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Indeed, IIRC my merc 150 charges at 45A @ 1000 rpm, with a max charge rate of 60A, merc specifically designed the alternator to do this in response to ‘testing the market’ to see what users wanted from an engine.

Generally you would have an 'Engine' battery and a 'House' battery, where the house battery runs all the ancillaries. There are lots of ways to do this, but the most common methods are ............... 1. Use a '1, 2, Both, Off' isolation switch ............ then it is up to you to manage the batteries by switching between them. The switch is designed as a make before break so there is never a battery disconnect until it is in the off position. I use this type of management on my boat as I prefer it's simplicity. 2. Use something like a 'Bluesea' add a battery kit, which adds some automation to the process often using a VSR (voltage Sensitive Relay) or a split charge diode ......... One thing you don't want to do it to connect the batteries in parallel ............... if one fails then the other will discharge into it and also fail.

True, it is a medium Vee hull, so yes you would need it very calm to maintain 33knts without being airborne ...............................

Err No .......... we use a 2.5" flounder spoon and gently row up river along the edge of the sandbanks 👍 .......... usually never bother until we have had the first ground frost.

The only thing I can add to that is all major navigation buoys will be AIS equipped in the near future ............... I guess it all comes down to personal preference and I decided that AIS would be more useful for my type of boating ................

This is my area right now (21:49hrs) .................... if I was to go out and switch on the boat electrics you would see my boat inland at the head of the river, and zooming in would put it on my driveway, the GPS position accuracy of AIS is impressive ................. Here is your patch right now (21:50hrs)

Just feck'in fry it, like normal people, with muchrooms, toms, and onions ............ I do all my fish that way .............

More, and more boats have it now Jon, It is compulsory on certain size commercials, but even a lot of the under 10 fleet have it now. Also most, if not, all charter boats have AIS. I often speak to the charters when we are within AIS range ................... OK, yes, you can turn off your ID transmission to remain silent, and some boats do this when they are on the fish ...............but not many.......... I can see all the AIS boat on the plotter and all I have to do is tap the screen to either send a DSC or setup a voice call ................. also, AIS does the maths to project their track and indicate a collision or risk warning (the target turns red) ............ I can also see their past track / speed, which is useful when looking at fishing boats To be very fair .......... I have had Rod/Line commercials call me during the summer months when they have been on the fish, which I found quite humbling ............. a downside is the CG tends to call you if a boat needs assistance nearby, but they always do that on DSC .............. however, asking me if I could tow a 55ft Princess is a bit of a big ask ! Also, RADAR is line of sight, but AIS can 'see' around headlands etc .................

The Rodman is a proper boat ............... I have done a lot of game fishing off Rodmans, especially in the Azores, Cape Verde, and Madeira .............. Psst ....... it needs a fly bridge !

I thought long and hard about it when my boat was built, and in the end decided that AIS was more useful and also I really didn't want a raydome cluttering up the A frame. Here, we just don't get a huge amount of Fog, we get thick mist, we get inshore radiation fog (clear once less than a mile out to sea), but that is about it. I have no reason to go out in fog, or to go out when fog is forecast, my angling is for pleasure, I don't do it for a living ! Also, the fog (visibility) forecast is pretty accurate, as fog only occurs under very defined weather conditions, so if you understand weather, then you understand the fog risk. I use this Class B+ transponder ................. https://buy.garmin.com/en-GB/GB/p/623924 On the A Frame I have an EchoMax EM230 passive Can reflector, which I have tested using the other boat and it gives off a massive target. Class B+ uses the same SOTDMA system as Class A, and has the same priority which ensures it will always transmit at its negotiated time slot. It transmits at 5W , which is double that of standard class B. Also, like Class A, the broadcasting of your ID is speed dependant .......... the faster you go, the more frequent your ID is sent. Nothing wrong with Radar, but I feel it is a bit redundant on a pure leisure boat ................. We have it on my mates Offshore 25 and I think I have used it in anger once.

So, if for any reason the exhaust gas senses the wrong Air / Gas mixture, then it shuts the boiler down ? ............ I guess this makes good sense to avoid carbon monoxide etc. Does a shutdown via this path automatically trigger a gas valve fault code ?

This has been giving me earworm all day ................

True, but it was reliable and easy to fix ........ plus. there are a lot of them still working.

They need to bring back simple things to fix, like the old Thorn Olympic 👍

Having spent many years as the lead system engineer responsible for Public Safety systems (Police, Ambo, etc) I still to this day find the resolution of subtle system faults quite interesting .......... some engineers are sad feckers 🤣🤣🤣

It will be interesting to know what the fault was when you get to the bottom of it 👍

My daughter had the same fault codes on her Vaillant boiler and that definitely was the gas valve which was replaced by BG ................ judging by the amount of faults she has had, it strikes me that Vaillant seem to suffer from some major reliability issues ? Gas valves ain't what they used to be ................ I have just had to change a German Mertik Maxitrol on my flush mount gas fire as the pilot became intermittent and the motor got very noisy ...............

Gas Valve 👍

A really small weather window of 3 hours this morning was worth a shot .............. however, this type of window is not without its risks, as the wind was set to gust to F5 at roughly 11:00am and the sea was also forecast to change at the same time, together with heavy rain ................. I would have preferred the weather yesterday afternoon, but that also coincided with low tide at the wrong time to make launching an impossibility on the slip I use, there is another slip 5 mins away that is all states of the tide, but parking is difficult .............. Launched at 1st light (07:45) this morning with Brother in law James as crew (very experienced and has a 36ft yacht), and the plan was to get out to a 9 mile wreck. The wind was stronger than forecast and the sea a little confused, but a steady 26knts soon had us on the wreck. This was more of a 'look see' exercise to see if the Bass had left the wreck, and had the winter Pollock taken up residence ? .................. well, point 1 is that the Bass were gone, and point 2 is the Pollock have not yet arrived in any numbers ................ the wreck was Pout city and between us, we had 9 Pout, all of about 2lb a piece, but they are still bloody Pout ! At about 11:00am the weather began to change as forecast, but it happened very quickly, and, as many of you know, once you are more than 5 or 6 miles from the shore the wind is more severe as you have lost the lee of the land ...................... we quickly packed up, and as we were getting thrown around a bit, I knocked it into gear and let the boat idle into the waves ....... The journey back was not actually too bad, Bluefin was happy at 18 - 20 knts into a very rough head sea, and I lowered the bow by using the Mercury Active Trim profiles to cut through the short waves .......... the active GPS controlled trim is an impressive bit of kit and I could see it altering the trim every now and again to keep the bow down. So, all in all, a pretty uneventful day, but nice to be back out on the water with a round trip of 22.5 Nm................. at the next opportunity I want to try a line of 20 mile wrecks that have held good cod in the past

Welcome Terry ..............

Not sure to be honest, but it could be that it needs to see a device ID, so give it a try ................... Sounds like you are just seeing the base map, which means that Homeport has not acknowledged the card, or it is ignoring it. Also, you could give Garmin customer service a call ............ they are very good and the wait times are usually minimal ................

Be aware that both will tend to 'slam' even in the most moderate of swells ................. but generally pretty safe boats .............

Kin'ell ................ https://news.sky.com/video/unmanned-speedboat-crashes-into-florida-dock-12102293

True, so very true ............... just like my crew ........ Grandson Kyle who is 14, but has been coming out on the boat since he was a toddler, started fishing properly at about 5, and could confidently helm the boat at 10 ................. When we are out, I would trust him with my life .........

Yes, but it is those sort of days at a young age that makes them a fisherman for life, and something that they will always remember ............. also dad is the hero 😉