What did you do to your boat today

LaRea

@mbnarney - did that installer ever work in Venezuela? 

Whoever installed my radio down there did it by twisting the wires together and wrapping with a bit of electrical tape.  Somehow, it survived a 3000-mile, 5-month voyage from Venezuela to Virginia.  

Today was just a temporary install of the new radio.  I'll have to remake most of the wiring up in the bridge.  For example, the two big stereo amplifiers are connected to a battery under the helm.  The battery isn't secured to the deck, and the two big power cables that run up from the main panel are not protected by fuses at either end.    

The installer deserves a slap upside the head.  

mbnarney

Yikes it just goes to show that carpetbaggers work worldwide. I am now starting to understand why my nav lights flash on and off periodically. That's next

skennelly

Installed a new charger this past weekend.  A Sterling 1220.

johnny44

I ended up using 2 Sterling chargers. A 1240 for the engine room and a 1220 for the bow thruster/ windlass. They work great!

Formulaben

I guess that's the trendy thing to do...I'm installing the Sterling 1250 Friday morning.

skennelly

They are copies of the pronautic or pronautic are copies of Sterling.  But Sterling was $100 cheaper.

Liberty44140

 Yea I’ve noticed that the price difference on sterling is nice these days. When they first came up here the price difference was only 10% but it’s much more worth it now. I’m replacing my 50a and 20a chargers this winter and will likely go sterling. 

Neatsea

In past two weeks, replaced air conditioning (by others) and leaky Volvo power steering actuator (did that myself).

DanD2

YYZRC said:

You know you like to keep the bilge clean and you are running low on project ideas when…

I hope you have a way of stopping that from unraveling? That could eventually get caught up in your pulleys and make a mess.

YYZRC

It has a built in tensioner. 

Pat310

aero3113 said:

I washed the boat and looked over the engine bay today. Beginning of this season I replaced a leaking starboard distribution tube, today I found the port side now has a drip. Must’ve happened during our trip this past weekend. I should’ve just replaced them both at the same time, luckily I bought two. Anyone replace one in the water?

Actually I did mine in the water last week. Small stream of water out of lowest hose. I removed mounting bolts first then swapped the hoses and remounted. Minimal water.  A few gallons. Pump kept up no problem. 

aero3113

Thanks @Pat310 ! I’ll probably be replacing it next week.

Liberty44140

Pat310 said:

aero3113 said:

I washed the boat and looked over the engine bay today. Beginning of this season I replaced a leaking starboard distribution tube, today I found the port side now has a drip. Must’ve happened during our trip this past weekend. I should’ve just replaced them both at the same time, luckily I bought two. Anyone replace one in the water?

Actually I did mine in the water last week. Small stream of water out of lowest hose. I removed mounting bolts first then swapped the hoses and remounted. Minimal water.  A few gallons. Pump kept up no problem. 

Agree easy to do in the water. On my 342 they went within weeks of each other. Port first, stbd weeks later. Definitely best to do both when one starts to drip. These are made of nylon and just dry out over 10-12 hrs.

aero3113

I better stock up @Liberty44140 !! Only last 10-12 hrs??!! 😂

Liberty44140

Hahahahaha - yrs

mattie

Saw this crew just now.....lol

Distictive boat. Front windshield a giveaway.

mattie

@Liberty44140

mattie

These portable drink/phone holders are BTE.

Best Thing Ever

YYZRC

Classy!!

Ian

Pat310 said:

aero3113 said:

I washed the boat and looked over the engine bay today. Beginning of this season I replaced a leaking starboard distribution tube, today I found the port side now has a drip. Must’ve happened during our trip this past weekend. I should’ve just replaced them both at the same time, luckily I bought two. Anyone replace one in the water?

Actually I did mine in the water last week. Small stream of water out of lowest hose. I removed mounting bolts first then swapped the hoses and remounted. Minimal water.  A few gallons. Pump kept up no problem. 

I did mine a few years ago as it had cracked, I thought I was in for a flooding but very minimal and containable. Just loosen as much as you can first for a quick swap.

aero3113

Going to replace it tomorrow!

Liberty44140

mattie said:

@Liberty44140

Nice shots @mattie , thanks!!! Looks like you got us going from Sarnia bay marina over to port Huron to fuel up at Desmond’s. Had fun in Sarnia bay doing the wakeboard park! Currently in st Clair boat basin and headed down to Detroit YC here later this morning for a couple of nights. 

aero3113

Installed the distribution tube today. The initial rush of water coming in once removed was kinda concerning 😂. Once that passed, barley any water comes in. ⚓️

Ian

Yeah, got me too at first and was like the monkey trying to put the cork back into the elephant (for those who know that joke). Resigned to letting the bilge pump take it on, took the plug out and half a cup dribbled out! Phew!

LaRea

@Liberty44140 the board looks like fun, but how are you pulling a board 50 feet away from a marina full of boats?  

Liberty44140

LR, I’m being pulled by a motorized zip line, not a boat. And it’s Canada eh, we assume less regs. That dock has no electric service.

LaRea

Hilarious!  I've never heard of that!  Sounds like a blast.  

rasbury

I would like to get my starter in but dang...it's hot!

mbnarney

Got my GPS and radio rewired properly, was going to look at a couple of other items but like @rasbury says way too hot. I can only take a couple hours of this. Every afternoon a storm blows in anyway.

rasbury

I put my camper pck up to deal with the storms but at storage no way to run a fan. Conundrum.