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| Originally Posted by aeronautic1 Or mounting RACOR filters in such a position where you cannot lift the elements out of the canisters without tilting them at a 50 degree angle. Or mounting generator against a bulkhead so you can't get to the backside of the unit to change a raw water impeller. Or my favorite; installing the main induction valves under the main propulsion so you cannot get a purchase on the valve handle. Difficult battery locations, engine mounted oil filters outboard when a remote sender would make things cleaner. Yacht designers have no sense of what the word functionality is. It's more like 10 pounds of crap in a 5 pound bag with them. It takes an engineer qualified captain (I was an engineering officer in the US Coast Guard) to keep an eye on the details. It is not my intention to redesign the wheel, simply keep it in balance. |
You must be talking about a Benetti?