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I used barnical buster to flush and clean the oil cooler. worked really well. I used a small pump and flushed for about an hour and a half.

It's not so much a matter of technical aptitude, but whether the systems are easy and intuitive to use. The more you have to look and...

Same here. Rain or spray while underway leaves worse water spots than washing the boat ever will, so I don't worry about it. If I'm...

man I feel like ex boat scum reading this thread am sure I never worried about water spots from washing my boat, ever

5-7 feet at 8 seconds should be safe even on the beam in that boat. With stabilisers I wouldn't expect any major comfort problems, but...

That makes more sense. So you have normal inverter loads and then a way to power the rest of the panel from the inverter if desired.

I am NOT and wish people would stop saying ti Don Lucas

If I were looking to carrying something that big and heavy, I'd be thinking many 60 footers are too small. You could tow it with much...

If you're thinking fuel tanks, a well built and installed aluminum tank that's kept dry (inside and out) should last a lot more than 20...

For our hard dinghy I bolted some fenders to the sides and added some padding at the top of the gunwale. That took care of the "banging...

Personally, I'm not a fan of a manual inverter switchover. I much prefer an inverter/charger with an internal transfer switch, so all...

One thing that comes to mind is the question of how you want to do your short term cruising and where. There are 2 basic ways to do it...

Personally I've taken to just using Autometer gauges on the boat. They're not marine gauges and they're more expensive than a lot of...

A simple, single diesel trawler would probably be desired here for low running costs, but they there isn't the same over-supply of them...

My biggest concern would be whether it's ethanol resistant in the long term. Even if you generally avoid ethanol I wouldn't want a...