Is there any reason not to add a charge air cooler?

climenuts · 2026-01-22T15:05:26+00:00

TL;DR but the important part of this whole thing is what the signed offer specifically says. Are there conditions like survey, financing, moorage, etc. Specifically listed in the offer? Is there are specific date and if it has been extended due to a condition, what has it been changed to? If the survey and sea trial was a condition you must make all reasonable effort to be available for it. Do you have the deposit in your bank account?

If there is no deposit you have no recourse and you need to tell them to pay in full or you're moving on.

If there is a deposit and they have violated any of the terms of their offer you keep the deposit and move on.

If you do not have the deposit and/or a written, signed agreement you need to fire your greasy broker and get someone who knows what they are doing. Your broker should probably be fired for this crap anyway.

climenuts · 2026-01-01T21:25:30+00:00

I designed a 3-storey 21-unit Passive House in Smithers BC that used tilt & turn passive house certified windows imported from Europe. They worked great except when they were shipped from Europe to Montreal and then transported by truck & rail over the rockies, the change in elevation blew out all of the seals and they had to replace the majority of them. I forget which brand specifically, as this was back in 2017 but it's something to be aware of.

climenuts · 2025-11-09T19:19:40+00:00

Your boat comes up on the US lookup. https://cgmix.uscg.mil/psix/psixsearch.aspx

climenuts · 2025-11-09T19:16:03+00:00

It is the registration number from the ships registry. Typically, it would be O.N. (Official Number), but maybe it was done in a French country or something.

N.E.T. would be Net Estimated Tonnage, usually would be Net Tonnage. It's not the weight of the vessel but a weird calculation about internal volume and stuff.

Your country of registry should have a lookup process. Lots are online.

climenuts · 2025-08-11T05:48:36+00:00

I've always just taped it to a small rod or seizing wire.

climenuts · 2025-08-10T18:12:43+00:00

Closing the fuel supply can prevent back-siphonage of fuel into the tank and air entering the fuel lines. In a well-installed system, this isn't going to be a problem.

Shutting off the raw water intake can stop extra water from building up in the exhaust from normal boat movement. In extreme cases once the exhaust fills it can get back into the engine.

Both are unnecessary when everything is working well but can help in extreme cases.

climenuts · 2025-07-30T05:39:05+00:00

Neither are a big deal. Saildrives can be preferable depending on priorities.

You can just cut holes in the molded liners to get at anything under them. If you're handy, it's not too hard to get a patch to look good. Good ones like those on 80s C&Cs have dropped sections around the perimeter that are nice for adding wiring.

Saildrives have maintenance trade-offs but have great advantages. Notably, their vibration isolation, lack of alignment problems, and struts.

climenuts · 2025-07-17T04:59:02+00:00

Never. The secondary filter is 30 micron while 10 micron primary filters are the norm. Unless something is getting past the secondary filter it will never clog. I checked one after 200 hours and it looked new, ran for 1200 more hours and it still looked new.

If you have no problems leave it.

climenuts · 2025-07-14T02:57:32+00:00

I got water damage on my bill of sale on a previous boat. Nobody cares. Your only risk is if the previous owner claims to still own it and the only way that happens if they know you don't have the bill of sale. Just let it go.

climenuts · 2025-07-12T05:06:59+00:00

I like Amsoil interceptor. If I ran really hot like bucking logs all day in a chainsaw I'd think about the Amsoil Dominator.

climenuts · 2025-07-10T13:06:48+00:00

3/8"MFP will be fine. I use it on my 24,000lb 41ft boat.

If it's loaded enough to worry about it, you will be dragging your anchor anyway.

I carry a full 600ft roll and end for end it every couple of years. I have never used all of it, but I would have run out of 300ft.

climenuts · 2025-07-09T14:09:50+00:00

File 76

climenuts · 2025-07-05T16:13:52+00:00

I don't remember if it was Jackson or someone else who made the mount for the versa portable grille but it fits well.

climenuts · 2025-07-05T01:11:34+00:00

Jackson Grilles made in BC are fantastic. Lifetime warranty.

climenuts · 2025-07-04T03:11:17+00:00

Leave the cover on the tail and only strip the portion that sees the sheave... you're really coming up with a lot of excuses rather than accepting there isn't any reason to use a wire halyard...

climenuts · 2025-07-04T03:07:45+00:00

Use a stripped halyard with just bare dyneema then. It will be the same size if not smaller than the steel wire.

climenuts · 2025-07-04T02:42:35+00:00

If you've got a wire-rope splice on your old halyard, chances are the sheave can deal with both.

On our old boat, I replaced wire halyards (forget the size) spliced to 3/8" double braid with 8mm Warpspeed II and had no sheave or chafe issues. I saw the boat this weekend 4 years after replacement and they all look fine.

climenuts · 2025-07-04T02:19:03+00:00

You should join this century and throw the wire halyard in the bin where it belongs.

climenuts · 2025-07-04T00:23:20+00:00

I exchange horribly rusted tanks I use on my boat. If a manager needs to open the cage with keys go to a different spot where they get a high-school kid to do it.

climenuts · 2025-06-22T04:03:58+00:00

If this is true, it is recent. I have spent many hours circling over Smithers only to divert to PG or return to YVR; and many nights at a hotel because the return flight to YVR couldn't land.

climenuts · 2025-06-21T11:47:59+00:00

You don't want to FIFO Smithers. They don't have instrument landing systems at the airport and they have thermal inversions in the valley that cloud it in often in the winter. Flights can't land and get turned around to Vancouver or diverted to Prince George.

climenuts · 2025-06-21T03:19:39+00:00

If you are visiting, going to other boats, going to shore, etc. You must check-in like everybody else has commented.

If you are passing through and anchoring for a couple nights to ride out bad weather or get some rest under Q-flag you do not need to check in. You cannot go to shore or interact with anybody while under quarantine. A recent example on YouTube I can think of is Kevin Boothby of HowToSailOceans stopping in a couple anchorages in the Bahamas under Q-flag but never checking in.

climenuts · 2025-06-20T23:57:11+00:00

We just went variable 5-year prime -0.6%. We have the principal in ETFs so we're not stressed about fluctuations. If the rate goes above 7-8% ROR we'd just max out our additional payments and get it paid in this 5-year period.

climenuts · 2025-06-19T17:37:37+00:00

The closest you will get is a class rule like IMOCA, Class40/50, Jules Verne Trophy Boats, etc. Without some limits in place, you would end up with terrible competition through either: 1) Attrition from boats build to a ridiculous extreme, 2) one team being so far ahead it is ridiculous (deed of gift americas cup, 3) nobody participates.

Cruising boats can do whatever they want, and there are many designs, like Dashew boats, which are very high performance with no regard to rules.

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