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Sobol, In a word: Yes. It is common in our marina to have those ropes. And that is what I’ll be doing once I’m in my own slip. This has been a frustrating time waiting for this sailboat to leave. It’ll be a fun season.

KC that is what I'll be doing. The sailboat is in my slip. I'm not to make any changes to the lines in the slip that you see me in because they are Set for the Hydra 25 that owns the slip. The sailboat was sold weeks ago and is leaving for Brooklyn NY as soon as there is enough water available...

We do use that but the finger pier only goes to about the rear cabin bulkhead ... not much to work with. A Long tight line will maybe help.

I could be the Baling twine Kid!

Well said that last Sentence, "wishing we were in". So true! Long lines from pole to pole and short mid-ship spring lines are in order soon. Also part of the problem is speed. With engines merely Idling the boat still comes in too fast. We will get it down.

Can’t walk the boat and be at the helm at the same time. And the finger pier is only 8 or 10’ long. Only comes as far out as the cabin. With the winds pushing me to port I’ll be on the sailboat by the time I walk from the dock to the helm. It amazes me how long it takes for the heavy boats to...

I have a scenario that I never thought of before. I am tied fore and aft btwn two poles that are almost further apart that my boat is long. I have no boats up wind as those slips are empty. The wind is always from starboard and is almost always brisk. To port is a 34 foot Hunter sailboat that I...

Do any of you fear getting moisture on the connections of your Apple or Android devices when using them with AquaMap? My current tablet mount is in front of the of the left side of the wheel with the GPS to the right of it. The opening windshield in the center isn't too far away. Should I take...

I did find that the shore power is not separated properly from the house power. It seems that the GFI is now defunct. Apparently the bonding is some sort of an issue, as soon as the AC panel is switched on the Shore power trips off. I'm having an electrician examine things this week and come up...

I’m biggish. When I’m at the helm I have to duck somewhat to see out the starboard window. I have all kinds of stuff hangers ng from ceiling and blocking my peripheral vision to port. The current Outdated GPS Map is in front of the wheel, that’s okay for Kim. Then the Radar hangs in The middle...

Well that is encouraging. I will be playin around with a tablet tonight trying to hook it up. My tablet has the M1 chip in it and it should handle this fine. I don’t have the subscription I do have Aqua Map question is is that enough or do I need a second system for redundancy. We will not be on...

I’ve been using Aqua Map for most of my boating since I purchased this boat in Stuart Florida one year ago. In the last few days, I decided: well let’s get the Garman going. Well, too bad, there are no maps on it and they’re not available from the manufacturer anymore. My only hope would be to...

StarCraft, with the Navionics App, are you using it on the IPhone or a Tablet? Or Android? Has it let you down when you have the correct maps downloaded but you can’t find a signal? Thes boats are so small it’s kind of nice using these app. I’m currently subscribed to AquaMaps.

I was relieved when the yard manager here in the marina agreed that once he got the rest of the boats launched to spare up a couple hours to spend with me just to make sure that I know what is what on my boat. He will help me map the path of everything so that I can memorize it and get it in my...

Learning. The fridge is hot wired or something. If there is no shore pwr the fridge works. If I turn off the starter and the house battery switches the fridge works. When running and on shore power and I flip the panel breaker for the fridge it hesitates for a millisecond. And I guess that is...

So is the inverters only job to convert the 12v from the house batteries into 120 for the fridge ? I’m on the boat right now so I’ll try it with no inverter. Thanks

Good explanation and I’ve decided I’ll hire a marine electrician at a flat rate to point out what I have.

I can almost grasp that. Seen that in a house or something once where neutral and ground were bonded.

On my boat I have two starter batteries and two house batteries. Then I have the main switches and panel below the helm seat. On the front dash is another panel. Under the sink is a charger and a nice looking inverter. When I get to the boat tonight I will turn on the inverter power switch in...

This sounds perfectly true as that is what I do with all lines....Climbing lines, fly lines, Fishing lines...just head on down the bay every now and then and let it un twist, perfect.