It's generally not cost-effective to swap gas for diesel. It usually needs to include gears, shafts, genset, sometimes tanks... Outlier...
Circa 2005, I think the Raymarine AP course computer would be a SmartPilot, and the ST6000 was just the control head. If that's semi-correct,...
Probably not old gas in a D12. Certainly fuel filters might benefit from a change. But the haul it/clean it thing is indeed a thing. You do...
With the right combination of fittings and valves (Groco SSC, for example), flushing can be fairly simple. Snap on a freshwater hose, switch the...
Ummmm.... consult your AC manual? -Chris
Can you identify the windlass maker? Model? If so, have you asked the manufacturer? Or can you trace down the typical systems that boat maker...
Probably meant can't. -Chris
Nice boats, but.... for a liveaboard situation it'd probably drive me crazy (crazier) in about a month. Or maybe even two weeks. Imagine living...
It's a good example... but I can think back about all the stuff I had no clue about when I decided we needed a boat. And I can think of stuff I...
Several of us probably have no more of our own money... because we bought a boat... so helping somebody else spend theirs is our only option. -Chris
Coco seems a nice looking boat, interesting/maybe useful layout for a liveaboard. Haven't heard of that shipyard. European boat, imported here...
Some Ocean Yachts have a nickname; you might rummage around to learn more about that. Around here, marine diesel has been running less than road...
Often, new folks ask this kind of question from upstate Maine or Boston or some such... where winter temps would impact liveaboard things like...
Recent VF systems use a DC vacuum generator to create vacuum. Maybe yours does, too, but seems complicated by needing an AC-powered water supply?...
If all of your 4Ds are the same brand/type... so they all want the same charging profile... one approach could be a 3-bank charger for engines and...
We've had banks of Odyssey AGMs last at least 11 and 12 seasons, respectively. Former was replaced slightly early with 6Vs to increase capacity...
I've found tapered and straight threads in various products, and if threads on one piece don't match the other, stopping a leak there sometimes...
Don't know anything about the boat, but 1000 hours on decent Cats wouldn't make me worry much. I'd still do some research on the specific...
Why no marine survey? It's easy enough to arrange... Were it me, the "diesel mechanic" who checks the engines would be a Volvo specialist (in...
You might compare Freedom Lift... seems to me it would raise the dinghy higher than our GHS platform lift. And looks like a clean installation......
