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Despite having owned both RV and boats for over 60 years, I had never heard of Redarc monitoring system. I read the manual and brochure, and it is similar to the Victron 712, although I would choose the Victron unit because it appears to give slightly more date. It should work. If you have...

In our boats the fuel tank is under the galley counter. The fuel pump is not real "strong". You can introduce a bubbe in the fuel line, and follow it up to the pump. I suspect your fuel container is too low, and it is fuel starved. Try moving the tank so it is no more than 30" below the...

Jay and Jolee, thank you for linking to this article. It shows the dangers which face CDory owners as well as any mariners in the waters we all ply. Lake Powell also has its dangers--falling rocks, flash floods, High winds. Alaska is still a wild place. It is a miracle that no boats were...

These are susceptible to low voltage--check the battery voltage when you are running it. I monitor batteries in boats and RV's with Victron (there are Chinese knock offs) 712 with bluetooth for smart phone. Next I would check the fue pump, to be sure it is pulling fuel--is the fuel tank...

Definately gel coat or paint peeling. It was sprayed on long after the hull was laminated to "finish" the interior of the boat. Agree, Grind off, clean and paint.

"While headlines sound dramatic, this is not a shutdown — it’s a corporate restructuring within the same Thetford family. The filing simply allows Norcold’s assets and ongoing operations to be transferred into another Thetford-owned company, Dave Carter & Associates (DCA), a major RV parts...

What a shame and what waste! Colby, thank you for bringing this video to our attention--it fully explains what happened....but not so much why it happened. We used Dangling rope marina at least several times on each trip we made to Powell. It was making money, and it will impact how people...

I have had two dometic chest type fail at 2 years (right after the warantee), but Dometic gave me a new one anyway--it also failed. I have a Norcold, chest type which is only 12 volt and it is 6 years old--not used a lot, but works fine. I had another Norcold which lasted 13 years of almost...

I have used the "Ryobi" and "General". You are looking at reltative readings, not doing a marine survey. For most purposes these work as well as the much more expensive marine meters.

The antenna you cited will be unity. There are a number of antennas which are 3 db gain. There are Marine VHF 36" (1/2 wave) base loaded antennas, by Metz, Shakespheare, and Conrad (others--but these are the main ones--for the most part they have very thin and flexible (spring back to place)...

I would worry about tearing up my leg on a plate like that. How do you avoid that if you are in a sea way, etc? I would at least round the corners for safety. Is it also bolted thru the hull? On our 22's we usually had a outdoor rated, nylon fiber infused heavy wall plastic storage box...

If you are at Sea Level then 15" prop is what I have used with the Honda 90. At 3800 feet you probably will drop down 2" To 13" pitch, and at Yellowstone (7500 feet 11") You may use up one inch of pitch on the higher elevations, if you run a light weight boat. You want the WOT RPM to be in...

this is from Chat GT... When we cut the transom out of our Cal 46 (about 9' wide--there was not a mm of change between night and day temperatures, so that was one reference point I have. Second, we put in Lexan windows and the co-effiecient of expansion of the Lexan was 7 to 10 times that of...

Nice looking boat and good price. Is the Cockpit awning a perment fixtre, it does not appear to be a typical 3 or 4 Bimini. Is it "sturdy" enough to steady a person as they board from the dinghy? Thank you.

I would pop and remove any material which might be in the blister, then fair with thickened epoxy--most likely they are just under the gel coat. I would paint this entire area with epoxy resin, and it would be fine to bring the waterline up to just over where these blisters are located. Put...