Moving to Maryland

[rbcool]

Here you go Aaron!! I think it's waterfront!

http://www.weichert.com/39722830/

Ron

[alexander38]

I told that agent it was 6 1/2 car garage ....

[aweimer]

Funny.. Funny..

If i could afford that I would just buy a 100' boat and live on it instead. Lotto... maybe.. lol

Serious though, if anyone knows a good marina on the north end i'm all ears. Looking for something that has a pool for the kids.

I still need input on converting from raw water. I reached out to Orcamarine.com. Seems like full conversion (exhast manifolds too), is about $1000 for parts per engine. OUCH!...

Can I say, need some USED ones?

[prowlersfish]

Why not install a flushing system ? Lot cheaper . Your engines have been running raw water for years and will have some rust build up . so converting them at this time may not be the greatest Idea as far cost vs gain . As far as the V drives most have raw water running thru them with out issues even in a high salt area .

The Chesapeake bay has a lot to offer . A great place to have a boat .

a good site
http://www.chesapeakeboating.net/index.aspx I recommend there Magazine and guide to the bay .

[aweimer]

Good idea.

Anyone have a setup on theirs they can share?

I have an inline strainer, just after the strainer I could install a simple garden hose connection. Close the seacock, and away I go at a low RPM of course.

Interesting though, i bet this would work just fine.

[rbcool]

Google Nutra Salt

Ron

[alexander38]

here's thought or question....could a flushing system be installed using the fresh water system on the boat ? My thought on this is as we know the bigger the hassle is the more likely we'll blow it off after and then pay for it later...if the system is just turn a couple of valves and flush the more likely it'll get done every time...

[Skargo]

I have my slip in Havre de Grace at the city yacht basin. Very resonable for my F30 $1700 a year.
Nice bath house, big park, and the center for everything, 4th of July fireworks are shot off there, carnivals, seafood festival etc.
No pool though.

Around the corner is a very nice little marina with a pool that sticks out into the river. Sure it's pricey though.

http://pennsbeachmarina.com/

[Big D]

here's thought or question....could a flushing system be installed using the fresh water system on the boat ? My thought on this is as we know the bigger the hassle is the more likely we'll blow it off after and then pay for it later...if the system is just turn a couple of valves and flush the more likely it'll get done every time...

There are valves designed for this:
http://www.forespar.com/products/boat-m ... -out.shtml
I know there is a bronze version out there.

or
http://www.go2marine.com/product/93034F ... e-kit.html

or you can make your own with 3 ball valves and a "T" fitting.

[alexander38]

here's thought or question....could a flushing system be installed using the fresh water system on the boat ? My thought on this is as we know the bigger the hassle is the more likely we'll blow it off after and then pay for it later...if the system is just turn a couple of valves and flush the more likely it'll get done every time...

There are valves designed for this:
http://www.forespar.com/products/boat-m ... -out.shtml
I know there is a bronze version out there.

or
http://www.go2marine.com/product/93034F ... e-kit.html

or you can make your own with 3 ball valves and a "T" fitting.

that was my thought on it, just like a fresh and salt water head flushing system. Would be cheaper than a whole change over to a split cooling system. But I would get a back-flow valve plumb it in to the fresh water and put a main ball valve then use 3 ball valves in a manifold one going to each engine and then the fresh water pump/shore water could flush the engines. thoughts on that ideal ?

[Big D]

Sounds good Tony, which ever way you do it, you have the right idea. Here's some safety food for thought; off that manifold, or any similar setup, run an intake hose into the bilge with a ball valve. If you're out at sea and something really goes wrong where you're taking on a lot of water, your engines can act as the biggest bilge pumps on board while you head home.

[alexander38]

that's a crash handle / pump setup.. D lots of guys set that up down here, the off shore guys do it mostly from what I've seen. I thought about it. Maybe when I change hose's out next time.

[aweimer]

Thanks for all the input. Going to be a big move. Having the boat shipped is probably going to be the ticket, just looks like a REALLY long route via water.

Of course like my father said, just run the gassers dead getting there and put 2 new salt frendly engines in when i arrive and work that into the moving package with work.

Funny thought, but lots to think about.

On the water system, flushing valves make sense, just need to account for the genny too.

[alexander38]

run a flushing line to it too, just like the engines..3 valve manifold

[ready123]

Here's some safety food for thought; off that manifold, or any similar setup, run an intake hose into the bilge with a ball valve. If you're out at sea and something really goes wrong where you're taking on a lot of water, your engines can act as the biggest bilge pumps on board while you head home.

Engines biggest bilge pump, really? What size is that impeller? I think we are dealing with another boating myth here.....

Have you or anyone else done this and used it to any effect?

Interesting viewpoint by Don Casey in Feb/March 2012 BoatU.S. magazine on why not to do this... made sense to me that in fact it could make things worse not better and was certainly no comparison to a bilge pump.

http://www.boatus.com/magazine/2012/february/ask.asp
Under emergency pump question.