Recent content by smckean (Tosca)

Anyone have a gut feel for when the season dates might be for this year? I've looked but I don't think they've been announced so far.

Well, I've been out of commission lately. Although I've been struggling with heart issues for several years, it's been manageable until they went south on me, big time, a few months ago. I had to put everything on hold including this "Trailer Project". Thankfully, I am much better now after a...

The large capacity trailer is $1500 more. I don't think I will be buying a new trailer.....just too much moola (I posted the quote just so other C-Brats could see some "typical" numbers). Don't know exactly what I'm going to do.

Tom, thanks for the tip. I will definitely contact C-Dory. All, here's the quote I got from TuffTrailer. Note both the 7000 lbs and the 8300 lbs trailers are quoted along with some options. Looks like the $10,000 neighborhood is the magic number no matter what you need :( :wink: 12/19/2023...

Colby, My microwave is rated at 700 watts, and according to my Victron it uses 61 amps when running (12v x 61a = 732 watts), so I don't seem to see the losses you do. BTW, I always run the microwave at 100%, and have never seen any problem with my 1000 watt inverter (for many years now). I...

Patrick, thanks for the terrific info (as always). I've submitted a request for quote from Tuff Trailers....we'll see what the "bad" news is :lol: FlashyFish, ouch. If it's $10k for a 19 foot, I can't imagine the cost for a 25 footer (maybe 4 times the load???). Before I started looking into...

Colby, one last thing..... "I'd also like to put a switch in the 12 vt wiring from the batteries to the inverter" You'd probably need a solenoid since a switch to handle 100 amps might be a problem. I have no switch on the 12v side (and have never felt like I need one). My inverter has an...

Colby, frankly I'd be thinking more about wires than battery load. As I mentioned, and as I'm sure you realize, an amp-hr or two out of a battery bank is nothing. Sure it comes out all at once, but I doubt the battery really cares. Even 120 amps for only 1 minute is only 2 amp-hrs (2% of my...

Colby, I have a 1000 watt inverter mounted upside down under the splash well. It is handy for many things (computer charging, vacuum, coffee grinder, etc, etc). I would miss it a lot. The biggest load I place on it is to use a 750 watt microwave to heat up my coffee without having to start the...

FYI...... As I am calling around to get more data, I've been told that King Trailer is out of business. Since King parts can still be had, I'm also being told that I can probably have a complete rebuild of my trailer (new axles, brakes, actuator, wiring, etc) for maybe $3500. Someone also...

I'm going to have to replace my trailer. Now I have a King (and I live near their factory in Washington state). I've searched the forum for some current info but haven't yet found much that was helpful (I've searched the Inet too). At the moment I'm just trying to get a ballpark cost figure for...

I once had a worry that my nearly new engine was leaking oil when I saw a small puddle of oil below the propellers. Turned out I had slightly overfilled when I changed the oil.

I follow a number of Youtube channels of sailboat cruisers who go all over the world including ocean crossings. Some of them have installed Starlink. I just watched one as they crossed the Atlantic in 18 days. They were able to upload their daily episode every day (much less getting email and...

Hip, Hip, Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!! The screen jumping was driving me nuts. Good job you guys. P.S. Watch for a celebratory $20 contribution to arrive....(in addition to the contribution I made earlier this year).

A word of caution.... CD25's have a channel on the inside of the hull near/at the hard chine. Slow water leaks can pool water in this channel that runs along the entire center part of the hull. Especially on a 1st voyage of the year, when the hull lists due to wind/waves, some/all of this water...