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Is this a Chinese Company? I recommend buying brand names that you or others know and use. I've seen too many 316 stainless fittings corrode nd rust. Maybe the stuff is good but I wouldn't be first to try.

Single e\motor? I think a 30 inch is the norm, twins get 25s.

They probably come loose because they were working and getting smaller:) The nearest part for the tab zinc is the tab itself and the nearest area to the metal of the tab is the underside of the zinc.

To a great extent, the corrosion of the tank depends on how wet or dry for that mater, the tank coffin is. Grady recommends that the tank be rinsed periodically to remove salts but that is easy to say but can be hard to do. In many cases the corrosion is worse on the underside of the tank which...

I supposed that you might have mentioned earlier that the motor has recently been serviced :) In addition the fact that it was recently serviced and tested for compression would have been helpful. I read you post as meaning that the boat and motor had sat for years with no service.

What does it mean to say :the motors checked out?) At a minimum, you should do a compression test. More importantly than the hours is when those hours were accumulated. For example, if the boat was used for 10 hours a year, I wouldn't be as concerned compared to the case where the boat has sat...

Look in the bilge aft through the pie plates. Look for sea cocks with levers. At a minimum you would have one but more likely two. Depending on how the boat was rigged, you might have three if the boat has a toilet with overboard discharge plumbing. If so, the hose connected to that seacock for...

I got a pop up ad this morning. Should I have?

Got it.. Let us know what you find.

I read the manual and the transfer function is built-in to the inverter and is automatic, So no manual transfer switch. The AC Input light on the control panel should be lit when shore power connected and off when there is no shore power. In order for the unit to invert, the inverter switch...

Welcome to the forum and best wishes for your SKOKUM

The Seakeeper Ride kicks in at 10 MPH so it does nothing when rolling but not moving forward faster than 10 MPH. There are other advantages to the system though. In addition to lessening rolling, it can also adjust trim when networked with the motor network. That can help keep the bow up or down...

Are you referring to the Trim caps that cover the screw heads? If so, look at PRO-DEC.com for the biggest selection

I had a similar issue with a previous boat. In that instance I had to enlarge the holes in the fiberglass side panels. That was a pain in the neck, dusty job. I used down cut jig saw blades to reduce chipping. That did reduce chipping but the fiberglass ate up the blades quickly

I think there should be a breaker somewhere that selects the AC voltage source to be from either the gen set or the inverter. Just a guess. Secondly, I would expect the unit to be relatively close to the battery bank to limit cable lengths for the charging function

Actually it doesn't look all that bad for a 24 year old hull. There are stress cracks, mostly where one would expect to see them with the possible exception of the crack at the top of the stringer on the right side of the first picture. I would do a tapping test all over the transom to listen...

The answer is the same: It all depends on the bank or whatever loan agent is used. Why do you care whether the buyer can get a loan? If he or she can't, find another buyer.

Whether a lender will issue a loan to a buyer on a boat doesn't have anything to do with a current load owed by the seller. The buyers credit history and finances will be a much bigger factor than the boat's age.

And I though it was me:)