What Did You Do To Your Boat This Week?

[northwest wind]

Make sure your vent lines run upward and then down before they exit the boat as that alone will stop splash water being sucked into tank

 

[Max123]

@Sharphooks - Just wanted to say - oof, that sucks - we hear you. Hopefully the repair addresses this issue. Just curious - did you have a separate fuel tank for the kicker or did it somehow tolerate the 'wet' fuel off the main?

 

[Sharphooks]

@Sharphooks - Just wanted to say - oof, that sucks - we hear you. Hopefully the repair addresses this issue. Just curious - did you have a separate fuel tank for the kicker or did it somehow tolerate the 'wet' fuel off the main?

Thanks for the support. Yes, I’ve always carried a separate 20L tank for the T25 kicker. I knew some day it would save my bacon. The main reason, though, is I can track fuel burn better in the summer….when running the T25 off the main tank, the fuel burn doesn’t get registered by the digital fuel gauges that are hooked up to the DF300’s…it’s a big back deck so that tank is easy to shove out of the way while fishing

 

[easydoesit]

Did a rather quick and easy job yesterday with good results. I sprayed the top 2 feet of my fabric covered bunks with silicone spray and let it dry while out for a test run. I was surprised how easily the boat came on and pulled it up too far. Simple fix, cheaper and easier than putting plastic runners on. Tip was from the web

 

[InterMechanico]

A couple of days ago, launching the boat to go fish for winter chinook, I suffered the indignity of breaking down——my pair of DF300’s ingested water all the way back to the VST’s. Had to have all the filters replaced, the injectors cleaned, and the VST’s drained.

I’ve been battling water ever since buying that boat.

This was a first for me—-losing power, looking immediately at the fuel water separator bowls to see if there was water in either of the bowls….saw none….limped back to shore on my T25 , drained both bowls just to make sure—-100% water in both bowls….no gas at all in either bowl!!!!!

So finally, knowing I should have done this two years ago, I towed the boat back to the manufacturer and they are going to completely replumb the fuel filler tubes and put them in a different location

Problem NO. 1—The charcoal fuel-overflow canisters mandated by the EPA get plugged up. When that happens, it builds up a considerable vacuum in both fuel tanks….any rain water (or saltwater from splash!!!) that gets near the two Perko gas caps gets immediately sucked into the tanks

Problem No. 2: the Perko gas caps sit on the walk-around strip outside the wheelhouse. They are on the end of that strip and sit at the bottom of a slope….any rainwater or wave splash is guaranteed to be funneled back and form a pool of water around both gas caps

You can imagine how much water there was in the tanks by the fact that both fuel water separators were plugged with water, one of them with only 20 hours of run time!

I’m dumping 250 L of gas, scrubbing out the tanks, and getting those charcoal canisters out of there….hopefully this summer, I won’t have to be constantly checking those plastic bowls as I did last summer!

Sunday AM—-Getting ready to board the ferry for the long drive back to the builder

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Those caps are not great. I had this exact situation the first winter after purchasing. I did not get far from the dock the first (and only) time it happened. Inlet marine fixed the issue right away and even replaced my tank of fuel

 

[TheHurtLocker]

Waxed, picked up from its service. Put all the gear and a tackle shop back in. Cleaned and remade battery connections. Dunk her in this weekend. Here we go 2025!

 

[N2013]

Waxed, picked up from its service. Put all the gear and a tackle shop back in. Cleaned and remade battery connections. Dunk her in this weekend. Here we go 2025!

What’s the purpose of the carpet?

 

[TheHurtLocker]

It actually gets rolled up and put away. I was drying it out. I put it on a little table at the dock and clean fish on it.

 

[leftcoast]

What’s the purpose of the carpet?

It’s his pee pad