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I'm following the lead of several of you that have replaced the 6 gallon waterheater with a 2-1/2 gallon GE unit. The six gallon unit, besides being large, was mounted right behind the cabinet door, making access to the rest of the storage space nearly impossible. So it needed to be moved, or...

My wife and I are in the early stages of planning a trip through the inside passage and into SE Alaska in 2013. What seems to be the most reliable communication? We both have our General Ham tickets, and an older Icom 735 HF rig I bought years ago that lends itself well to the job. Looking at...

How's the rain/flooding situation in your neck of the woods? Here in the mid valley, seeing lots of high water in the fields and across roads. Rivers are high. With several more days of rain predicted, could this be a recap of the 1996 flooding? Maybe having a boat setting in the driveway...

The subject of NMEA-2000 network systems came up in an earlier thread on fuel sensors. Garmin and Raymarine seem to have a large following here, but I came across some info on the fairly new Lowrance Broadband radar. Specs show it to have a low power draw, and be much safer than the magnatron...

Has anyone attached their chain to the base of an anchor such as a Bruce or CQR (plow) style in the same manner that is used with the Columbia style river anchors? Zip ties or wire hold the chain to the end one would normally attach to, but would break off with a vertical pull, thereby pulling...