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That looks awesome. I wish the PO did not modify mine to add a slightly larger microwave or I would consider the same mod. The top lip of my opening was shaved to accomodate a higher micro. Great job.. jh

Re: ... Add a third On-Off switch for the house inconjunction with two ACR's. Use lead acid, they are cheap, very reliable, and to save money to implement the above suggestion. Combiners are not good as you lose 0.5-0.7 volts across them, and your 14.7 charging output will only be 14.0...

Three batteries and two battery switches is a bad set-up. At a minimum add a third battery switch (on-off) dedicated to the house load and two ACR's. Your batteries are likely toast if they were fully discharged. If you use the BEP system I suggest you would only have one bad battery in the...

Whatever you do don't make it permenant. I use the heck out of my micro at the dock and could foresee any buyer wanting the same. What are you going to power the freezer with. jh

Bob the 717-100A set-up will not let you use the motor starts for house loads. This leaves your fully redundant 100 mile out and only way home motors ready to go at a moments notice....jh

I can't see how you drop all three batteries in an offshore situation without switching being part, if not all to blame. If it has three battery switches, it is still a very unfriendly set-up and requires paralleling to charge the house during the run out and a switch to isolated mode when...

I just went through all this last season on my 1990. Rid yourself of the problematic battery switch set-up and go to a BEP 717-100A set-up. Much nicer and easier than using what was there, and completely idiot proof. My charger was from 2001, so I kept it, but I'd replace an old charger...

DONT MOUNT AN ENGINE TO IT. My brackets are corroded from this form the previous owner. Your suspicions are correct, you need a small margin not necessarily a full inch, but you need some. You should sand off the area around the motor mount before you mount the motor, then repaint. jh

I think 19's are tough to push on any boat that is in the base power range. Twisted, my marlin I'm running 17's with carbed 225's I can tach up to 6k which is running about 35knts. I cruise at 4200RPM at 25knts, 24gph, 1/2 fuel and water, 2 adults, 2 kids. jh

What's wrong with the trailer the boat is sitting on? I'd rebuild it the right way rather than buy a piece of junk new one. Do you plan to trailer the boat all the time or just winter store on it? jh

I'll be 32 this month. All my toys are paid for (Boat, Motorcycle, and car) I only hold a Mortgage and one of my wife's student loans, and neither is over 5.75% interest. When we built our house my wife almost convinced me to mortgage more than the 3x's annual guidline which worked out very...

Boxes will not even fit for the 24's (with my 8D) so I'm sure a box for the 8D is a definite no go. Its not so much the port/stbd dimension as it is the fore/aft dimension that prevents boxes. With the boxes I could not get the batteries in and out, I quickly returned the boxes and went to...

Whatever you go with, get away from a parallel 12V set. You'll need to verify if your charger can do a Gell charge profile if you go that route. jh

Stay with 24's for the start and go to a single 8D for the house. I'm not sure you could wedge two 31's in that space side by side. Go to trojan battery and check it out. You will get more capacity with the 8D anyway. The closer battery is an 8D in the photo below. I think you can see...

My marlin was around $1200-$1300 out the door done by my guy. We went sand blast since the soda guy was being a real PITA. Besides 18 years of paint, soda or sand is going to take time. My gel was very nicely preserved with sand. The blast was $330 total at my yard. All said and done this...

I had a Brand new 2006 venture for my Seaswirl and it was a POS. I never could get them to replace 6 month old brake lines that failed. Junk, pure, junk. Tie down garbage all over it. Why not have the boat moved by a mover and blocked, etc. It would save you the endless work that goes with...

Thats funny. My Marlin is/was GW's 28. Albeit the transom notch is not a real 2' detract for the later 300 model, it was still marketed as a 28 with beam of 10'-7". And you are right an extra 1' of beam marlin to chesapeake makes all the difference. The Tiara 3100 with 12' beam looks huge...

If I had to choose poly versus aluminum, I'd rather have poly. Never heard of one failing because of corrosion. jh

Check that plug wires are seated properly and none show any signs of leakage around the insulator. jh

Exactly plymouthgrady he said. I do try and do it before my engine cools though to keep salt deposits from forming. I'm in brackish so I'm not anal about flushing, but I try and do it often. I also use salt away about every 2 months through a mixer. Boatersworld has the salt away kit with...