• Tortuga

    Posted on June 27th, 2011

    Written by Jacob

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    Marine Computer Selection for Our Trawler

    Story originally posted August 5,2002 Our initial system provided plenty of computing power to accomplish all of our navigation task.  However, we needed to have the genset running in order to provide 120 VAC to power it.  My goal with this project was to strip the internals from our current computer, build a new aluminum […]

  • Tortuga

    Posted on June 26th, 2011

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    Bahamas Cruise Part Two

    Time to get underway! Yippee, it’s our first venture out on the big boat and time to see some real blue water! So, after breakfast, we take off for destination, Little Harbor! We needed to time our journey in accordance with the tides, otherwise we would not have been able to get into our anchorage. Something I’m learning quickly.

  • Tortuga

    Posted on June 24th, 2011

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    Zimmerman Marine’s 20th Anniversary

    Steve Zimmerman and his staff practice a lost art – customer service! I had the greatest opportunity to be at the Zimmerman yard for the week leading up to their 20th anniversary.