What Did You Do To Your Boat This Week?
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Rain City
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That's fantastic, it would make a great t-shirt.
searun
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Well, I finally got onto a project to improve on the Grady seal system where the canvas attaches to the top of the hard top. From factory the connection was never totally water or air tight, which allowed airflow and when it rained heavily water to get forced in under the top leading edge.
To solve the problem I found a 2.5 inch bathtub surround seal at Home Depot, and removed the original Grady mounting hardware that screws into the hardtop. Then added one layer of the tub surround, reattaching that along with the Grady hardware. Then sealed the top portion of the tub surround where it meets up with the hardtop using sikaflex. Finished the top seal by applying one more strip of the tub surround to cover the mounting screws and forming a secondary watertight seal with the hardtop roof, then a bead of sikaflex to finish the seal.
Looks good, and really provides an excellent seal. Posting for other Grady owners who have the same leaky issues in heavy rain conditions.
To solve the problem I found a 2.5 inch bathtub surround seal at Home Depot, and removed the original Grady mounting hardware that screws into the hardtop. Then added one layer of the tub surround, reattaching that along with the Grady hardware. Then sealed the top portion of the tub surround where it meets up with the hardtop using sikaflex. Finished the top seal by applying one more strip of the tub surround to cover the mounting screws and forming a secondary watertight seal with the hardtop roof, then a bead of sikaflex to finish the seal.
Looks good, and really provides an excellent seal. Posting for other Grady owners who have the same leaky issues in heavy rain conditions.
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salmonkiller01
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Great idea!
salmonkiller01
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Very comfy seats
searun
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And a cheap upgrade - I think a roll of the bath tub surround is something like $7, and a tube of sikaflex at $14 so all in $21 solution and some sweat equity.
A-a-Ron
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Well… turns out I’m not 100% happy with the prop
it’s decent but after a while now I think I’m overpropped a bit. Started a new thread for a possible swap if anyone is interested…
salmonkiller01
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Not sure where you are at but I have a rev 4 17p you can try if you are close to Nanaimo. Good stern lift with it and economy but I was under propped so I went to rev 4xp 20p. ( seapro have lower gear ratio)Well… turns out I’m not 100% happy with the prop
Started a new thread for a possible swap if anyone is interested…
A-a-Ron
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Might be worth a shot but I’m on the mainland. Thanks for the offer. If it’s ever practical I’ll give you a shout.
salmonkiller01
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Sounds good. I found the rev4 an in between for enertia and eco inertia. Talk to the guys at Bridgeview maybe they have loaners to test. Gets expensive fast buying props. I am on set #5 and satisfied.
Another good option is the mirage plus. Larger diameter than enertia but a little smaller than eco
A few on marketplace reasonably priced. They work well for stern lift and heavier boats
Aquaholic
Crew Member
Don’t you like the supposed improved cruising speed with a slight over prop on days like today when it’s so calm out?
A-a-Ron
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Yea it’s alright when it’s a bathtub out there and I can fly. Motor has always sounded the best at 4200-4400-ish RPM… it’s got that nice singing sound to it, but still not working too hard.
Problem is right now that means 34-36 knots, so it’s great if calm, but not so good at slower cruising. (ie 35-3600 RPM at 25-26 knots)
That mid range power especially when fighting the chop and/or when loaded, it doesn’t have nearly the response that it should. And if I cruise around there up to 3800, then the RPM’s fluctuate a bit at times, which is a symptom of “lugging”, a sign of over-propping. Oil pressure spikes a little and fluctuates when that happens too.
Aquaholic
Crew Member
I fully get it. We usually get this calm weather in winter, but in the summer when you’re climbing hills all the time, I know you would appreciate under propping a bit or perfect propping actually.
And here I always thought that you did the right thing by putting that huge motor on that boat. But it still comes down to the correct propeller.
A-a-Ron
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Without the power I’d be struggling more with it for sure, but I can tell it just isn’t right. The prop game is a fine art to get it dialled in.
ab1752
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Perhaps check with these guys, they seemed to know whats up albeit way down south: https://propgods.com/
Gallivanter
Crew Member
A beautiful work of art.
zurk
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welp...at least he picked the right time of the year to stage one of the usual foreign adventures. you know your presidentisl ratings are nosediving if you start invading other countries to improve em.
in the meantime, my canadian winter boating adventure continues.
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