What did you do to your boat today

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  • Dream_InnDream_Inn Member, Moderator Posts: 7,683 mod
    Great news Dan! 

    Dream 'Inn III -- 2008 400 Express

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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,786 mod
    Replaced my cooktop that got busted by an airborne microwave turntable.  A bargain at only $350 from Defender.


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  • WillhoundWillhound Member Posts: 4,212 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited 2020 21
    Ouch! @LaRea that reminds me. I had posted the idea earlier this year about using the child proof locks that are available to keep that door closed in the bumps. Yet I haven't done it yet. It just went to the top of the list.
    Edit: here it is. https://rinkerboats.vanillacommunities.com/discussion/11021/microwave-lock#latest
    "Knot Quite Shore" - 2000 FV270 (Sold)
    2018 Cherokee 39RL Land Yacht (Sorry...)
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,090 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @Willhound , I installed the child proof lock.

    2008 330EC
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  • Aqua_AuraAqua_Aura Member Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭✭✭
    aero3113 said:
    @Willhound , I installed the child proof lock.

    Of course you did. If anyone has an idea then just ask aero cause he already did it. 😁. Such as my coffee maker that will be here Sunday ☕
    1997 Bayliner 3988
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  • reneechris14reneechris14 Member Posts: 3,134 ✭✭✭✭✭
    not only has he already done it.
    Its documented,photographed and archived.
    Dude smart and talented 
    2005 Rinker FV342  Pawcatuck river,Ct
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  • Aqua_AuraAqua_Aura Member Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭✭✭
    reneechris14 said:
    not only has he already done it.
    Its documented,photographed and archived.
    Dude smart and talented 
    Indeed!!
    1997 Bayliner 3988
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,786 mod
    On my microwave, the door butts up to the coffee maker.  No way to use a child lock as shown above.  I'd love to hear suggestions for this.

    LG LCRM1240ST 12 cu ft Countertop Combination Microwave and
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,090 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks @Aqua_Aura and @reneechris14 appreciate the comments. Anything I do to the boat I try to document and take pics. It’s a great reference if I need to look back and have any questions.
    2008 330EC
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,090 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @LaRea , I think it might work if you install it right under the handle up top. Looks like there might be enough space.
    2008 330EC
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,090 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You’ll have to unlatch it to use the coffee maker also. 
    2008 330EC
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  • J3ffJ3ff Member Posts: 4,121 ✭✭✭✭✭
    MiamiAG said:
    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?
    Catamaran boat yard
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,786 mod
    Replaced spark plug wires on the starboard engine, and will do the port side tomorrow.  Did plugs while I was at it.  I had noticed the wires had some chafing damage.  On inspection, it was worse than I thought.  Here are a couple examples.  




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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,090 ✭✭✭✭✭
    WoW @LaRea , I’m sure she will appreciate the new wires!
    2008 330EC
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,786 mod
    edited 2020 22
    I guess 14 years is a pretty good life for a set of wires.  From the looks of it, 10 would have been better.  
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  • GMSLITHOGMSLITHO Member Posts: 1,590 ✭✭✭✭
    That looks dangerous 
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,786 mod
    What a difference!  As an easy way to measure the boat's overall health, I look at cruise speed MPG on the VesselView.  I remember getting over 0.8 MPG in the past.  Lately, I've been getting 0.72-0.76 MPG, and I never knew why.  Last night I was back up at 0.81.  That's an improvement of 9%, just from spark plug wires!  
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,161 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited 2020 23
    Spat a belt at 4500 rpm having some fun in a relatively narrow shallow water channel. Starboard motor so steering bye bye. That sucked. At least I had a spare on board. 



    It was a brand new belt a month ago so maybe it stretched and rubbed against another pulley?

    https://youtu.be/y--gGcAgev0
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,090 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @YYZRC , Didn’t you go with a Gates belt? Maybe that’s the issue? Strange for a new belt to fail so quickly...
    2008 330EC
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,161 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited 2020 23
    Yep I went with Gates. 

    I suspect it was too loose. 


    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • WillhoundWillhound Member Posts: 4,212 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How's the tensioner pulley? Bearing good?
    "Knot Quite Shore" - 2000 FV270 (Sold)
    2018 Cherokee 39RL Land Yacht (Sorry...)
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,161 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yep!
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,786 mod
    Replaced my 13-year-old anchor rode.  The splice from rope to chain was getting worn from too many trips through the windlass.  
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,161 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How many feet of chain did you go with?
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,786 mod
    60 feet of 5/16" chain and 220 feet of 5/8" 8-plait.  

    BTW a few years ago I upgraded from 30' of chain to 60', and it made a big improvement with how the anchor holds.  However, the 30' I added was actually the wrong size chain.  The links were 5/16" diameter, but slightly too long for my gypsy.  When bringing the anchor in for that final 30 feet, the gypsy would grab for two links, then the third link would jump.  It was really loud and annoying.

    Now I have 30' of 5/16" BBB and 30' of 5/16" G4, both of which fit my gypsy perfectly.  Very smooth and quiet.

    Bonus:  I stowed the other 30' of chain under the v-berth as ballast to help with balance.  Big difference!  Now I probably will not have to use trim tabs at all!  
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  • Aqua_AuraAqua_Aura Member Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just downloaded the manual for my windlass, need to check the gypsy and chain. It has trouble catching the chain and skips sometimes as I'm pulling the anchor.

    Got a new manual toilet pump assembly coming and TV so those will be my Monday and Tuesday projects before we take our boat trip Wednesday. 


    1997 Bayliner 3988
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,161 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My rode is fraying where it connects to the chain. Next year...
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • IanIan Member Posts: 2,878 ✭✭✭✭
    Anyone using the rode markers and what type? I hear various results with the tapes and I’m not sure they work well with 8 plait.

    Regards,

    Ian

    The Third “B”

    Secretary, Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

    https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,786 mod
    I use these, and they work fine in 8-plait.  I don't mark the chain, because I always put out the entire 60 feet of chain.

    Anchor Rode Marker Set
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