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Only on a boat does it seem suitable to discuss the toilet as we do, but a marine toilet is a complicated sanitation system where care must be taken to keep it in peak operation. Some of you may recall that we decided to replace our old Groco HF marine toilet with a Jabsco Lite [...]

Unfortunately it seems a rare instance when you purchase something these days that actually works. That is NOT the case with WinchSpares.com. All of Monomoy’s winches are Lewmar Wave Self Tailing. Lewmar has discontinued this line of winch, as most manufacturers tend to do with a product over time, and are now discontinuing parts. There [...]

A few things are new which we haven’t yet posted: 1) We painted all of our non-skid “Kingston Gray” with Interlux Brightside paint. A lot of taping, but it turned out really well. Here is a pic at the beginning. 2) We replaced our aging/failed refrigerator with a new Alder Barber ColdMachine cu100, which we [...]

We burn through a lot of amp hours with the electronics we have on the boat. Between the 1000w sonar, chartplotter, WiFi, autopilot, electric head, and lights, the amperage adds up. We carry around 700 amp hours of battery power aboard via 6 batteries, which means that about half is available for consumption. Of course [...]

Sandy Cheeks is our dinghy; a dinghy is like a car and is your transportation for necessary trips to shore, such as taking Pogo for her business, obtaining ice, just to walk the beach, etc. Our previous outboard is a 1971 Evinrude Sportwin 9.5hp 2-stroke. Overall it has done really well for us, but being [...]

The one thing Carol has missed about our previous boat is the electric toilet. A marine head has a special toilet, which is designed to maintain sanitation. A marine toilet is typically kept dry with water being pumped in before use; if a toilet kept water in it, then it would be subject to spilling [...]

Coming upon 14 wonderful years together with today marking our 10th wedding anniversary, we followed tradition when choosing an anniversary gift. Over the years we have no longer purchased individual gifts for each other, but rather have picked out something together that follows the traditional gift suggestion list and not the modern list. According to [...]

This morning Monomoy entered the water at about 8:30am CST. We are quite happy to have her back in the water and are looking forward to some gorgeous sailing weather this weekend! Here is the view off the bow while still up in the air. Backing away from the sling. Heading under the Bayou Chico [...]