I looked at this back when I bought my boat and needed to get it from San Diego to Alaska. The trip up the west coast is known for big seas and...
Thanks Lew. Great info, much appreciated. Do you have brushes on your shafts? I do have galvanic isolators. I went back and looked at the photos...
I’m debating if I should keep putting zincs on my shafts or not. At some point, we ended up putting two zincs per shaft. I think this was because...
I put a Maxwell 24v vertical on mine 12 years ago. After they resolved an initial problem with the chain/rope wheel it has been great since. I...
I'm very curious how the bad regulator lead to lack of hot water? Can you elaborate please? Thanks!
I can see why a stern thruster would be much easier in your situation. Whereas splitting the gears works, you have finer control and can feather a...
I can’t help you with shops to do the install but I will say that I put in a Side Power thruster with speed control almost ten years ago now. It...
Fortunately my boat is stored in a heated building for the winter. And, Juneau gets a lot more snow than Ketchikan. Ketchikan gets more rain and...
Excellent! I was under the impression you were just getting started but you’re down the road already. Would be great to see some pictures and have...
What ratio were your original gears? 1.5:1 is pretty high. I went from a 1.6: 1 to 2:1 and I believe it is a big contributor to the performance...
I did finally get some info from CAT yesterday. They said they couldn’t find a specific list or singular drawing showing them all. However, they...
Those gears are out there in several versions of down angle. 7 and 14 degree come up with a simple search. What is the angle with your original...
What model are the Twin Disc gears you already have? Down angle gears are pretty common, Twin Disc makes many. My ZF gears are 10 degree down...
Hope you have better luck with whomever you find to replace your headliner than I did with mine. :(
Does anyone with late model CAT C-18 ACERTs have a drawing or list of all the zinc pencils and their locations? Maybe including the CAT part...
If you’re bored, here’s the thread from my Repower. Lots of great contributions in here from many YF members:...
Have you tried making a simple wood mock up of your available space to see how/if they will fit? When I did my repower this is how we confirmed...
Really depends what kind of fishing you are doing. For general reel in stuff shouldn’t be a problem to bring a fish alongside most times. But I...
Can you share a link to where you got that carpet runner please? I've had my canvas people make two of them and they are still not very good. I...
I too find it strange how some of the items on boats are built. The lids on my deck freezer are hella heavy. Same for the settee up on the...