2000

I just got back from a delivery on a lovely Jason 35, and the ancient AutoHelm 2000 tiller pilot drive motor failed about half way down the Washington coast. With three of us to take alternating one hour helm watches it worked out OK. On the plus side we had the full moon, Venus, and a host of...

Anyone out there have any experience with the new NMEA 2000 wiring systems? Now that I've redone the deck on Pie-Rats, I want to eliminate the rat's nest (pun intended) of wiring behind the old DC panel, and eventually upgrade the electronics (Signet vintage 1985). I'm also putting in new...

I just saw a short video online about the luxury lifestyle of living aboard a yacht. And in it a broker said that there are only about 2000 over 30' sailboats sold each year in the US. I'm not sure what I would expect for that figure, but 2000 sure doesn't sound like a lot. No wonder...

I inherited a Lowrance GlobalMap 2000 with a C-Map reader and the cartridge adapter from the PO. What I don't have is a cartridge for Lake Michigan. Done a lot of Google'ing - seems the charts are no longer kept up to date for this unit - also I can't find out where to even buy an older...