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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,742 mod
    It was great meeting @TonyG13 and his better half!  They came over by bicycle, and even brought a tin of Chicago popcorn and some Malort!  It's really cool meeting forum members on their home turf.  We picked their brains on fun stuff to do in Chicago.


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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,742 mod
    edited September 22
    It felt great to get the oil changed yesterday.  I changed oil and filters in two engines, two transmissions, and the generator.  Also collected oil samples that I will send for lab analysis.  The total was 27 gallons of Rotella T4.  It took 4 hours plus two Uber runs to Walmart for supplies.  Now we should be good to go until February-ish.  

    That Reverso oil change system makes it easy.  The hardest part was just moving all those heavy 5-gallon buckets of oil.  I should have taken pictures ... 27 gallons is a LOT of oil!  
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  • FormulabenFormulaben Confirm Email, Member Posts: 87 ✭✭
    LaRea said:
    That Reverso oil change system makes it easy.  
    I can't imagine doing any oil changes on the water, but especially multiple engines/transmissions with that much fluid without a Reverso or something similar. 

    It's so cool to see forum members meeting each other!
    2006 Fiesta Vee 270
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  • IanIan Member Posts: 2,854 ✭✭✭✭
    edited September 22
    I want to know how many times you changed the oils for 121 gallons…

    (Yeah, I read Diane’s blog!)

    Regards,

    Ian

    The Third “B”

    Secretary, Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

    https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,742 mod
    Hah, bit of a typo on the blog!  27 gallons total.  We were talking liters at one point in conversation with a couple from Canada.
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  • Liberty44140Liberty44140 Member Posts: 4,378 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sorry about the platform troubles but it sounds like you have a good plan. Too bad it wont just hold in place and can be fixed for the rest of the trip. Nice work on the oil changes, the Reverso really does make it a lot easier. I always get the 5 gallon buckets of T4 and indeed they are clunky and heavy but SO much easier than trying to deal with numerous 1 gallon jugs. That would be a mess! Glad the trip continues to go well!
    07' Cruisers 390 (Previous Rinker's: 06' 342EC & 01' 310FV)

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  • GrahamuGrahamu Member Posts: 880 ✭✭✭
    Grahamu said:
    Lake Michigan is 3" lower than this time last year and we had no problem clearing with antennas down on Oct 09/23, If rainfall is normal the level will continue dropping.

    Sorry that is wrong information, water level at that bridge is controlled. You can call Lockport Lock at 815-838-0536 for the latest clearance.

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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,742 mod
    The bigger picture is that I finally figured out how to connect the boat's N2K network (GPS, tanks, engine data etc.) to the wifi network and my laptop.  

    The laptop uses TimeZero nav software, which has cloud integration with the chartplotters.  I plan routes in TimeZero on the laptop, and they get mirrored over to the chartplotters within a couple seconds.  I had that part working a year ago, but I could never see the boat's position in TimeZero until today.  Now the laptop shows my position, track, anchor circle, and AIS tracks of nearby vessels. 

    Here's a screenshot.  The red vessel is me, anchored on the Tennessee River waiting for Kentucky Lock to finish a 10-hour repair job so I can lock up into Kentucky Lake.  The two blue AIS icons are 1000-foot barges who are also waiting.  



    The tow at the top left has an interesting temporary mooring.  They just bump the front barge into the river bank, and leave the engines in gear for however long it takes.  (The one at the bottom right is tied to a federal mooring cell.)
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  • IanIan Member Posts: 2,854 ✭✭✭✭
    Sure you have enough spare coiled there?

    Regards,

    Ian

    The Third “B”

    Secretary, Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

    https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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  • Aqua_AuraAqua_Aura Member Posts: 2,617 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My boats diesels don't leak 😁. Now my truck is a different story 😭 
    1997 Bayliner 3988
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