I own L'ORIENT, SM2K #422; as the anchor chain exits the boat, underneath the chain forward of the windlass is some kind of heavy duty paper liner intended to protect the gelcoat/fiberglass underneath

Chuck, Just came down a few weeks ago from Cape Fear to Ft. Pierce - got spotty unusable signals about 12 miles offshore of Canaveral. 4G didn't kick in reliably until about 5 miles off as we closed

Thanks again, James, Interestingly, the original construction was not fiberglassed plywood. It was just plywood with fiberglass tabbing around the edges to the hull and then finished on top with

Thanks for the input folks. I'm still awaiting a report from the marina staff. Courtney, What is a Boxtron Unit ? Cheers, Dean

Completely agree with Kent. Porter. Excuse the errors. Sent from my IPhone Www.fouribis.com

Any body familiar with amel super marine currently for sale in stonington ct? Assuming standing rigging needs to be replaced even though they are present. Anybody ever replace their headliner?

A few years ago the newspapers reported on a village near Dover who were regularly finding themselves using the French cellular network (and hence incurring roaming

Craig, Solid fiberglass weighs in around 96 lbs. per square foot versus for instance fir plywood at 36 lbs. per square foot so it is likely that you will add some weight by going with all

We use a Magna brand flipper stopper and it works well. If we had a second one it would be even more effective. We store in the bow locker it doesn’t take up too much space. We have the older

Alex, That ​battery is undersized. Why did you buy a Grp27? Your 54 came with a Grp31 ​. The Grp27 battery ​you bought is 840CCA. Deka makes a Grp 31 1000CCA battery. Did you replace your

It could be from the Boxtron Unit

Don't forget, even though it is on the hard, it could be high water alarm if a freshwater hose has let go. There is a high water float switch behind your saltwater A/C pump for the high water alarm. I

I agree that a low battery alarm is the most likely culprit, but I'd also worry about smoke and/or CO alarms. On my old boat, overcharging the batteries would set off the CO detector (apparently H2

Hi all, I am at home in Sydney and our 54 is on the hard in Greece at Cleopatra Yard, Preveza for wintering. I have just been informed by the marina staff that there is an 'alarm sound' coming from

Thanks, James, for your good input. I'm thinking of using Heavy Wall Schedule 80 PVC electrical conduit for the new hawse pipe - easy to work with and should last longer than I. May just lay up

Hi All, Any consensus on average cell tower range while sailing off the coast of Florida. I'm going on a short trip North and was wondering if I could get a Predictwind update en route. Not critical

Thanks Alex

So these are the answers to Bill's questions: 1. I read it from the display in the cockpit, which in the past showed the same numbers when I did it at the battery. 2. I went to IWW in St. Georges

Davi We use a big bucket with a rubber flap in the bottom of the bucket in which I have made a lot of holes. when not in use as a flopper stopper, it hangs on the solar gantry and we store fruits and

I'm using the standard version and it has served me well. When you are offshore, you will have very slow data download and subsequently you will automatically try to limit the information that you