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Our longest leg was 240 miles, and we could have gone another 40. But that was with no working trim tabs, so the bow was riding way too high and we were throwing a huge wake. The tabs worked during sea trial, but stopped working sometime during the first day. I bet we'll pick up 2 knots (10%) when we get that sorted out.
Hope you get it all sorted quickly. I'm sure you're ready to have her 100% for the season.
Today I topped off the water in eight ginormous 8D batteries. It took almost six gallons. They were installed two years ago, and probably never touched since then. The battery box doubles as bench seating for working on the outboard side of the engine.
Regards,
Ian
The Third “B”
Secretary, Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club
https://www.rcyachtclub.com/
'05 Rinker 360 Fiesta Vee
I have a spreadsheet to track the survey findings, odd jobs, and upgrades.
Our mindset is that we are prepping the boat for long-distance cruising. For every important component, if I don't know its age, I replace it and save the old one as a spare if possible. I just replaced the fresh water pump, and I ordered a new air conditioner pump (it's $1000, but if it fails, it would make the boat unusable for 2-3 weeks).
I'm also replacing both of the toilets. They are nice Tecmar toilets with built-in macerators (not Vacuflush). However, one of them sometimes doesn't completely flush, and the controllers are starting to fail. Not taking any chances on them!
I'm also starting to plan the vessel monitoring system. It's a long list of stuff to monitor:
And yes, we have used the boat, and are totally loving it!
Yesterday after work, I was there for two hours replacing a blower for one of the bridge air conditioners. (It actually has seven air conditioners, not five!)
A drawback of the enclosed flybridge is that shouting just won't cut it for communicating with the crew. With the headsets, there's no shouting. It's normal conversational tones of voice. The only time I hear the Admiral cussing is when she wants me to hear it!
The headset covers one ear, leaving the other open to hear what goes on around you. The sound quality is great, and they will get loud enough for any situation.
Part of the master plan is to add a docking station in the cockpit, with throttle controls and a VHF mic. But even if I do that, we'll still need headsets for weighing anchor, locking, and so forth.
Never needed it on any boat I've ever had. Now it's a necessity.
Here's the new 230-volt pump that feeds raw water to the air conditioners. That was a 4-hour job that I started at 6:30 this morning. No more mechanical work for me today!
Funny moment yesterday. Went to pump out the almost-full holding tank. Very friendly kid running the pumpout. About 10 minutes in, he said "ummmm, how big is your tank? I've never had a pumpout take this long!"
Dream 'Inn III -- 2008 400 Express
I mean, it conveys the message without language. But it's a reeking pile of poo, complete with stink rays. Do I want that on my display?