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My thought on wireless instruments is the same as I feel about wireless networking. They are great when you can’t run a wire, when you can run a wire you going to get a more reliable connection with less interference and data dropping.
If you have perfect rigging and want to install everything from a bosun’s chair then TackTick might be a good mid-term option. If you’re going to have the rig down I’d run the wire.-p
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!OK, by everyone I mean… enough to build a system. That’s critical mass has now been reached.
I did email cruzpro to ask when they were going to have their NMEA 2000 gear out. I’ll let you know if I hear anything.-p
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!0183 was never really followed strictly as a standard both at the protocol or the hardware level, so I’m not going to introduce any of it into my system.
Everyone will have their NMEA 2000 gear out shortly…-p
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!I also have a sextant… That’s geeky too. 😉
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Sent from my phoneOn Sep 16, 2009, at 7:24 AM, Bill Emberley < ([email][/email])> wrote:
Quote:Yes, simplicity is the key to fewer breakdowns. The first person to solo from Japan to San Francisco had only a compass for navigation and used the contrails of jets to guide he and his small, plywood boat across the Pacific. With all of that said, I do love my GPS on land and sea.
Smooth Sailing,
Bill
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!Let me put this out there too… anyone have any thoughts on using a fishfinder verses a normal depth only type transducer? Seems like power draw is the only real negative.
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!I’m not sure if I’ll actually do that entire NMEA network, I’m probably going to go with a more analog water tank gauge system, like a Hart or a DIY hart system. I’m just in the “thinking out loud” stages of this operation, but as a geek (I have worked for Microsoft and now F5 Networks) I have to have my toys. 😉
I have heard both NEVER put the GPS up there and that some (Maretron included) are fine up there. My reason for thinking about going that way is to eliminate things in and around the cockpit as much as possible. So much stuff piling up around ther anyway. Another ideas was to put it on the mizzen spreader. If I redo the bimini and stern pulpit on Deep Playa then I could put in a dedicated mount for some of there things. I’m not 100% decided either way, that’s why it’s nice to hear all the input from everyone.
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!My completely ignorant guess is…. A straight one will fit the boat as-is a curved one will be a “project”.
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Sent from my phoneOn Sep 6, 2009, at 5:06 PM, kalinowski < ([email][/email])> wrote:
For one with little knowledge of this (I’ve never had to replace a traveler before) why is a flat track better than a curved one? I looked at the Gerhauer site and they do have a curved one. I guess I would go with the SS wedges if I go “flat”.
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!It came that way…
I have not done my thru hull reduction plan yet, but I should write that up in the next few weeks.
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Sent from my phoneOn Sep 5, 2009, at 5:24 AM, Silver Heels < ([email][/email])> wrote:
Quote:Pat,Any reason you didn’t combine those to share a single thru-hull?
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!I am curious if you consulted with your local Cummins shop regarding the likely background story or even better conversed with the seller.
I’m always very wary of “great deals”. 😉
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Quote:So what’s the story-are these new designs?why for sale so cheap?How do we get specs?I like the 85 hp turbo but will it fit and how does the weight compare.I have a 71 hp westerbeke PE had installed-runs well because he did a lot of PM -6000 hours on the engine.These Cummins look awesome<.. snip>
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!I did not know Pat was a she… Oops!! If its any conciliation My mom wanted a Patricia. 🙂
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Sent from my phoneOn Aug 27, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Robert Fine < ([email][/email])> wrote:
My bad, Tor, I’m working the forum for Pat while she’s out cruising. She’s much more attentive than I. If you’ve been emailing her, then she’s not going to answer as she’s in the great hinterlands of one of the great lakes. She’ll be back next week, I think.
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Bob
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Patrick Walters <()> wrote:
You need to email the “other” Pat, I’m Patrick. He runs the P424.
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Sent from my phoneOn Aug 27, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Tor < ([email][/email])> wrote:
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I send 2 or 3 emails to the group yesterday afternoon, none of which appear to have gotten through. I don’t
think I did anything differently from emails I’d sent in the morning, which did get posted. Did the server
drop Silver Heels for some reason?Thanks,
Tor
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!Did they tell you what kind of plastic it’s made from (or if the exact kind matter much)? It might something you could order in a sheet and just it out yourself, but I’m kind of guessing at that one.
You could google for a local Plastics shop. TAP Plastics is a place that has been talked about my local friends, but I’ve not been there for anything yet. They’re a W. Coast chain.
http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/category.php?bid=24&PHPSESSID=200908241332341142966622-p
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!Here’s a post of a guy who used http://www.PlasTeak.com.
http://csysailboats.blogspot.com/2009/05/cap-rail-replacement.html-p
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!There was (is?) a P424 Sloop that has a stainless steel cap rail (see pics). Looks awesome in the pics. I imagine it was god awful expensive and would a real toe burner outside the cloudy Pacific NW.
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!Here’s a pic of my setup.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deepplaya/3605668017/I didn’t find a straight home depot drop in. I used a ShurFlo mixer. I don’t have the part number handy, but I could find it if you want it. It’s nice and small. I bought a wall elbow from my local plumbing store along with a handheld shower. In order to mount the elbow to the thin fiberglass bulkhead I took a piece of 1/4″ plywood and epoxied it on all sides to seal it well and used it as a backing plate. You will also need fittings (or clamps) to attach the hoses to the new mixer and a length of hose and fittings (or clamps) to attach the mixer to the faucet.
Getting all the right pieces is the hard part, the putting together is pretty easy.
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!My PO had added a hose to the bottom of the oil pan which was slightly more useful and probably just as messy as going in with a pump into the dipstick. The connection point for that is on the starboard side of the engine.
Here’s a shot of the end of that hose: http://www.flickr.com/photos/deepplaya/3260788951/-p
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!
