I've got 9 of the top end Caframos on board Bojangles. I've probably replaced them all at least once since 2009, so not cheap. They are nice though, and when I had some issues with them, they FedEx'd half a dozen of them to me in Grenada at no cost to me, which was nice.
They've also improved the design since 2009, so the newer ones are more durable than before. Sound volume and current draw are negligible. Air flow is really good. I recommend. Cheers, Colin On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Wally Bryant <w...@wbryant.com> wrote: > Joe wrote: > >> So how would a West Marine in Cabo do? >> > > Not very well. I haven't been there since 2009, but back then the marina > charged $135US a night, and I understand that they're now charging just to > anchor on the little steep loose sand shelf. Cruisers don't hang out there. > Anyone who leaves a boat there for any length of time is the kind of > person for whom money is no object, and those folks tend to live elsewhere > and fly spare parts down when they do a bi-monthly fishing trip. I was > there in the early 80's before they built the marina and it was just a > little fishing village, and it was really cool, but now it's just like > Cancun. Drop a few thousand in a week and leave. Outside my budget. > > La Paz, in Baja, is still the best place to work on your boat. Lopez > Marine can get anything, but expect to pay Customs Duty and Tax, which will > make it cost 25 percent more than West Marine prices. > > I have twice shipped stuff down, and have used two different freight > forwarders in San Diego. The last time it was about 3000US worth of parts > and stuff, but the guy personally consolidated the boxes into two big > crates, personally escorted it across the border and walked it through > Customs, avoided duty charges on the items that qualified, and put it on a > trusted truck. It was worth the money, and a lot cheaper than renting a > truck and driving it 1000 miles to San Diego and back, paying for hotels > along the way. > > I'm going to have to do it again next year, since my anchor rode has been > dragged through the sand a few hundred times too many, and is doing its > best to become a pile of rust. You can't find good chain down here, and > shipping 250 feet of chain down from San Diego won't be easy. Maybe I'll > put a dozen fans on the list. I also need to get an hour meter for my > engine, because the meter on the tach quit. That's how I calculate fuel > reserves. It's always something. > > > Wal > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com >
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