What did you do to your boat today

PickleRick

Put in a T before my thru hull discharge. so I can hook in my second macerator.  This will allow me to dump my holding tank into any r.v. pump out spot. I just run a garden hose into the bike and turn on hole pumps.  

PickleRick

Hole not bike.  My phone hates me.

LaRea

Today, on day 9 of a 10-day cruise, I ordered all the stuff that I will need to replace when I get home: 

$350, 2-burner induction cooktop (glass cracked when the microwave turntable fell out in heavy weather)

$125, cabin door latch (broke while holding the door closed in heavy weather)

$630, spark plug wires (13 years old, plus I noticed that two wires have chafing damage)

$20, past Commodore flag (shredded by wind because I always cruise 30+ mph)

So:  Fuel and slip fees, one kilobuck.  Wear-and-tear replacements, another kilobuck.  Ten days on the Chesapeake Bay, priceless!

Willhound

That must have been some heavy weather!

LaRea

I did actually have to slow down to 25 mph in the worst of it ... 4-5 feet of steep chop where the Potomac enters the Bay.  That place gets like a washing machine on the agitate cycle.  Had a lot of spray going up over the hardtop that day.  

Willhound

Wow! We get 5 or 6 foot rollers here sometimes but only during a bad storm when nobody would/should be out anyway. In reading accounts of Great Loopers the crossing of Chesapeake Bay is usually mentioned with great respect.

PickleRick

Ive slept though some chop, but 5 and 6 footers, even rollers would send me running for leeward protection.

LaRea

It was much worse than the forecast, but the wind was at our backs.  If we had been headed north into the wind, I would have stayed put for sure.  

Here's a little snippet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqgDss6knMo 

RiverRat232

LaRea said:

It was much worse than the forecast, but the wind was at our backs.  If we had been headed north into the wind, I would have stayed put for sure.  

Here's a little snippet.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqgDss6knMo

Have any longer snippets? 

Dream_Inn

Yep, we thought about heading home.  We stayed in our port because of the high winds.  It only takes one time of the microwave plate to learn to take it out every time.  Mine fell out on calm day, but had a huge wave from a big slow boat out of nowhere on my home river.  It comes put now every single time the boat moves.

LaRea

@Dream_Inn you learn in half the time it takes me.  I broke a turntable a few years ago, but it didn't break the cooktop that time. 

Longer clip ... we were still making pretty good speed at that point.  

https://youtu.be/Guz5Ii-axwM 

aero3113

I love days like that, my wife not so much. LoL! I like feeling the boat work through the water and it’s much more fulfilling to me than a calm day. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE calm days also!

YYZRC

I enjoy it for about half an hour. It is exhausting. Especially with swells where the motors work hard to crest the swell and then drop over the top and major cavitation... fun!!

LaRea

In the worst of it, I was having to work the throttles on almost every wave crest.  Power up to climb the wave, then cut power to reduce the hard landing.  At least I was only working the throttles ... the autopilot performed like a champ.  

It's either that, or go slow and endure it for hours.  

aero3113

When I was with the airshow team we would fly formation to and from shows. One flight I was on the pilot I was with asked if I wanted to fly (North American SNJ) I said sure! I figured I would just be using the flight controls, nope! I was constantly using the throttle to keep us in formation. After about 15 minutes I was getting worn out! Between throttle/flight controls and worried about clipping wings, I had enough!

YYZRC

Swells on Georgian Bay

https://youtu.be/ttt1eA05ZvQ

aero3113

The Great South Bay today

https://ring.com/share/925d6cc6-7384-44d8-8a8e-79e2a1dcef14

YYZRC

@aero3113 did you get your canvas fixed up?

aero3113

Not yet, still waiting on the snaps for the mooring cover. Luckily I’m still able to use it as is. I replaced all of the bungees that broke myself.

J3ff

You guys and your waves... all I've got is the sunset..had to get the boat out of the canal to check on the growth on the NON-painted drive.. so far so good, a month in and just a wipe down with a sponge every 2 weeks is working.. have a call with the mechanic on Monday to figure out what we're going to do about this alignment mess. Either he steps up and takes care of it (remember he was the last one to have the motor out) or I'll be buying some harbor freight stuff and parts.. there's a marina down here that charges 80 a day to keep it on your trailer in their yard and will let you DIY. Hoping to find something a little more reasonable but that's the option for now. 

04FV270riverrat

aero3113 said:

@04FV270riverrat , get some spectrum patch paste for the holes, it will look like original when done.

Is the bathroom “bone” color?

Willhound

04FV270riverrat said:

aero3113 said:

@04FV270riverrat , get some spectrum patch paste for the holes, it will look like original when done.

Is the bathroom “bone” color?

I beleive from past threads that it is. 

MiamiAG

J3ff said:

You guys and your waves... all I've got is the sunset..had to get the boat out of the canal to check on the growth on the NON-painted drive.. so far so good, a month in and just a wipe down with a sponge every 2 weeks is working.. have a call with the mechanic on Monday to figure out what we're going to do about this alignment mess. Either he steps up and takes care of it (remember he was the last one to have the motor out) or I'll be buying some harbor freight stuff and parts.. there's a marina down here that charges 80 a day to keep it on your trailer in their yard and will let you DIY. Hoping to find something a little more reasonable but that's the option for now. 

What marina, Jeff?

DanD2

I replaced this.....impellar on gen went kaput, I didnt notice it and the exhaust hose got hot and blew!!

aero3113

I’m surprised the generator didn’t shut down on its own?

YYZRC

aero3113 said:

I’m surprised the generator didn’t shut down on its own?

Genny only shuts down when you don’t want it to or when it wants you to needlessly throw parts at it!

aero3113

@DanD2 do you have a 5E or a 5ECD?

DanD2

I have a 5E. The newer ones might shut down but certainly not a 2005 vintage.

The darn thing got pretty hot! It doesn't seem like I did any damage.

When I started it today, I ran it for while then noticed there was steam coming from the coolant bottle. I shut it down, let it cool then opened opened up the manifold cap, started it and then filled with coolant.

I let it run for a while and then noticed the overflow bottle was full and coolant bubling and spilling out. I shut it down and about half hour later noticed that the coolant got sucked back into the exchanger. I had to leave so I'll follow up with it later.

Dream_Inn

You may have an airlock.  Being that it did draw coolant back in, that may have helped.  Those air locks can be fun to handle.

DanD2

@Dream_Inn , if I unscrew the plug on the top of the anti siphon tube, should water be coming out of there when the gen is running? I don't get any water out of there.

Update....Water is coming out of there now. Just did the airlock procedure with the screw on top of the exchanger.....we'll see what happens

Update....Ran the Gen for about 25 minutes and it didn't overheat so I should be all set now.