I had some guests out on my Cabo 40 during the 4th of July holiday and a couple of folks thought the engines were loud. To me there is nothing...
I previously owned a 35 Cabo express and she had a forward and aft fuel tank. On the 35, there was no transfer option between the two tanks other...
Yes I have considered powder coated aluminum or stainless however was concerned vibration underway against the fiberglass vent plenum frame. I'm...
On my 40' Cabo convertible, I recently removed my engine room air filters to wash them out and would like to find replacement or possibly just...
There is no need to replace it as I identified the faulty battery and since then I have not had a high voltage disconnect of my 24 volt DC bus...
The galley fan is in the electronics space, stbd side which is accessed via the removable overhead panel in the guest stateroom. Is your Cabo a...
See attached photo of the fans I purchased to replace both. You can see in the photos above you have to remove the the existing fans from the...
The fans for both heads are controlled by the bottom light switches in each bathroom. The fans are physically in the bilge area below each...
Yes those are the engine loads, and I would anticipate seeing higher numbers when the vessel is fully loaded. I believe during the above sea...
Here is a photo of my CAT gauges during sea trials at WOT. 2357 RPM/34 Knots [ATTACH]
Just checked my prop scans from the service on my (4) blade Federal wheels back when I had the Cabo out of the water in November 2022. Initial...
My props were re-pitched last time and as I remember my re-pitch numbers are very close to what your running. During my sea trial after going back...
How long have you had your Cabo 40 X? How many hours on your C12s? What prop are you running now?
I ended up having my Federal wheels adjusted. Wildcat Props reduced the pitch slightly which reduced the load on the C12 CATS and virtually...
I have a Reverso Y that feeds two dometic air conditioning units. Seems to work well however I don't like where it is located as access to the...
My C12 CAT's are white. I found some spray paint at Home Depot/Lowes that is a very close match to the Caterpillar white and it holds up well...
Seeing Woodward governor controls on this diesel generator took me back to when I was at sea. Many of the ships I was on had Woodward governors...
I have the no load RPM set at 1854. The generator has a Woodward DPG governor which worked very nicely and provided good speed control. Full...
So in theory, when you do the math, to set no load frequency per the tech manual (61.5-62 Hz) my no load RPM should be 1850 - 1860.
Thanks for all the input guys. More research is in the works. RPM was checked with a hand held RPM meter. [ATTACH]
