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I had the room on a previous boat, and was able to just pour the antifreeze directly into the strainer for our gennie. I would imagine that the flow through the funnel would be sufficient for the generator. My HVAC’s lose prime and are not self priming so that is why I use the cap with the hose...

Most pumps have motors that turn impellers that push the water through the pump housing. There is no reason to take a chance on damaging the pump motor (unlikely) or damaging the impeller (possible). Perhaps someone with more knowledge about raw water pumps for wash downs and HVAC can weigh in...

With the gennie, you can try using a funnel with a flexible hose to bend around the hoses above the thru hull. Have someone start it, and pour AF keeping the funnel somewhat full. A couple of gallons already opened should do it. Then vacuum out the strainer housing and if possible the hose to...

The Seaflush works well. I have used for six or seven years for my gennie and engines on two boats. Fast setup, and can safely winterize both in under 15 minutes. For the HVAC’s I use this. https://defender.com/en_us/trac-ecological-strainer-flushcap-adapter. In addition to this, I have a...

Getting closer! Will be great to see pics as it moves along. Thanks for posting it!

Here is a product from Victron that purports to protect the system in several ways. Anybody have one of these installed? https://www.victronenergy.com/upload/documents/Datasheet-BMS-12-200-EN.pdf

The basic tenet of a competent lithium install is to consider the entire system, as opposed to “just another battery type”. Common concepts that are agreed on by many knowledgeable writers on the subject are fairly consistent. Every set up is different, but these will apply to most...

This insurance issue has cropped up on the AGLCA forum, and Markel was specifically mentioned as having the requirements listed above. There were a couple of others mentioned as having stipulations about lithium but I don’t remember which ones.

I would suggest reading this guy’s articles on lithium. He covers all of the things you need to consider for a lithium install. There are several articles. I would start with the first one and go from there. His articles are thorough and easily understood. https://gilwellbear.wordpress.com/

David, There was a recent post on the AGLCA forum regarding Great Lakes. They were very positively reviewed by people who used them. At the same time, I would have to give heavy consideration to something on the West Coast. That would be a neat change up from the East coast travel you might be...

The tides shaft seals have a recommended useful life of 6 years, or did three years ago when I had them replaced on a boat I have since sold. The best course of action is to replace it. To do that, have the boat pulled, and then insure the shaft is checked for trueness, polished where the seal...

Welcome aboard David! You came to the right place to learn about the boats. My suggestion to determine whether a 38 or 43 is right for you would be to get on board both to compare. The Helmsman team can help with that. While I have a 38, I have also spent a significant amount of time on a 43...

That turned out great! Thank you for putting it together. Ordered today.

The doors FWT refers to are the side cockpit doors cut into the hull to allow access to a dock without going out to the swim platform. If you look closely at the cockpit on the attached picture of my boat you will see the port side access door cut into the hull.

I think you will really like the fridge up top. We certainly have. Very useful for drinks and overflow from the fridge downstairs. I like the layout and certainly something to be said for walk around decks. Really pretty lines on the boat, and the interior is really well thought out. Nice job!

There is a milestone! That is not a small rear end!

Congratulations! You will really enjoy it. Whenever you get a chance, please share pictures of the interior. With your boat being the first 38 Sedan, will be great to see the layout.

I like the style of the 38 Sedan. Color is perfect for it!

Ok, not quite the wild, but the lock operators at the Fort Loudon lock wished us well on their FB page. Beautiful day on the trip back down the river. The wild part is further south. We saw one thirty footer and a few fishing boats. Otherwise we had the river to ourselves. The fall colors were...

Congratulations! Will be an exciting November

Yep, it is worth the wait. You are on the downhill slope now. We really enjoyed the boat this summer. In Knoxville Tn at the upper reaches of the Tennessee River for a month finding out of the way fall colors from the water.

We elected to get an arch. We added a fridge and grill up top which worked out great. The fridge and grill are on the inside of the arch on the starboard side with the settee on the port side. The space between the two works really well. We would not have been able to do that without the arch...

A good read from Milltech Marine for AIS. https://www.milltechmarine.com/VHF-Antenna-The-most-important-factor-for-getting-AIS-to-work-well_b_32.html

It is more than likely either the cable or the antenna. First confirm that the antenna you have set up for AIS is a 162 MHz antenna. VHF antennas are 156 mhz and occasionally you will see one used for the other which greatly lessens reception. Are the two antennas separate from each other by at...

Thanks Don. I will order one for the FW system. I would rather avoid pink in the water tanks.