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  1. Smashpjp

    Portable battery bank - Are they becoming a real option now

    Been Watching the last couple episodes of Sailing Doodles and it has been interesting watching them cruise around the keys and the Bahamas in a Sundancer 340. They transported one of those 2kw lipo battery banks and some solar panels and have shown pro/cons of them effectively. Maybe we are...
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    Leaving Sandusky Bay

    Man there are just days, and yesterday was one of them where it is a 360 degree nitemare getting out of Sandusky bay. I can handle the boats coming from all directions, the sailboats under power that think they have the right away, the small pontoons fighting the wash to try to get out to Cedar...
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    New fire extinguisher requirements - any change to built in system

    Already updated the disposables on the boat per the new regs. Anything need to be done for the built in system in the Bilge? How often to you get that inspected, or recharged?
  4. Smashpjp

    Spring refresh -updated Battery Charger selection

    Looks like I am going to be updating the battery charger on my 2001 340 SD. After going through my Spring launch checklist and reviewing some of the things I need to do to re-install the genset in the boat (Previous owner removed- I cleaned carb and tuned over winter), I noticed the batter...
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    Dont think I am reinstalling Generator, What is a Westerbeke 7.0 bcgc worth?

    I purchased my 2001 340 this last year and the previous owner had removed the generator. He did a lot of his own maintenance on the 8.1s and it is very crammed with the genset pulled. He placed all the batteries in the old gen location and all the harnesses are still there for a re-install. I...
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    VHF radio with AIS opinion

    Working on the winter shopping list and trying to decide on either the Standard Horizon GX2400 or the Garmin 215 VHF with AIS. Any opinions on either? also planning on adding PA speaker.. Back ground: Just installed a 88610xsv with a GMR fantom 18. Also built up a full nmea2000...
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    1 large or two smaller MFD

    I recently purchased a 2001 DA 340 and the electronics are largely stock with a Garmin GPSMap 498. I already updated to a Fusion Apollo radio system with the head unit below and am a Garmin Watch user, so I plan to stay in the Garmin Family for new chart plotters. I am Lake Erie/ great lakes...
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