Just By Chance - Winter Mods Update (lengthy)

Jacob · Feb 25, 2009

Thought it was time to provide an update on a few of our planned winter mods:

Triple Trumpet Boat Whistle:

Digital Timers for Battery Charger, Block heaters:

"Bag Alarms" on Exhaust Elbows (200 degrees F), which provide an early warning of anything problematic with engine cooling:

Fairly Lengthy Engine Room Tour, with New Lighting:

Forward Bulkhead:

Port Engine:

Starboard Engine:

View Towards Lazarette:

There should be no doubt the engine room in a 480 DB is crowded.

Next up; new carpet.

Four Suns · Feb 25, 2009

What brand/model watermaker did you put in? Have you had good luck with it?

You don't have a bow thruster?

Nehalennia · Feb 25, 2009

Crowded?
It's bigger than my house. I have engine bay envy.

Alex F · Feb 25, 2009

Jacob,

Thanks for the impressive tour, very cool. Water maker is very nice feature, which I'm sure helps a lot on the long trips. All you need is just fuel to keep going

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sprink56 · Feb 25, 2009

Beautiful work...you should be proud. Out of curiosity...what lens are you using? I just got a new Sigma 10-20 for my Nikon D80 so I'm guessing you shot these at about 10~12 MM?

Thanks for sharing.:thumbsup:

Uplate · Feb 25, 2009

Beautiful pics with the wide angle lens in the ER. Looks clean enough to have dinner down there. Well done.

wingless · Feb 25, 2009

Jacob said:

Moving in / out, correct?

None of that stuff bolted down? That is the tool box, rode bucket, compressor, batteries, totes and so on.

timinfla2 · Feb 25, 2009

I love those air horns - I need to change my mouse-fart factory setup.

Jacob · Feb 26, 2009

Four Suns said:
What brand/model watermaker did you put in? Have you had good luck with it?

You don't have a bow thruster?

Water Maker is a Village Marine - 600 GPD, with a remote panel in salon. Works great.

Thruster is a Wesmar 48 volt variable speed unit, retrofitted as a factory replacement. Batteries (4 x 12 volt AGM and 48 volt charger) are mounted in the bow, ahead of the common drain gray water box and behind the thruster.

Jacob · Feb 26, 2009

wingless said:
Moving in / out, correct?

None of that stuff bolted down? That is the tool box, rode bucket, compressor, batteries, totes and so on.

None of it has ever moved around even in 6 - 8 footers, partially due to the rubber floor covering. The batteries are actually strapped down.

Jacob · Feb 26, 2009

sprink56 said:
Beautiful work...you should be proud. Out of curiosity...what lens are you using? I just got a new Sigma 10-20 for my Nikon D80 so I'm guessing you shot these at about 10~12 MM?

Thanks for sharing.:thumbsup:

Actually, this stuff was shot with a Coolpix 5000, using a fisheye "filter" which does 180 degree circular images and it can be zoomed to produce full frame images at slightly less than 180 degree coverage.

Crazy35111 · Feb 26, 2009

Very Nice...Curious as to the new lighting...What did you end up putting in there?

CJ Martin · Feb 26, 2009

Very nice indeed...and very well labeled.

I can only dream of having a proper "engine room"...someday (but no time soon).

-CJ

osd9 · Feb 26, 2009

Very nice....

Is that JB Weld on that elbow in the 'bag alarm' photo?

Converse48 · Feb 26, 2009

Well done! Love the camera angles too. Never thought of a filter... those wide angle lenses are way too pricy just for ER pics:grin:.

How does the water taste from the water maker? If you don't drink it, what do you do for drinking water? What type of water do you boat in (brackish/salt/etc.)?

Jacob · Feb 26, 2009

osd9 said:
Very nice....

Is that JB Weld on that elbow in the 'bag alarm' photo?

It is indeed. I thought I would try JB Weld as the "easy" repair for a pinhole leak on the elbow. If that fails, then I will remove the elbow and have the hole welded.

Jacob · Feb 26, 2009

Crazy35111 said:
Very Nice...Curious as to the new lighting...What did you end up putting in there?

We used "marine style" armoured light fixtures with 13 watt (60 watt equiv) compact fluorescents from Home Depot.

Jacob · Feb 26, 2009

festivus44 said:
Well done! Love the camera angles too. Never thought of a filter... those wide angle lenses are way too pricy just for ER pics:grin:.

How does the water taste from the water maker? If you don't drink it, what do you do for drinking water? What type of water do you boat in (brackish/salt/etc.)?

We boat in salt water (Pacific). The water from the watermaker has no flavour whatsoever. According to the instrumentation, the product water runs about 120 ppm salt content.

Pseudomind · Feb 26, 2009

Jacob said:
Water Maker is a Village Marine - 600 GPD, with a remote panel in salon. Works great.

Thruster is a Wesmar 48 volt variable speed unit, retrofitted as a factory replacement. Batteries (4 x 12 volt AGM and 48 volt charger) are mounted in the bow, ahead of the common drain gray water box and behind the thruster.

I have never though of this before, but I am curios, you say 600GPD. So my question is this do you just use the stock water holding tank and only produce water to refill as you use the water? or do you also have another additional tank added?

Everything looks really sharp and clean.

:thumbsup:

Thanks

Jacob · Feb 26, 2009

Pseudomind said:
I have never though of this before, but I am curios, you say 600GPD. So my question is this do you just use the stock water holding tank and only produce water to refill as you use the water? or do you also have another additional tank added?

Everything looks really sharp and clean.

:thumbsup:

Thanks

We use the factory water tank at 160 gallons. When we are out in the boonies, we tend to run the watermaker whenever the genny is on.

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