- Feb 14, 2009
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- Boat Info
- '07 42SS Carver, full electronics array
'03 380DA, RL80C+, ST7001, Kohl 7.3,4kw o/array sold
- Engines
- 8.1S Crusader express drives
Thank you for your collective patience. I am making slow but measurable progress...in fact, my original estimate of 500 stupid questions is steadily whitling down. The combination of reading manuals and going through Chapman's is answering a number of questions. However, here are five from yesterday and today.
1. First, based on a manual I found, this should be a Raymarine 230 (even though it doesn't say so ANYWHERE I could find).
The plastic cabling to the handset is cracked in several places...although it appears operative. Raymarine offers a repair/replacement process for this model for about $250. Would you repair/replace? Ignore? Upgrade?
2. On the floor of the rear berth is a light.
It performs its primary purpose...it lights up. However, there is no lens on it. I would like to replace the lens, but have now looked at about 3000 Perko and Atwood lights without successfully identifying a replacement. Anyone know for sure?
3. My RL80C+ Chartplotter doesn't have my local map (boat was purchased on another lake originally). I sent Jim at BOE an email looking for the local map (Lake Allatoona) but when I pulled out the chip...it looked like someone has simply copied a card off a card reader.
(Sorry about the blur). So do I need to be looking for somebody in a marine electronics shop with a card copier, or ordering a new one from BOE? (Don't worry, he'll get business either way.) Do I sell the old one or keep it for posterity?
4. In the acquisition process, I did get dual Taylor fender holders that were not installed, however, somebody wanted the stainless hangar j-hook straps that fit over the upper bow rails (apparently 1.5") and instead mine came with smaller ones (apparently 1.25") and the smaller ones don't fit. I need four, and can't find a source other than Taylor...is that where you would go?
5. (From the wife) Is there a preferred bathroom cleaning solution? Given the biological degradation taking place in the holding tank, it may be possible that the wrong cleaner could kill the little enzymatic creatures breaking down the effluent and that some marine safe cleaning solution is preferred...are we overthinking this? Is something better than something else? We will not be macerating anytime soon.
Some passing observations...although it was nowhere in the manuals, hitting the "cool" button on the HVAC in the stateroom is something eight year old girls do. The area becomes considerably less comfortable at night when it is 30 degrees outside. Dockmates can be quite forgiving...even when you forget to take the cart BACK up the steps and leave it parked at your slip the entire flippin' night. Blue CapriSuns are not the drink of choice for curious button pushing eight year olds. The shower works remarkably well when the tank has sufficient water to operate it. When a fuse blows, it may prove effective to apply common sense (check the panel fuse) before proudly showing off your eidetic absorbtion of the entire wiring diagram and heading into the bilge...but that's just me.
1. First, based on a manual I found, this should be a Raymarine 230 (even though it doesn't say so ANYWHERE I could find).
The plastic cabling to the handset is cracked in several places...although it appears operative. Raymarine offers a repair/replacement process for this model for about $250. Would you repair/replace? Ignore? Upgrade?
2. On the floor of the rear berth is a light.
It performs its primary purpose...it lights up. However, there is no lens on it. I would like to replace the lens, but have now looked at about 3000 Perko and Atwood lights without successfully identifying a replacement. Anyone know for sure?
3. My RL80C+ Chartplotter doesn't have my local map (boat was purchased on another lake originally). I sent Jim at BOE an email looking for the local map (Lake Allatoona) but when I pulled out the chip...it looked like someone has simply copied a card off a card reader.
(Sorry about the blur). So do I need to be looking for somebody in a marine electronics shop with a card copier, or ordering a new one from BOE? (Don't worry, he'll get business either way.) Do I sell the old one or keep it for posterity?
4. In the acquisition process, I did get dual Taylor fender holders that were not installed, however, somebody wanted the stainless hangar j-hook straps that fit over the upper bow rails (apparently 1.5") and instead mine came with smaller ones (apparently 1.25") and the smaller ones don't fit. I need four, and can't find a source other than Taylor...is that where you would go?
5. (From the wife) Is there a preferred bathroom cleaning solution? Given the biological degradation taking place in the holding tank, it may be possible that the wrong cleaner could kill the little enzymatic creatures breaking down the effluent and that some marine safe cleaning solution is preferred...are we overthinking this? Is something better than something else? We will not be macerating anytime soon.
Some passing observations...although it was nowhere in the manuals, hitting the "cool" button on the HVAC in the stateroom is something eight year old girls do. The area becomes considerably less comfortable at night when it is 30 degrees outside. Dockmates can be quite forgiving...even when you forget to take the cart BACK up the steps and leave it parked at your slip the entire flippin' night. Blue CapriSuns are not the drink of choice for curious button pushing eight year olds. The shower works remarkably well when the tank has sufficient water to operate it. When a fuse blows, it may prove effective to apply common sense (check the panel fuse) before proudly showing off your eidetic absorbtion of the entire wiring diagram and heading into the bilge...but that's just me.
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