Re: [Liveaboard] Cruising Report - Angel Louise - Thanksgiving question

2008-11-24 Thread Jim
Ed Kelly wrote: Thanks for the note Norm. I appreciate that you consider the area evil, but you may be a little over the top on that. I have seen evil before and that was not it. Grin We are on a multiple mooring at Vero Beach Muni Marina in Vero Beach, also called VELCRO BEACH by some.

Re: [Liveaboard] A few more questions

2008-11-24 Thread Jim
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Christensen wrote: I would like to explain a bit more. My friends boat is old and the wires are a mess, coiled up all over the place. He inherited a partly finished boat with a defective alternator. 1. Between the keyed switch and the start

Re: [Liveaboard] K and milli

2008-11-24 Thread Jim
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Expanding on my message. My point is that there are two definitions of Kilobytes. In one a Kilobyte=1000bytes, in the other a Kilobyte=1054bytes and this dichotomy is used to cheat people. REPLY Sorry to disagree but since the late sixties when I first

Re: [Liveaboard] A few more questions

2008-11-24 Thread SeaLubber7
John, as I read your question, and what I understand about the alternator, if you wired the ignition terminal to the push button the only time the alternator would be energized would be when you had the button pushed, which would be just during starting. If it is wired to the switch it will

Re: [Liveaboard] A few more questions

2008-11-24 Thread Norm of Bandersnatch
See annotations in [brackets]. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek 30 07.695N 081 38.484W __ I agree with Arild. Use the factory schematic. I was surfing the web wrt alternators the other day and came across an article describing how to wire a 10SI Delco alternator. It

Re: [Liveaboard] Submarine Battery Discharges

2008-11-24 Thread SeaLubber7
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Re: [Liveaboard] Eau Gallie

2008-11-24 Thread 'bella
norm I generally simply ask to have a copy of the ordinance sent to me. If the law is on the books in fla, it is the law.. no matter how much we dislike it.. last time I checked, which was a few years back... horseless carriages were still required to have a person with a red lantern 50 feet

Re: [Liveaboard] VERO BEACH, FL mooring question.

2008-11-24 Thread Philip R. McGovern
Jim: We spent a night on a mooring ball at Vero about a week ago and I would second everything Ed said and add a suggestion that you call in a reservation fairly early in the day as they seem to be getting fairly crowded. When we arrived at about 4:00 p.m., they were nearly full and we saw a few