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Great video of Powell. There are very few places that can be so serene and awesome at the same time, we have made 10+ trips to Powell over the years, last being in 2003 when the lake level was very low. Of all the places we have boated Powell is by a wide margin our favorite. I had to chuckle...

I have a 95 400ec that I have had for about 18 months. the boat handles really well, rides fantastic and is easy to dock. The boat seems to average about 17gph per running hour at fill ups, with 90% + of the time at cruise of 3050/3100 rpm... we don't idle cruise hardly anywhere. i have been...

If I am not mistaken the gen set poses different issues than dockside power, the " ground " that the power produced by the gen set seeks is the gen set itself. The generator is not connected in any way to " earth " as the power on the dock which is generated from a power station. There was a...

I almost hesitate to post this... I am going to rebuild both carbs this winter to hopefully eliminate my hard start issues .. On a second matter I have been tracking my fuel consumption of the boat, On my last couple fillings I have topped the tanks off and logged my hours and fuel used, The...

" Boating is strange. Yesterday I couldn't get the forward AC to work. Today it works. The question is why. Why today and not yesterday. However, I really like boating. So I will live with it. Joe" Being married is training for boating.... it is not a wonder why boats are traditionally...

I have changed the spark plugs on the outboard side of both engines before.... everything is easy after that! EXPRESSBOY

If in doubt... flush it out... close the thru hull in the engine room, disconnect the inlet for the cooling water at the forward ac unit itself, and fashion up a adapter to connect to a garden hose and very slowly crack on the hose and flush out the unit.. the issue will be if the hose comes...

Doug, This is great advise, just what I was looking for!. I have worked over many carbs and dont have any issue with a rebuild myself. The #1 fix looks like the first one to look at. As previously stated it starts fine if primed, and it runs great so it isn't a fuel pump issue. I will give...

Well... I do know it is a fuel issue ( starts immediately when primed with raw fuel dumped down the carb ) checking the fuel pump attached to the raw water pump is a good start.. The engines run great ( when they will both start ) I will look into the fuel pump EXPRESSBOY

I am trying to figure out why when the boat sits for more than a couple weeks my port engine refuses to start. It cranks fine ... but will not fire. The stbd. engine starts fine. If I prime the carb ( it is a 1995 carbed motor ) wit a bit of raw fuel the beast will start up just fine. If I...

Great to see pictures of NZ, we lived /based out of Gulf Harbour in 1993/1994 after we sailed across the Pacific. We hope to get back down there again in the future. NZ is a truly amazing and magical place. I have NEVER see a population so into boats as New Zealand! Keep posting those pics...

a few boats ago we had a Grand Banks 36, it had a flybridge with controls but no engine start button. I had the boat for a while and came to the conclusion that the idle was set too high... so I adjusted the idle down a few hundred rpm. I ran the boat this way for about a year until one day I...

Does anybody have a wiring diagram of their 400EC ?... I am trying to figure out a couple wiring issues and a schematic would sure help! Thanks All, EXPRESSBOY

Depending on use and area of use a air floor is a great boat... one of our dinks in a new air floor Zodiac. I do have it over powered... it's rated for a 10... I have a great 15hp yamaha 2 smoke and it fly's. If you boat in a area with sharp rocks or clam /oyster shells you need to be very...

The victoria Clipper has either v-12s or v-16's... I live about 4 miles away from the water and I can hear her running up Puget Sound in the evening... she sounds like a freight train climbing a grade.. One of the boats had a turbine to assist it up on "plane" but was removed because the it...

Re: Official 400EC thread best cruise/fuel burn Wow... that isnt anything like the way mine performs. Last week I had five adults on board, full water and fuel, enough beer and groceries to keep us happy for four days.. I had my 11'zodiac with my 15hp outboard on my swim platform davits...

Re: Official 400EC thread best cruise/fuel burn It has been interesting trying to get the sweet spot on the boat figured out.. part of the issue is where I boat there is a current that has to be figured into the equation.. and it isnt very consistant. sometimes 2.5kts, up to 8+kts depending...

what about the props?.. if one had a slightly different pitch or diameter it might throw the " in sync " sound off at the same rpm on the gauge as the props to be in sync would be at a different rpm ( thus throwing the tach's and sync gauge off).. Possibly a re size prior to your ownership...

So were you looking for a reason for your friends to call you " scooter" ?? EXPRESSBOY :smt043

Re: Official 400EC thread best cruise/fuel burn As we have had the 400 for less than a year I am trying to figure where the "sweet spot" is in relation to speed vs fuel burn... as I boat on a river with current my numbers are all over the place. So to those of you with a 400ec.. what do you...