Can you send me a message with your contact info? For now ours is running fine but it’s only a matter of time !
Running thru the RPM range is a must during survey including a brief time WOT to see what it turns. This a normal reasonable request. The boat...
It s up to the seller to present a boat that’s ready to be sea trialed once you have a contract. He can hire a diver to clean the bottom or do a...
At that HP they are pretty high strung but it all depends on how they ve been run. 2200 hours in almost 40 years is only 50 hours a year. That’s...
You should talk to a chandlery or yard familiar with wooden hulls. West marine has become little more than shirt and shoe store /)
If the screen goes black then it’s not fire suppression on ours, the helm displays have no impact on the engine. I had a display fail last...
It’s always to judge without knowing the year model and engine model but I’d place sea ray above benetteau quality wise. for short distance...
Well open the cap and see what in there. Use a stick of near empty. The smell alone should give you a clue.
lol. Good point. :).
I ve never run one but I ve been or looked closely at a number of Benetteau power boats and I ve never been impressed. I remember stepping on one...
In a fiberglass bottom I would fiberglass the hole with cloth overlapping. That would work in wood too but there may be other ways more...
The Hatt should be painted and if properly cared for it should have many years left. The Viking of gel coat must be needing a paint job. 465 hp...
What size boat are we talking about?
At hull speed, about 8- 8.5 kts on a 40/45 footer you re going to burn 8-8.5 gph. My 53 Hatteras burns about 9 gph at 9kts hull speed (longer...
Magnums are pretty good and last time I checked made in the USA no by the chicoms like xantrex while having a good inverter is helpful, they...
You re talking carrying capacity on a recreational vessel which is pretty much calculated based on beam, length and freeboard. I was referring...
Violating a captain of the port order is never a good idea… that’s where the big fines and jail time come in that said I alway laugh when I read...
They may look like they’re in series but I m sure that if you pull the fixtures you ll find connections in the ceiling powering each light How...
Don’t forget the fire suppressing system too. On ours, the signal is sent from the fire system relay box to the MTU control boxes at the helm....
I would get a second opinion from the seal manufacturer about the hose type. how much is it leaking?
