Boat Forum / Electronics / July 2009

Hello recreational boaters,
I just uploaded my solar boat project. I will add a video with the details in a
week or so.
I hope this will help anyone looking to do the same.

I have a SL45 installed in a sailboat and it has worked perfectly up
until I took the boat into salt water. At sea it indicates 0.0 but
back in fresh water it starts up again and works normally. Obviously
there's a short to ground in the sender although I don't think it has

Curious if anyone can help me out with this. I've got a '95 Johnson
150HP, and yesterday when we were heading in we had a wire get crossed
in the battery well. We caught the problem pretty quickly, but not
before it blew the fuse inside the engine cover. The fuse looks to be

Has anyone seen any used AIS class A transponders for sale?  I do enough
off-shore sailing to want a class A instead of a class B.
-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

I have a 28 Lb thrust Minn Kota Powerdrive.  The motor that is used to
change direction appears to be bound up.  The motor that runs the prop
works just fine.  I am looking for a replacement that I would install
or someone that has access to the motor and would install it.  The

My Searay 180 Bowrider 3.0 Mercruiser blows the ignition circuit fus
when I put it into gear. With a new fuse, it starts right up but th
fuse blows again when put into gear.
What's the problem?

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