Dougcole
Guru
On the second to last day of our annual summer Bahamas trip last year I was feeling pretty smug as nothing on the boat had broken for the entire month long trip. I really felt like I was ahead of things as this is what I had done in the year or so prior to the trip:
Replace all electronics.
R/R exhaust elbows, both motors.
Replace FB strataglass and bimini
Cooling sysytem flush, motors and genset, raw and fresh.
Replace anchor
Full service dinghy OB
Repair all weak spots on dinghy tubes, add internal sealant
R/R duckbill valves on head.
increase holding tank vent size
Buy new watermaker
Sew new window covers
Had intercoolers serviced
R/R fan on deck fridge
Impellers
Rebuild Raw water pumps both engines
Have AC checked/serviced by a pro
Replaced some hoses and belts, as needed
Added big external Racor filter to dinghy
I had reason to be feeling pretty good, right? Our boat is a 2005, well maintained, and Mainships are pretty low maintenance. That's what I thought too. Boy, was I wrong.
On the way home our port fuel tank started leaking. Had to have it repaired ($1,500) could have been worse.
And since then these things have happened:
Dinghy tubes are leaking, again.
House Bank (4.5 years old) died. $500.
Controller on genset died (same day as the house bank, yay!) $1,000
Cooling fan on main fridge died. $20
Installed SOC monitor
Vacuum pump on head failed $500
Vacuum tank on head failed $400
Got a bad tank of fuel for the dinghy in the Bahamas but didn't know it before I poured what was left into the tank of my truck (I never store gas around as it goes bad) it fouled one of the injectors on my truck ($450) and ruined the high pressure pump on the dinghy motor ($600).
Exhaust hoses on main engines had to be replaced (I was expecting this) $500
Coupled with the fact that our business is having a bit of a down year, it's been a tough winter.
Replace all electronics.
R/R exhaust elbows, both motors.
Replace FB strataglass and bimini
Cooling sysytem flush, motors and genset, raw and fresh.
Replace anchor
Full service dinghy OB
Repair all weak spots on dinghy tubes, add internal sealant
R/R duckbill valves on head.
increase holding tank vent size
Buy new watermaker
Sew new window covers
Had intercoolers serviced
R/R fan on deck fridge
Impellers
Rebuild Raw water pumps both engines
Have AC checked/serviced by a pro
Replaced some hoses and belts, as needed
Added big external Racor filter to dinghy
I had reason to be feeling pretty good, right? Our boat is a 2005, well maintained, and Mainships are pretty low maintenance. That's what I thought too. Boy, was I wrong.
On the way home our port fuel tank started leaking. Had to have it repaired ($1,500) could have been worse.
And since then these things have happened:
Dinghy tubes are leaking, again.
House Bank (4.5 years old) died. $500.
Controller on genset died (same day as the house bank, yay!) $1,000
Cooling fan on main fridge died. $20
Installed SOC monitor
Vacuum pump on head failed $500
Vacuum tank on head failed $400
Got a bad tank of fuel for the dinghy in the Bahamas but didn't know it before I poured what was left into the tank of my truck (I never store gas around as it goes bad) it fouled one of the injectors on my truck ($450) and ruined the high pressure pump on the dinghy motor ($600).
Exhaust hoses on main engines had to be replaced (I was expecting this) $500
Coupled with the fact that our business is having a bit of a down year, it's been a tough winter.