Recent content by Jonah

Hi all, After five years of living on the water, during which I owned my first two boats (both Gradys), my family and I have now moved closer to our extended families, which is unfortunately pretty far from water. I sold my 272 just before we moved, and am now boatless for the foreseeable...

Thanks everyone! Very helpful, as always. And yes, I WAS under the impression that the safety clamp would be useful when towing. Fortunately I have never towed this boat, so didn't actually make the mistake.

Hi everyone, Been a while since I posted here, but for the good reason of enjoying the boat lately. My starboard F225 has a slow oil leak at the rubber seal of one of the trim pistons. I initially misdiagnosed as a hydraulic steering leak, so the oil has now gotten quite low. It now trims...

2.5 months later ... I'll spare you all the sob story of how the poor quality of the local ramp prevented me from pulling my boat on two attempts, and how I was then passed around from marina to marina since no one wanted to bother hauling my boat for such a small job. (Keep in mind I'm...

Sweet. Thanks for sharing the pics.

I have the same on my '95. Works fine, though I rarely have reason to use it. I doubt that the freshwater pump would be able to support much else, unless your pump is newer or stronger than mine. Do you have the other standard items already, like the aft freshwater shower, cabin sink, and...

Enjoyed reading this, since (as mentioned in another thread) I am probably about to go through this myself. Will be eager to hear how things work out.

Yep, the Axopar 37 runs its AC system on large house batteries. No generator or shore power needed. Pretty cool!

Got it, thanks very much! A follow-up question: are there any setups in which the air conditioning system runs off of battery power? Even batteries with an inverter? I assume this is the case for some live-aboard boats, like sailboats? A friend recently told me that his new Axopar would run...

Yep, I guess that makes sense. But I was thinking that, if the AC unit sits in my cabin (as it does), why can't it be powered by the outboards? Is it that the outboards only generate enough power to re-charge the batteries, and not enough to run something like an air conditioning system?

Just curious ... Why is that when my car engine is running, it can power my car's air conditioning system, but my boat's outboards don't power my boat's air conditioning system? Is that true of most boats (and if so, why?), or just something peculiar about my boat?

Yea, it's only 10:00am and I already had to close the windows and turn on the AC ... But I will say that I envy those in FL, because everything is more complicated than it should be here in the Bahamas. Having lived previously on the Chesapeake Bay, I understand the struggle!

Nice work. I might need something like this soon, but what you've done is way above my skill level. I'm replying mainly so that I can 'watch' the thread and see what others say in reply.

Thanks again everyone. I'm in touch with a recommended local surveyor. Will have it looked into soon. I can't easily do the bounce-on-fins check without borrowing a trailer. And if I'm going to do that, I'll just go ahead and get it inspected.

Thanks seasick, The boat has always been in FL or Bahamas, so I don't think that freezing is a possibility. But yes, water seems surely to have been getting in. Will report again after inspection.