to put in storage? I was scouting out self-storage units...

FootballFan - I was in your situation about 3 years ago. I wanted to get a boat in Florida to use as a "condo" as well as a boat, so I wanted something large. I was going to be an absentee owner living in Indiana and flying in to use the boat, so that was also an issue also for me. While...

Randy - Indeed! I've been watching the sea reports all week and wishing I was there. Alas, I'm back in Indy right now. HOWEVER - I'm moving my family down to Boca on June 1 (my wife finally caved!), so NEXT time, I CAN go on short notice!

If you have the cash, you can always install a "Yacht Controller" remote. I have one on my 560DB. While I can see the back from the helm, I find it easiest to just stand at the back, flip the remote upside down, and just use control inputs as if I were moving forward rather than backing in...

Well, that worked well! Here is soundings of Lake Boca for completeness...

Ok - trying the Photobucket approach:

Hey all - I thought I'd update my post from last year with some hard data! :) Over the holidays, I acquired a new Lowrance HDS9 Gen 2 with sidescan. One of the features/services is the "Insight Genesis", which allows you to make your own maps using your own soundings. I bought it for my...

I have 1 boy age 10

Oh, I guess there ARE some restrictions - I'm usually involved in an extended family non-boating holiday trip that surrounds July 4, and August in general is bad for me (other obligations, school starts, etc.). So, anytime in June would be great for me, as would possibly some weeks of July that...