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I am totally with you on that one, always outside and no hot that is too hot. :)

Good one! Could you please explain what exactly did you mean? You mean to add windows on the canvas so I can see through during bad weather? I have them on the stern side of canvas, I do agree that some more on sides would be better, but when I was planing the canvas for the first time I was...

Still excellent info from everyone. Boat is 30ft OAL, 27ft WL. We are healthy and fit, I agree that is something that also affects choices. Going each week to the storage, yes, that sounds like trouble, but good plan could help, although without washing machine it could be unavoidable...

So many good comments, info and experiences. I will not do it one by one, it would take too long. Many say that it is better to have separate shower in the head, why? In my case, it is not separate. I presume that it is about saving time because two people can do two "tasks" at the same time...

3rd time, 12 years, obviously demanding since not at once. Congrats!!! Now, when you have that conclusion that in that case it is less adventurous, would you still skip that step in the process if you could turn back, or you valuate it now as one reach experience which had to be done? Well, it...

What do we consider as liveaboard is what I want to discover here, in what sense we want it to be and what is acceptable to us. Where - on the river Danube in southeastern Europe. Definitively not selling everything and putting it on the boat. More like adventure, change of habits without...

Well, don't take this too serious, this is just thinking/dreaming out loud like no one is listening, because if you take it too serious, I know that all the reasons will be against it :rolleyes: and of course all reasons will be able to prove and the fact is that there is actually no one living...

I don't like being correct in this case, since my engine is V-504 and both engines (504 and 555), so as V-903 share the operation manual with that caution. I think, as I have said earlier, that if that is the case, it is a design flaw. I am curious if you have list of the costs with those 3k...

Whatever it turns out to be, it would be good to also know what was the cause of the problem. I am very interested what is actually the problem and what caused it. Since I have a similar engine to yours (V-504), only two simple things come to my mind how your engine could have been hydrolocked...

@CMS, it seems that I was editing the text while you were answering so did not see it at correct time, and my message turned out after yours which is not logical order. I do apologize for using protected acronym ACR, I did not checked it since there are many acronyms which mostly state...

What is the current which you call "full" - tripping(40A), holding(21A), maximum(100A)? Actually, high currents are present only during short periods. My alternator is 50A, but we all know how short that current will be present, if ever (if batteries are flat). My AC charger/inverter is also...

Well, I would not judge the Cyrix, it is being protected by the fuse as Victron predicted it and it has survived the transient before the fuse has burned, it was rather my choice to use lower current model and not to account the starter current, obviously I have overseen these transients during...

Well I do have a question about one case that I have with ACR. It is about transients. I am using ACR from Victron energy type Cyrix-i (100A countinous current max) on my boat (Cyrix measures voltages on both battery groups - house and start). I am using it only for charging between batteries...

Thank you Ski! I will contact the vendors.

Man, I was experimenting with many sealing variations around windows since I have three or four types of windows on the boat. With framed windows the most reliable and long term sealing of the frame to the boat has shown to be using the butyl tape, not always nice looking, although it can be...

Two valves even on my old type V-504 Cummins. Just to ask one more question when already speaking of coolant filter, is it necessary to use coolant filter with SCA when using new OAT antifreeze since I do have problem finding those filters with SCA in my country, but I can find the ones...

Yes, from tubes, BJTs, JFETs to MOSFETs and IGBTs, but this one in alternator is specific being magnetic control inside the generator where the power is being generated, you really control the source of power, not i.e. controlling the resistance of the conductor like in MOSFET conducting the...

Wow, you really had many interesting comments after I stopped reading the conversation. Good info from experience that I needed, thanks. Similar to my case, except that I will add solar panels and MTTP charger because of the compressor fridge which does empty house bank more than I want, but...

I confess the mistake in expression, when I said "your new boat", I meant "boat new to you", not brand new. Well, since the financial power of nautical society in my country, everybody do buy used smaller boats and repower with even smaller used engines, buying new is out of the question. How...

It is so easy (and fun, if you are engineer or simply technically inclined) to go through calculating how fast your boat is, how many GPH (LPH) engine/boat uses, etc, especially when everything else on the boat is "fixed" and there are no no new tasks currently. But, let's sum up some things...

Thank you all. I think that my case is similar to Ski's. Ski, do you have any problems with 13.8V being the dominant voltage, how long your batteries last? I use lead acid batteries for engine bank and AGM batteries for house bank, which are being paralleled together when charging (and at...

OK, here is the explanation and question. I am using an old alternator by Delco Remy 12V/50A without internal regulator and use an old external Motorcraft regulator. Everything works, but I have a small dilemma. When I just start the engine the voltage on the output is 14V and later when I...

You are right about the oil change - that it would not be emptied, therefore I have put it in very accessible location so when I change gearbox oil, I also disconnect cooler and empty it, too, not only the gearbox. Well you are right about the raw water, there is always some compromise, one...

Well, as we know, oil needs to be at least warm if not hot when extracting it from engine so it will become thinner and enable us extract almost all dirt with it. Of course, this means that we are going to run the engine prior to oil change. Then again, when you need to measure the oil level...

Since I was restoring/renovating my boat and repowering from twin gasolines to one diesel engine, I had to read BW gearbox installation manual many times before going into the process and this is my experience from reading and work done: 1. Cooler can be angled from horizontal to vertical...