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Hi Terry My boat sails in waters with a salinity between 1-2 %. And I log app. 40 hours on the engine this season. So therefore I will change the gear-oil every second year, but I will every year tap a small sample and check it for water (mis-colored oil). I will inspect the prop-seal and...

This week-end I finally found the time to winterize the engine. Unfortunately the temperature made the oil so thick that I coudn't pump it out with a vacuumpump through the oil-pin pipe. Furthermore I discovered that one of the batteries was dried out in 2 cells :-( The impeller was in good...

Hi Melida It sounds like You have it all in control :-) The Autumn in Denmark has so far been quite nice. This weekend with lots of sun and temp.'s around 10-14 degrees. I did around 40 hours this summer. Most of the time on in-shore freshwater lakes nearby my city. Here's a top speed limit on...

Hi Melida The summer in Denmark was awful.....lots of rain and strong wind. I haven't been sailing so much lately. And I have met a very sweet girl also, so now my time goes with her too ;-) Got the boat out of the water last week-end and after a quick bottom-wash (the boats bottom :-) and...

Thanks a lot for the information. The weather i Denmark is awful these weeks. Rain, wind and more rain. It seems to be one of the most rainful summers the last 150 years !! So much for global warming !! Next week I will get my boat back home to the inland seas, for celebrating our old...

Damn'd (sorry the french language :-) .......now I again get loggged out, before I have posted my (maybe too long) reply.:smt021 Is there a feature, where I can adjust the time before automatic logout hits me?

Melida: The water heater is placed in front of the engine room just to the port side of the cold water tank. Is it a 12V/220V converter You have in that place? (just to the right/front side of your batteries?) At 3500 rpm I'll guess the speed will be app. 27-29 knots (just a guess though)...

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Holy smoke, there ain't much room in that engine room.:grin: But nice pair of engines though. Melida: The "black box" is an air heater for the cabin. In denmark we have quite cold evenings and nights in autumn and spring, so its really "nice to have" :smt038 And as Terry says, the level in...

Hi Melida Thanks a lot for the offer, but 3.500 EURO sounds like a mistake? I will try again with some pictures: As You can see, there ain't much space between deck and engine top :) I will try again tomorrow to test the boat properly.

Hi Melida Yes, the pictures are gone... It worked well on my home computer last night, but now I can't see them either. My guess is, that I uploaded the pictures from my hardisk, instead of as a link to a public server. I will try again tomorrow :smt001 SS Propellers are very expensive. In...

Well, well,well......finally came some nice weater this tuesday (so far it has been bad weather with, rain, strong wind and heavy seas) all summer. I found out that I have C6 propellers on my boat !! No wonder it could'nt accelerate properly :-) I have the old B5 aluminium propellers from...

Hi Melida. Thanks for the quick og well described answer. Sorry I didn't mention, that I was educated as a marine engineer (for +25 years ago) and after examn worked with diesel engines (incl. 65.000 HP main engines) for 6 years , so I did know all the good things you mentioned :-) I am...

Hi guy's Have just bought (in june) a 275 Sundancer with a KAD300 diesel engine and DP-G drive. I have experienced some of the same problems as Melida, regarding very slow acceleration. The boat weight app. 3.000 kg + fuel, water equiment etc, in total app. 4.100 kg. Topspeed is 34 knots at...

Thanks a lot, Chuck and Hellman. I will combine your answers, and add the measured height of the spoiler to the given measurement :-)

I have a 260 Sundancer from 2003 It's called 275 due to the extended swimplatform. It's mounted with the original spoiler. Can anybody tell me the total height of the boat? (from keel to top-spoiler)

Where to store the foredeck cushions? I have just bought a 275 sundancer (a 260 with swim platform :-) In the cabin were 2 (big) cushions for placing on foredeck in case of sunshine bathing. But where do I store these cushions when not in use ? any suggestions?

Thanks a lot for the answers.:smt038 I have also concluded that Alpha is no-go, when we talk diesel due to the "torque". I will go looking for a suitable diesel package in the range 170-220 HP, so I know what to do as a winter-project :grin:.

I have been searching the net, and found a lot of diesels, but what I need to know, is which engines will fit in my little engine room in the existing front and rear engine mounts..

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