It boils down to what boating means to you. For us, we enjoy traveling in our boat through out northern New England. And when the season is open, I can go tuna fishing with any number of marina friends most of whom have commercial licenses. I doubt if we were limited to lake boating we would...
Interesting read. In the early sixties my dad was diagnosed with asthma. Back then it was a big deal and he damn near died before the doctors figured it out. But as part of his treatment we had some kind of ozone/ionizer device that was supposed to purify the air. I’m guessing since he had...
Thanks, We don’t have holding tank smells. Haven’t had any of those since Carter invented Poopy Powder and I learned to not allow holding tanks to not get over filled.
We have the Uline on the Sabre that the seller replaced. Call Uline CS. I had problems with the ice maker last year and called their customer service. The lady was able to diagnose the problem after I gave her the details. I ordered the parts needed from her and after the UPS guy brought...
My recollection from the electronics class I took (taught by a licensed captain) was that it was better to have the radar on standby at all times as that provided instant on whereas off to on involved a warm up period.
I now just use radar all the time. The Axiom touch screen makes it easy to...
Tom,
Hi Tom,
Good to see you are still using the 280, hope all has been going well for you.
I used to use the loop from an old dock line with a knot o the end to make that easier. I thought I left that on the boat when you bought it
There is a switch set up on the port side helm EIM pad...
We use a dedicated iPad with about 200 gigs of recorded stuff from our own and friends cd collections. We also subscribe to Apple Music for streaming content. That gets ported to the Fusion AV 755.
Sirius comes as a free trial from Porsche, Audi, and now even Jeep. Two Porsches, an Audi...
We looked at some slips there in 21 for our Sabre and passed on them. The facilities were very nice, the available slips were just too much of a pita to get in and out off. The economics were good but of limited value, e.g outside storage included would require shrink wrap that costs almost as...
Didn’t he disappear somewhere in the Arctic during one of his expeditions? Kind of a mixed message there PL.
In my younger years I worked as a mechanic and r&r’d many engines and transmissions from British, American, Italian and German cars, including a 1951 Rolls. I have seen the transom...
Just before we go out I start the engines and then the gen. By the time the sun shades are down and the shore power is disconnected the gen is warmed up and making volts. It will run until we are at our destination and on shore power. The ice stays frozen, food chilled and having AC on keeps...
The gen on the Sabre is a 9kw Onan with 4 cyl Cummins. The full load burn rate (per spec) is 1 gph. Based on our fuel consumption difference between port (w/gen) and stbd tanks leads me to believe real world consumption providing electricity for four AC units, a fridge, ice maker and battery...
That’s the one. The actual accident happened in Wisconsin, but the trailer had originated at one of the rail terminals in Chicago. You would think that aspect would have been the big headline of the case, but it was just a sideshow to the circumstances of the case.
Have I ever told you guys about the expert witness assignment I had in the nineties? It involved a Plymouth mini-van that ran over a large piece of metal that had fallen off a semi-trailer and burst into flames? Nope? Really horrific story…
It all depended on whether the manufacturer’s certification of the car fuel mileage to the EPA required the use of auto stop or not. My previous Porsche remembered the setting of the auto off switch when the ignition was turned off, the current one requires the switch to be turned on each...
Our first (and last) Mercedes dealer pulled the same trick with us on its first service. We bought the car at mid summer and it hit its first real oil service in the late fall. The bill was something like $750.00 (it was 82 so that was a lot then for oil & filters). It turns out besides the...