On a boat like the carver, most of them run stern heavy and it would probably run faster and help it stay on plane by draining the cockpit first....
I don't know, Charlie Smith told me this when I had a 2007 MY surveyed a year ago by him with C 18's. He stated CAT is now recommending that if...
I was told CAT is now recommending aftercoolers be replaced every 7 years on C 18s and C32's, not sure on the validity of it, but was told by...
Sounds like you either had something metallic near the compass, some other form of electronic interfering with it, or the compass is starting to...
The ones I posted a link to are even sold at West Marine, but you can use them 90 degrees as well as horizontal with the handle.......can also tap...
I would think it would have shut down on an error code. You have to determine if it's a governor issue and the engine is running too many rpms...
No and NO. The larger seacocks generally tend to be harder to manipulate and should have longer handles. You can get a 1' or so piece of pipe...
Directly from Dometics website: Chilled Water Air Conditioning Ideal for vessels 70 ft. (21 m) and over, chillers installed in the engine room...
A 16k btu chilled water fan coil puts out 16k btu's of cooling capacity IF you have 46-48F degree chilled water AT the unit (that particular air...
You can still have a total failure with 2 chillers, circulating pump going bad, flow sensor on chillers going bad, leak in the chilled water line...
The air temperature coming out of the vents of a package unit or split unit is generally 34F-48F. Usually low 40's. The water temp for a chilled...
Yeah, of course I look for them. But, most of the boats I've been involved with only leak a little.....like adding 10 psi of water every 2-6...
A split should have only 2 connections (freon), At the air handler and at the compressor that are both braised and that's it. On a split system...
Also the Man's like a lot of fuel flow. I ran a 1 year old 52' Cabo express with 1550hp MANs and same deal would only reach about 2175 rpms. The...
Yeah, I'm aware of that. Beard recommends I think it's a 15% Glycol mixture, but have seen green, but either the blue/red/ or green is pretty...
A package unit is easy because you just hook up electric, the water lines and the controller and it's ready to go. Usually the new package units...
Get the wheels as clean as you can with a diver. What you're describing on the wheels could contribute to a 50-100 rpm loss. It's not uncommon...
What do you mean by shark skin on the wheels? Any growth on the wheels can cut rpms pretty quickly. What year is the boat, how many hours, how...
Don't forget in South Florida all of the chilled water lines should have 1" thick insulation around them, so that makes routing them a royal treat...
At 36 years old, I wouldn't spend a dime on the old units. The self contains do cool very well. I manage one yacht that has 6 of them, we...
