We're have slips booked starting tomorrow on Martha's Vinyard and Nantucket. I've planned this vacation since February and it is sorely needed. We were planning to leave tomorrow.
We swapped the 290DA for the 330DA today. Everything went well. Love how it ate up everything we had on the 290 with an abundance of room left over. Love the way it barely budges when you step foot on it. Love the clean condition at delivery. Love the way it flattened the wakes of other boats that would jar the 290. Love the monster power and torque of the 496Mags. Reggie Fountain would be impressed. Love the service tech, Joe, who literally bled himself to fix:
1. The windlass that thought up was down
2. Reinstall the TV that thought analog was in so son can watch videos
3. THE HOSE THAT BURNT A HOLE THROUGH ITSELF AT THE STARBOARD MANIFOLD OF THE PORT ENGINE LEAKING GALLONS OF SALT WATER INTO THE BILGE
4. The Vessel View that decided to freeze the screen and take down all of my guages
I find it a good omen that this boat decided to blow the hose during the 30 minute trip from the dealer's marina to my marina, and not halfway to Nantucket.
Imagine my curiosity when all my guages went to zero and the Vessel View froze when all seemed normal otherwise at the helm. Then imagine my horror as I lifted the hatch to the soothing sound of a rainforest and seeing saltwater streaming from the bottom of the manifold. My first thought was that the gasket had blown and the trip was done. Upon further examination the water was coming out of the top of the hose that was nestled up tightly underneith the manifold. The hose had a crispy black hole melted right through it. Luckily, the water only leaked on everything below the manifold of the port engine. It did not spray out. It did not seem to be under much pressure. It was the hose that led to the SeaCore fresh water washout. I hosed it all down with fresh water after the hose was replaced.
BTW, I found only 2 screws and 2 nuts in the bilge.
On the punch list so far:
Replace the port trim indicator - No reading at the guage
Replace the fuel tank indicators - No reading at the guages
Replace the fuel line fitting at the generator - Someone stepped on it and bent it a little
Replace the analog TV with a digital unit
Fix the slow drip I noted coming from starboard bellows region.
The Vessel View going out is a mystery. May be related. May be coincidental. I remember a yellow triangle appearing in the top left of the vessel view indicating a warning just before it went down. I tried toggling to figure out what it meant when it froze and all the guages went to zero.
So, after 12 hours, the leak is fixed. The Vessel View and guages are back online. The windlass is wired correctly.
Time for bed. We cast off at 9.
We swapped the 290DA for the 330DA today. Everything went well. Love how it ate up everything we had on the 290 with an abundance of room left over. Love the way it barely budges when you step foot on it. Love the clean condition at delivery. Love the way it flattened the wakes of other boats that would jar the 290. Love the monster power and torque of the 496Mags. Reggie Fountain would be impressed. Love the service tech, Joe, who literally bled himself to fix:
1. The windlass that thought up was down
2. Reinstall the TV that thought analog was in so son can watch videos
3. THE HOSE THAT BURNT A HOLE THROUGH ITSELF AT THE STARBOARD MANIFOLD OF THE PORT ENGINE LEAKING GALLONS OF SALT WATER INTO THE BILGE
4. The Vessel View that decided to freeze the screen and take down all of my guages
I find it a good omen that this boat decided to blow the hose during the 30 minute trip from the dealer's marina to my marina, and not halfway to Nantucket.
Imagine my curiosity when all my guages went to zero and the Vessel View froze when all seemed normal otherwise at the helm. Then imagine my horror as I lifted the hatch to the soothing sound of a rainforest and seeing saltwater streaming from the bottom of the manifold. My first thought was that the gasket had blown and the trip was done. Upon further examination the water was coming out of the top of the hose that was nestled up tightly underneith the manifold. The hose had a crispy black hole melted right through it. Luckily, the water only leaked on everything below the manifold of the port engine. It did not spray out. It did not seem to be under much pressure. It was the hose that led to the SeaCore fresh water washout. I hosed it all down with fresh water after the hose was replaced.
BTW, I found only 2 screws and 2 nuts in the bilge.
On the punch list so far:
Replace the port trim indicator - No reading at the guage
Replace the fuel tank indicators - No reading at the guages
Replace the fuel line fitting at the generator - Someone stepped on it and bent it a little
Replace the analog TV with a digital unit
Fix the slow drip I noted coming from starboard bellows region.
The Vessel View going out is a mystery. May be related. May be coincidental. I remember a yellow triangle appearing in the top left of the vessel view indicating a warning just before it went down. I tried toggling to figure out what it meant when it froze and all the guages went to zero.
So, after 12 hours, the leak is fixed. The Vessel View and guages are back online. The windlass is wired correctly.
Time for bed. We cast off at 9.