460 DA Owners Thread

Blown284 said:
How many of you have the little washer/dryer in your 460? Do you actually use yours? By looking at mine, I don’t think anyone has ever used it ever. I don’t plan to really use it —- looks too small and can’t imagine it can wash or dry much of anything.

Thoughts?
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We moved our 460 (yes... I need to update my profile a bit) from Chestertown, MD to Stuart, FL the first week of November. WE USE THE HECK OUTTA THAT THING! You can't do large loads but its nice to do all of your laundry before you leave and fly back to the snow with nothing but a backpack
 
Chasing Limes said:
We moved our 460 (yes... I need to update my profile a bit) from Chestertown, MD to Stuart, FL the first week of November. WE USE THE HECK OUTTA THAT THING! You can't do large loads but its nice to do all of your laundry before you leave and fly back to the snow with nothing but a backpack
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We haven't tried it yet but everyone else indicates that it's small and only real small loads. What about the dryer function? Work ok?
 
Blown284 said:
We haven't tried it yet but everyone else indicates that it's small and only real small loads. What about the dryer function? Work ok?
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The dryer takes forever if you overload it. Small loads is the key. My wife pulls sheets early and hangs them over the couch to let them "finish".
 
Blown284 said:
Ok thank you. It must be two bulbs then...? I have one out... the back one.
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I changed all of mine to LED's. Take photos as you take it apart (preferably before bloody mary's) and measure the bulb. It's a festoon bulb and if I had half a brain... I would remember the size.
 
Chasing Limes said:
We moved our 460 (yes... I need to update my profile a bit) from Chestertown, MD to Stuart, FL the first week of November. WE USE THE HECK OUTTA THAT THING! You can't do large loads but its nice to do all of your laundry before you leave and fly back to the snow with nothing but a backpack
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BTW, my wife and I are really wanting to run from Maryland to Florida. How long did it take you and did you run in the ocean or stay in the ICW?
 
Blown284 said:
We haven't tried it yet but everyone else indicates that it's small and only real small loads. What about the dryer function? Work ok?
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We also pulled out the water heater and installed a 7.5 Kw instant hot. The breaker and wire needed to be up-sized but my 10 year old can climb over the refrigerator and knows how to zip tie off a wire as she goes. Up-sized the breaker and we have unlimited hot water when we are tied to the dock!

That also gave us tons of room for a small dive compressor and some 1 liter tanks where the heater used to be... Just had to put 1.5 gpm aerators on the faucets and shower heads to slow the water down.
 
Chasing Limes said:
The dryer takes forever if you overload it. Small loads is the key. My wife pulls sheets early and hangs them over the couch to let them "finish".
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We use ours for under ware and towels. you are correct about the small loads. Seems like the dry cycle takes about two hours.

We call ours "the wrinkler", as in Honey, I'll just run these in the wrinkler'!
 
Chasing Limes said:
We moved our 460 (yes... I need to update my profile a bit) from Chestertown, MD to Stuart, FL the first week of November. WE USE THE HECK OUTTA THAT THING! You can't do large loads but its nice to do all of your laundry before you leave and fly back to the snow with nothing but a backpack
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I may have missed your thread on the move - did you run her down or truck her?
 
Blown284 said:
BTW, my wife and I are really wanting to run from Maryland to Florida. How long did it take you and did you run in the ocean or stay in the ICW?
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We left November 1, got there on the 6th. We left before 1st light each day and ran pretty much non stop. November is tough because of lack of daylight hours... but we had a BLAST. Had 3 experienced boaters, one a mechanic on board. That made it easier on me to not have to be at the helm all day every day.
 
Chasing Limes said:
Ran down the coast. 6 days. First 3 inside... Last 3 outside. It was glorious
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I can't wait to do the trip when I have a few weeks to enjoy the experience a bit more.
 

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Blown284 said:
How did she do? Average speed? You were fine in the ICW and didn't run aground like I hear most doing? LOL.
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We cruised anywhere from 18-22. Had one sporty day offshore that we pulled back to 16 to keep the beer from spilling. Cleaned the props once on the ICW near an inlet that shoaled in. Luckily it was incoming tide, pulled out of gear and walked inshore with the bow thruster.
 
Chasing Limes said:
We cruised anywhere from 18-22. Had one sporty day offshore that we pulled back to 16 to keep the beer from spilling. Cleaned the props once on the ICW near an inlet that shoaled in. Luckily it was incoming tide, pulled out of gear and walked inshore with the bow thruster.
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Got it. Nice boat and thanks for sharing. Wifey and I can't wait to do this but want to do it slow..... run the ICW and take a few weeks vs rushing.

What was your range? What engines? I have the Cummins 8.3 CE's (480's).
 
For what it's worth, I had a really cool chat about the Cummins block heaters from a surveyor I met in Stuart last week. Wait for it....

He said plug your block heaters in while the rig is in sunny south Florida. I respond.... "What in the actual ???"

He said the block heaters cook the humidity/moisture out of the air/oil in the blocks, and slows corrosion after the oil drains down out of everything into the pan. Block heaters save engines that sit for weeks at a time in humid climates.

So now I got that going for my electric bill down there...
 
Blown284 said:
ok thank you. I sent them a note and will see what they say back to me.
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Good luck. They are fairly busy but it's only a three week wait once you get your choices and template back to them. We templated this weekend....now if I can just get my wife to finalize her choices, I could get my order in the queue.....
 
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