What Did You Do To Your Boat This Week?
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zurk
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good eye.
there are vents on the floor of the deck which drain any water residue from the top deck to the ocean. they are protected by L shaped covers which redirect the water towards the stern. force of the waves was so much that the water forced its way in the reverse direction on those vents so as the deck slammed into the waves the jets of water would hit the ceiling. that is seawater residue from the jets hitting the ceiling. not much water - just like a spray from one of those misting sprayers. still shows the force of the waves.
Rain City
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zurk
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mixed bag.
the sterling DC to DC instead of going all victron was on me. i wanted auto balancing which victrons dont have.
the peplink was also on me. i shouldve gone with a cheap asus and kept a few as backups.
the shower was just a stupid design defect. almost all cats have rear showers though so i guess the market need is to blame.
the bilge pumps werent designed to handle 3ft of seawater sloshing about -almost all bilge pumps have less than 3ft of wiring before you have to splice in. so thats again a market issue.
engine wiring isnt designed to get seawater on it. thats on the manufacturer.
the trampolines didnt have eye splices going through the matting so thats likely cheap trampolines.
hydraulic i blame the shipyard because that was a installer issue - fortunately fixed before the trip.
canvas i asked them for fiberglass covers so i blame the sales guy for that one. maybe they couldnt fabricate them at all. ill fix that.
would i be better off in a lagoon at twice the price ? likely not. a condocat would have serious damage after a trip like that. ISO Category A - Ocean is for 23ft seas with 41-47kts of wind. I pretty much ran it in those conditions or maybe a little more and it held up. so no complaints about the boat design overall.
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Sailfish25
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kaelc
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Nice. Thanks for this
abl
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Scotty sells really good mountIng brackets for I pads
the force
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I had a couple random stalls at mid rpms this summer and then no start for 30 mins, followed by start and good running for days. Chatted with mechanic and replaced coil and the ignition sensor assembly in distributer, hopefully that does the trick.
Went for a nice end of season run on Sunday to circulate stabilized fuel. Fantastic weather.
Lake was dead quiet except for spill response crew running booms from a train derailment which resulted in multiple cars of jet A into the lake.
Changed the oils and put her to bed for the winter. Outboards on the next boat to extend boating into the shoulder season!
Went for a nice end of season run on Sunday to circulate stabilized fuel. Fantastic weather.
Lake was dead quiet except for spill response crew running booms from a train derailment which resulted in multiple cars of jet A into the lake.
Changed the oils and put her to bed for the winter. Outboards on the next boat to extend boating into the shoulder season!
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Dorman Point
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Speaking of international men of mystery…
Any visible fuel on the water? 80,000 liters lost into the lake and down the river to Vancouver. Scary the lack of response by the press. My backyard
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the force
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Yeah I just saw the updated volume, quite a large volume for sure.
No sign of it where I was, I launched at Tobiano and stayed downstream of there.
Sailfish25
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Yes please!
zurk
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the peplink. looks like corrosion shorted out the pins, set fire to the ethernet plugs.
lesson learnt. i go cheap, replace every year as a regular replacement cycle and for the ethernet i go optical fiber for long runs. didnt have long fiber optic armored cables last time - this time i put em on order. i'll replace all longer runs with armored fiber multimode OM3 links. gold plated terminals are no match for salt water.
lesson learnt. i go cheap, replace every year as a regular replacement cycle and for the ethernet i go optical fiber for long runs. didnt have long fiber optic armored cables last time - this time i put em on order. i'll replace all longer runs with armored fiber multimode OM3 links. gold plated terminals are no match for salt water.
kaelc
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Yikes in protected cabin too? My lowrance network seems to holding up about 8 years in.
Marley
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Cleaned up the boat from duck hunting but am not going to winterize as I am hoping to get some winter fishing in.
I am going to put in some transom wedges in the next week or two when I find time. I am going to need longer bolts (90 Merc). Where would be the best place to get them in Vancouver area?
I am going to put in some transom wedges in the next week or two when I find time. I am going to need longer bolts (90 Merc). Where would be the best place to get them in Vancouver area?
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