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Featured Post - Cooking Oysters

Attempting to duplicate Acme Oyster House Chargrilled Oysters

Since moving to Louisiana just north of New Orleans, we have come to appreciate some of the food in this part of the country.  One of those little gems is …

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Featured Post - Replacing Plumbing Part 2

Sailboat Plumbing Replacement Project (Part 3) – Running the lines and connecting fixtures

In today’s blog, we continue the 4 part series on replacing the plumbing in your boat.  The is part 3 of 4 and at the end of this part, most …

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Featured Post - Replacing Plumbing Part 2

Sailboat Plumbing Replacement Project (Part 2) – Removing the Old system

 This blog post is a continuation of our 4 part series on completely replacing the fresh water plumbing system in your boat. Welcome to installment #2.  When we left off on …

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Featured Post - Replacing Plumbing Part 1

Sailboat Plumbing Replacement Project (Part 1) – Planning the Project

This will be the first of a 4 part series on completely replacing the fresh water plumbing system in your boat.  If you have a boat that is over 20 …

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Blog-Post New Cabinet Floors

Making new Floor Panels (Great weather equals great progress)

During the Plumbing project on DreamChaser, we installed a water distribution manifold for all the plumbing lines and located it right under the cabinet floor panels in the upper salon/galley. …

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Freon Frenzy this week !!!!

Louisiana is HOT in the summer.  When the days get up to 104-105 degrees a few days in a row, our two 16K BTU air conditioners just have a tough …

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Gassing Battery and the Warning Signs of a potential Fire

I went down the companionway steps like so many times before, only this time something was a bit different.  There was this smell but I was not sure what it …

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Preparing the Dinghy for the Season

Before each season it is important to have a list of maintenance items that need to be done to prepare for it. We certainly have a list for Dream Chaser, …

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Cleaning the Air Filters on the Reverse Cycle Air Units

This reminder is available onfirmware version A24 or higher On DreamChaser we have 2 16,000 BTU air conditioners, one in the main lower salon and one in the rear stateroom.The …

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Hiss, then a river of water flowing below floor boards

That is never good ! I was working today in my little office in the V-berth and I heard a noise, not to loud, but a sort of Pffsstt sound. …

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