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I am currently using a single group 31 starting battery for my 435hp 3208s on each engine. They are the HD Duracell version, slightly over 1000 cranking amps. My start panel allows for push button combining if needed. The port battery also serves as my gen start but I can auto connect to my...

My express I went through a similar exercise changing boat style years ago. When I lived up north, I had a Marine Trader Trade Winds 43 CPMY, Cummins powered. Served us well cruising the St. Croix and Mississippi Rivers. When I moved south to north Alabama, to the Tennessee River, I changed...

My switch is a push / pull on the dash, wired into the Floscan harness that plugs into the back of the gauge. Do a web search for "Floscan Series 9500/9600 Multifunction Instrument" to find the manual.

I have the same Floscan system on my Tiara. The reading in nautical miles per gallon when tied to GPS input. Normal installation has a switch to change from GPH to MPG.

Trade Winds 43' CPMY I owned the virtual same boat, 1990, with cockpit. The boat was purchased in Toronto and made its way under power, ultimately to St Paul, MN via Great Lakes and inland rivers. It was purchased in 2000 and sold in 2008. I had no issues with the mechanicals ... 6BTA 250...

Minnesota Marinas with lifts Having lived in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area for a number of years and boated on the Mississippi and St Croix Rivers, the best marinas to meet your need are on the St Croix River, a major tributary to the Mississippi. . It is the boarder water between Minnesota...

Accusync as an alternative I replaced my Glendinning synco on my 3208 Cats with the Accusync. It operated off the flywheel mag pickup. While the control cabling is much the same as Glendinning, not needing to have drive cables made the installation cleaner. A side benefit with the higher...

USCG stations The USCG has limited stations on the inland rivers. Alabama has one in Dauphin Island, Kentucky has one in Louisville, and Tennessee has none. While the USCG will investigate accidents per the required reporting and send the buoy tender for channel marking and buoy replacement...

6B to 6BT I did a little research into the differences between the 6B and 6BT Cummins. It has been a few years!! I have both the marine and construction Cummins parts catalogs. The parts are sequenced by the CPL #. The marine 6B is a CPL714 and the 6BT is CPL742. If not mentioned below...

In the early 90's there was a 10' Yamaha powered jet "boat" called Jet n Cat. You can google the name to see photos. They worked well but were ahead of their time. I had one of the 2 original Yamaha built units that were imported for market research. The design is heavy, 3 person capable, with...

I know your original question concerned cost. I had a similar situation on a prepurchase survey for a boat I was selling. The buyers surveyor found about 0.075" movement in the strut bearing and flagged it as needing replacement. I asked the buyer what the surveyor used as his criteria. I had a...

KVH sold Thanks to all for looking. System is sold. :)

I have a complete small dome KVH marine in motion TV tracking system that is just sitting in my storage garage. It is the newer system that only has a single coax connection for signal and control. It comes with its own 12V Direct TV sat box, all connection cables, dome and dome mount. The down...

You did not indicate what your time frame would be for going north. One item to consider is that beginning early September the TVA starts to draw down the reservoirs toward the winter pools. This may be as much as a 7 foot drop in water levels. Wheeler, where I am, drops 5 feet to low pool. The...