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Of course! Thank you!

That would solve the problem if that's the case. I'll call Garmin on Monday and ask. Thanks.

Yes, but the relay itself draws 3A, and I was just trying to avoid that. I’m concerned about spending lots of hours moseying along at displacement speed and not making much current from the alternator, but still using a lot of it for refrigerator and other things. But it’s likely at those times...

A breaker to turn off a power bus that controls all non-essential electronics with parasitic draws makes sense. i’ll have solar, but won’t always have sun, and then amp-hours become precious.

For those of you that have the Garmin Reactor 40 autopilot with a helm control (GHC 20 or GHC 50), do you have a means for turning it completely off? I'd like to be able to eliminate parasitic draw when I'm boondocking. I'm poring over the GHC 50 manual and there doesn't seem to be a means of...

It learns fast though.

Here's a picture of my trailer covered in a McDonalds billboard ad. I paid $75 for the re-purposed 14'x48' vinyl tarp from http://billboardvinyl.com/ The vinyl is heavier and much more durable than those cheap Home Depot tarps. I've only had it on for eight months, but its held up well through...

tarp

Thank you. Exactly what I was hoping to hear!

I bought a Tempress Probax helm chair and I'm wondering if I should mount it on a slide so my wife can move the chair forward a bit when she's piloting. I have yet to build cabinetry so I have room to do this, but I'm concerned that the control handle on the right side of the seat might...

Port Townsend, WA at start of the 2019 Race to Alaska.

Port Townsend, WA at start of the 2019 Race to Alaska.

Port Townsend, WA at start of the 2019 Race to Alaska.

Port Townsend, WA at start of the 2019 Race to Alaska.

Port Townsend, WA at start of the 2019 Race to Alaska.

Port Townsend, WA at start of the 2019 Race to Alaska.

Port Townsend, WA at start of the 2019 Race to Alaska.

Log tender tied up at Bella Coola log camp

Dometic trim tabs

Is there any real benefit to having two separate Hot Rods (156Mhz and 162Mhz), one dedicated to VHF and the other to an AIS B/SO transceiver, vs. buying a 159MHz Hot Rod and using a splitter to share the antenna?