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Unfortunately due to a medical condition my wife has, I just put C-Star up for sale on the C-Brat site after putting a ton of money into completely redoing the boat including repowering and a new trailer and just relaunching it in June. Hardly anything is original. Not something one wants to...

This green stripe boat has been completely redone in every way and is far better than new. New 90hp E-tec, new trailer, completely rewired, all new electronics even UltraLeather upholstery with new foam. We intended to keep C-Star for a long time but a medical condition requires a sale...

I have purchased 4 boats since 1996. 2 new, 2 used with the used boats requiring very substantial work to meet my standards. Next boat likely to be new as I find bringing a used boat up to my standards minimizes the cost differential between new and used as I have very particular ideas and...

Matt raised the point of minimal Nordic Tug changes over the years. Having owned an NT32 and an NT37, they actually made some very significant changes over the years, much more than C-Dory made in the comparable time period. I know of a number of people who were repeat owners of NT32s or of...

I had a set of ball fenders by Taylor and had the same problem with both. Took them back to West Marine and confirmed the leaking so they gave me 2 more. They too leaked so back I went. Confirmed again with soap and water so we went through the entire stock in the store and they all leaked...

Finally got tired of waiting on the e-mail process and after checking the "Contact Us" part of the web site, called the main number rather than following instructions to the Tech Support part which takes you back to the web site. Lo and behold, a real person, just like Tom got but they were...

I opened the case. In the event that you need to do it, remove the computer from its mounted position. On the backside of the case is a little plastic pin pushed into the back plate. On mine, it was round, black and shiny and about 1/4". You would not know it was a pin as all you see is the...

Thanks for all the advice and comments. I must not have been completely clear. The problem is before I get to think about the GPS connection. I simply cannot get the remote to talk to the course computer in spite of the course computer being energized (green LED on). Raymarine wrote me back...

Peter -- Thanks. The panic button is definitely not oushed in. As to the issue being the connection to the GPS, I am not sure. The manual says that NO PILOT means that, "The controller is not receiving data from the autopilot. Check connections and that the S1000 course computer is switched...

Now that we have launched and started to use the boat, I am trying to get the S1000 working and am running into trouble. The remote (with fresh batteries in it) keeps showing NO PILOT. The Course Computer has power to it and is energized as the green light is on. Occasionally when I start up...

Well, hopefully, this is the final update. We played with the boat Saturday and a good chunk of Sunday doing normal boating things. In the past we would have blown the fuse several times but this time we returned to the dock with all 15 spare 3A fuses that I left with and the fuse in the fuse...

Bill -- Thanks. Now you have provided enough info and utility that I am going to have to play with my wife's iPhone. I can clearly see the utility of weather radar on the iPhone. I use the Furuno 1834 radar for storms but that only goes out 36 miles and it would be really nice if it was easy...

Very interesting commentary from Bill but still not enough to get me to give up my Blackberry, the 4 year old one that works quite well. That said, there is always an iPhone on the boat at all times as the rest of the family use them. What are the specific radar, GPS and nav apps that people...

Matt -- So far so good. Swinging on the hook in Eatons Neck Basin, a beautiful sand hole on the noth shore of Long Island. Just us and a 40 foot sailboat as all the day boats have gone home. So far so good on the fuse side. I did not blow any today so I am cautiously optimistic that this...

Well, here is an update. The Evinrude factory says that since the power to the network comes off the key switch and is on when the key is activated, it is possible that there is a voltage spike coming from the controls. They say those are almost impossible to find which makes me think one of...

Thanks one and all for the advice and siuggestions. D.D. -- I did not do the initial install myself. Rather it was done by a large E-Tec dealership when the boat was repowered with the 90 E-Tec. They have gone over it for 3 weeks and cannot make it blow the fuse on the trailer and have put an...

Matt -- Thanks for the advice. Part of the problem is that I can't find a pattern to what is going on and the dealer cannot make it happen with the boat on the trailer. I did run the boat for more than an hour with the network limited to just power and the gauges with no data input from the...