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+ for Barnacle Buster I have the 4lh-ste series in a Mainship Sedan Bridge V-drive, and yes, most of the cost for the job you describe is due to the lack of accessibility. Mine are 25 years old, ~4000 hours, and run like a top. I periodically flush with BB, every 3-4 years, then have a...

I'm contemplating an upgrade to Lithium but will have to place them and the new inverter charger in a non-ventilated area under a sofa (existing setup is in the engine area). I'm thinking this would work as long as I have a fan drawing air out of the compartment, preferably a quiet 12v fan...

Sorry guys, I have never measured amperage used on the unit. It did however run fine on my failed experiment to utilize a Honda 2k generator instead of replacing our old diesel genset. The noise level is extremely quiet, basically the sound of air being blown by the fan. Our unit sits underneath...

We replaced the original 16k marineair unit in the salon of our 40' Mainship with a 12k Mabru unit and could not be more satisfied. The last two years in the Keys it has cooled as the larger Marinair never could, and a few weeks ago on a trip to Sebastian we used the heat function for the first...

Don't forget Sam's Sam's sell Penn agm's also, around $200 each for the 31's I believe.

We have done this trip both ways several times, pretty straightforward. Only caveat is a north west wind across the lake can build up a substantial sea at the Port Mayaca lock, east side of the lake. Friends entered the lock with a following swell which bounced them around, then the outside...

I spotted this yacht for sale and love the lines and the power plant, but don't know anything about them. Neither do two of my accomplished boating buddies. Anyone have knowledge of them? https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/2002/seahorse-45-3835938/

Had to post after reading about Quaker State As a youngster I remember having a conversation with a petroleum engineer as he filled his car at a discount gas station. He said if it burns, buy the cheapest thing available. If it lubricates, buy any name brand lubricate and never change brands...

We have been all over the Bahamas from Florida. Feel safer there than Biscayne Bay (Miami) with the exception of Nassau. There we stay at Nassau Harbor Club in order to pick up fresh groceries, and bribe the overnight security guard with milkshakes from the DQ across the street to keep an eye...

Phasor Generator I replaced an aging 9KW Kohler with a 4.5kw Phasor genset, Kubota powered. Wonderful unit, powers all I need, relatively quit at 1800 rpm operation. Agree with comments about avoiding high rpm units.

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Friends crossing to the Bahamas from Stuart were hailed by ? and told to change course. He didn't believe they were addressing him, so continued. A few moments later they called him by his boat name and told him to change course NOW. Never saw or heard anyone around except for the radio. Kinda...

1968 and my buddy and I are hitchhiking from Ft Gordon to Atlanta on a 3 day pass. Guy picks us up, says he is a petroleum engineer, so we talk oil and fuel for a bit. He pulls into a cut rate gas station and fills up. We question him on the wisdom of cut rate gas and oil. He says for fuel if it...

Yanmar additive Some Yanmars, like my 4lh-ste's, were designed with 44 cetane (the world standard), and will smoke and create some soot when run on US 40 Cetane standard diesel. I found 'Diesel Kleen' from Walmart helps a lot on mine.

Another vote for Diesel Klean I started using Diesel Klean years ago to solve a soot problem after long high speed runs. It worked great at almost eliminating the soot (fuel was $1/gallon then, I now run at hull speed). After further learning, I found that Diesel Klean also raised the cetane...

I have the same engines in my '97 mainship sedan bridge, and I've had to replace one solenoid twice. Yep, $185 is steep. If I was smarter, I could figure out how to use a $9.95 fomoco solenoid. Dan Passport

Trolling to the Bahamas I put a couple of rod holders in the gunwales of our 97' Mainship sedan bridge, and we generally troll to the Bahamas at 6.5 knots. It's not a fishing battle wagon by any stretch, but we have caught a lot of good eating tuna and dolphin (maui for you west coast types)...

Gen Replacement I went through the same situation last year, 9kw Kohler that needed a lot of work. I eneded up selling it cheap and replacing it with a phasor 4.5 kw, 1800 rpm Kubota powered unit, and I love it. Less than half the weight, considerably less real estate, quieter. Yep, it won't...

A patch of grass I actually constructed a wooden box the size of one piece of sod out of 1x4 PT lumber. Hardware cloth floor (spray paint with rustoleum to control rust) under filter cloth. Takes a day before she'll use it, but once she starts, it's used pretty regularly.

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Probably because my house bank is only 360 amp hours of capacity, my two year old duracell agm's need replacing. I've been limited to four GC2 batteries by the only location I have for house batteries, but there is a 6 volt deep cycle battery on Amazon, VMAXTANKS 6 volt 225 ah, that is...

Last year I replaced the 9kw Kohler on our 40' Mainship with a 4.5kw Phasor, and couldn't be happier. Much quieter, and less weight to haul around. It will run any three of the seven major devices, two a/c's, hwh, electric range, microwave, hairdryer, inverter/charger charging depleted batteries...

I have the same boat as yours in 40'. I originally replaced the Dominic 12k btu unit in the forepeak with a 12k Webasto FCF series. Way too much cooling, too little compressor time. So I swapped out the 16k btu Dominic in the salon with the 12k Webasto unit, and the 12 k outperformed the old...

I replaced our 9kw (way overkill) Kohler with a 4.5kw Phasor two years ago, and couldn't be happier. So nice to spend a summer night in Florida at anchor with A/C, and not have our neighbors giving us dirty looks. Quiet, strong, stingy on fuel. Two cylinder Kubota at 1800 rpm's, half the weight...

Marine Air replacement I replaced the original Marine Air units on our '97 Mainship a couple of years ago, and couldn't be more pleased. I replaced the 16K salon unit that couldn't cool the boat on a hot day with a 12K Webasto FCF unit that will freeze you out. I replaced the forepeak 12K unit...