Star0210
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- Joined
- May 7, 2016
- Messages
- 906
- Location
- US
- Vessel Name
- Sea Star
- Vessel Make
- 2004 Cruisers Yachts 50SS
Ok, not really....but it sure seemed like it to me from my newbie woman's perspective....lol
We closed on the boat Saturday morning and headed over to the boat with a carload of stuff. We walk on the boat and I said, hmmm it's a bit warm in here. So I turned the AC's up. We get everything unloaded and I start unpacking stuff. We play around for a while and then leave to go grab some lunch and when we get back its warmer in the boat than it was when we had first arrived. Hubby starts investigating and finds the coils in the back AC unit are frozen. Well that's just great. Turn it completely off. Hubby finds the filters and strainer baskets for both units and takes them off and they're nasty...like really nasty. So he cleans them real good. AC's are working a bit better...but first on the priority list is calling someone to come service the AC's and check freon.
So a little while later the lights start flickering. Ok what's the deal with that? About that time, some relatives stopped by to see the boat. Someone uses the bathroom and says the toilet won't flush. Hmmm ok what's up with that?
So relatives leave and we can get back to tinkering. Now none of the lights in the boat work and there's no water from the faucets and the toilet doesn't work.
Hubby goes to crank up the engines and only one will start. What's up with THAT?
About this time I start thinking what the hell did we do? There is no way I'm staying on this boat, it's hot and nothing works! We should have named her green acres!
Hubby talks to PO who is baffled. He has no clue why this is happening. Boat neighbor comes over and he's looking at stuff with hubby and they're trying this and that. Hell, at this point I just fixed a drink and went sit up with the neighbors under the tree.
We're connected to shore power so batteries should be charging. The thingy says they're charging. But apparently they are not. By now it's dark so you can't see anything inside or in the engine room because none of the lights work except one little table lamp I have. To use the bathroom or have running water hubby has to flip the switch that switches to the other batteries. Total pita.
At least it's cooling off in the boat now and after a few drinks I said ok we can stay on the boat.
Hubby wakes up super early and as soon as we have daylight he goes down in the engine room to check out the batteries and pulls the two out on the side that doesn't work. They're dead dead. First money spent is on two new matched batteries. Get those put in and all is right in the world again.
We took her out for our maiden voyage yesterday...just went up the river a bit and back but it ran great. Pretty sure we're gonna need some new props though.
Oh and there's a guy here from the Carribean restoring a boat for someone and he's going to redo our cockpit hatches to the engine room for us and a couple of other minor repairs where the PO had removed a ramp he had screwed in on the side leaving holes in the boat. These are things hubby is quite capable of doing himself but just doesn't have the time right now and felt they needed to be addressed pretty quickly.
Now mind you hubby wasn't concerned with any of this stuff...he knew it was just a matter of learning the systems and tracking down the problem. I, on the other hand, just thought we were doomed. Lol
Oh...and the brand new dinghy apparently has a leak and the motor won't start. Fun times!
Interesting first weekend on the boat. We're having a ball. Now back to reality for a few days before we see what else we need to spend money on...hahaha.
We closed on the boat Saturday morning and headed over to the boat with a carload of stuff. We walk on the boat and I said, hmmm it's a bit warm in here. So I turned the AC's up. We get everything unloaded and I start unpacking stuff. We play around for a while and then leave to go grab some lunch and when we get back its warmer in the boat than it was when we had first arrived. Hubby starts investigating and finds the coils in the back AC unit are frozen. Well that's just great. Turn it completely off. Hubby finds the filters and strainer baskets for both units and takes them off and they're nasty...like really nasty. So he cleans them real good. AC's are working a bit better...but first on the priority list is calling someone to come service the AC's and check freon.
So a little while later the lights start flickering. Ok what's the deal with that? About that time, some relatives stopped by to see the boat. Someone uses the bathroom and says the toilet won't flush. Hmmm ok what's up with that?
So relatives leave and we can get back to tinkering. Now none of the lights in the boat work and there's no water from the faucets and the toilet doesn't work.
Hubby goes to crank up the engines and only one will start. What's up with THAT?
About this time I start thinking what the hell did we do? There is no way I'm staying on this boat, it's hot and nothing works! We should have named her green acres!
Hubby talks to PO who is baffled. He has no clue why this is happening. Boat neighbor comes over and he's looking at stuff with hubby and they're trying this and that. Hell, at this point I just fixed a drink and went sit up with the neighbors under the tree.
We're connected to shore power so batteries should be charging. The thingy says they're charging. But apparently they are not. By now it's dark so you can't see anything inside or in the engine room because none of the lights work except one little table lamp I have. To use the bathroom or have running water hubby has to flip the switch that switches to the other batteries. Total pita.
At least it's cooling off in the boat now and after a few drinks I said ok we can stay on the boat.
Hubby wakes up super early and as soon as we have daylight he goes down in the engine room to check out the batteries and pulls the two out on the side that doesn't work. They're dead dead. First money spent is on two new matched batteries. Get those put in and all is right in the world again.
We took her out for our maiden voyage yesterday...just went up the river a bit and back but it ran great. Pretty sure we're gonna need some new props though.
Oh and there's a guy here from the Carribean restoring a boat for someone and he's going to redo our cockpit hatches to the engine room for us and a couple of other minor repairs where the PO had removed a ramp he had screwed in on the side leaving holes in the boat. These are things hubby is quite capable of doing himself but just doesn't have the time right now and felt they needed to be addressed pretty quickly.
Now mind you hubby wasn't concerned with any of this stuff...he knew it was just a matter of learning the systems and tracking down the problem. I, on the other hand, just thought we were doomed. Lol
Oh...and the brand new dinghy apparently has a leak and the motor won't start. Fun times!
Interesting first weekend on the boat. We're having a ball. Now back to reality for a few days before we see what else we need to spend money on...hahaha.
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