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Re: 2022 Chesapeake Rinkervous
I think it's worth bumping this up to be on anyone's radar. I'm getting very excited!! I think out of the next 17 days, I'll be spending 14 of them on the boat.
@hindleg I'll be in your area this coming weekend staying at Shipwright harbor (you'll be able to see 3 Rinkers on the T docks facing you). Swing by and say hello. I'll look for you when we take our walks down the docks at NHH.
Dream_Inn
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Re: What did you do to your boat today
I feel you @GMSLITHO. Just got in a week ago myself. What was thought to be a leaking bellows last fall, turned out to be a cracked transom assembly. But all good now, first ride of the year yesterday 😁
Pat310
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Re: Pic Of The Day
@Dream_Inn Not as nice as @J3ff but we get it here if the conditions are right. This is over by Moriches Inlet. The first time we cruised into the clear water we were shocked!
aero3113
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Little wed afternoon fun...
Re: What did you do to your boat today
Finally after three seasons of trying to figure out why the heck the bilge always had 2-4 gallons of water I did two things yesterday and one seems to have solved the problem.
First - and because I finally removed the genny so I can now have enough room in the engine room to get in and explore - I was able to finally get good access to the hot water heater and tighten the drain valve. It seemed tight, but I gave it a good hand crank just to be sure.
The other thing I discovered was the washdown pump was operating on the fresh water side so it was being constantly pressurized - even without the washdown pump switch being activated. So I closed the thru-hull for the washdown pump and switched the by-pass lever from fresh water (holding tank) to raw water (thru-hull). Basically isolating it from the fresh water side.
Wet vacuumed about 3 gallons out of the bilge and wiped everything down. Came back this morning and all was perfectly dry! I am now a very happy camper!
First - and because I finally removed the genny so I can now have enough room in the engine room to get in and explore - I was able to finally get good access to the hot water heater and tighten the drain valve. It seemed tight, but I gave it a good hand crank just to be sure.
The other thing I discovered was the washdown pump was operating on the fresh water side so it was being constantly pressurized - even without the washdown pump switch being activated. So I closed the thru-hull for the washdown pump and switched the by-pass lever from fresh water (holding tank) to raw water (thru-hull). Basically isolating it from the fresh water side.
Wet vacuumed about 3 gallons out of the bilge and wiped everything down. Came back this morning and all was perfectly dry! I am now a very happy camper!
TonyG13
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Re: Mercruiser alarm
Thanks for the feedback. The error code just quit appearing. My service guy plugged into the engine and there were no fault codes, so we're back on the water enjoying summer!
tbecker
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Re: A/C Question
So I played with the parameters this morning and definitely did not like the P-14 setting. Cabin felt too hot before the compressor and fan kicked back on.Liberty44140 said:Yours is working properly, the factory default setting is for the fan to always run with the compressor cycling as needed. As shown above you can change a setting to have the fan only run when the compressor runs. I’ll tell you though when we bought our first Rinker I felt the same and changed the setting and after 2 weekends changed it back to always on. We liked the constant air flow, white noise, etc
What I did do was reset the high and low fan limits (P-2 & P-3). Instead of the default high speed of 95 I set it to 70 so now it's not blowing like a hurricane 24/7. I've got a nice breeze constantly throughout the cabin - with a nice low white noise volume to drown outside annoyances - but still hear the TV, radio, etc.
Would not have been able to figure this out without everyone's input and help. Thanks!
TonyG13
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