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The bubbler will start and run fine with a 15a GFCI outlet, as long as that outlet doesn't share a circuit with other high loads. Again, does the marina have existing 15a plugs? That's your easiest starting point by far.

Varnished teak is a nightmare I'd avoid. Your neighbor is in a trap of his own making IMO. As exterior wood goes, you can't do better than teak from a maintenance point of view. I've known many sailors who maintained their teak with nothing more than an occasional scrubbing with a soft brush...

Joining in late here. Does the pedestal not have 15a GFCI outlets? And aren't the L5-20P and L5-30P different sizes? I've used bubblers up to 1 HP on dedicated 15a GFCI circuits. Think the OPs is smaller than that. The 20a in front of a 15a requirement makes no sense to me.

A few hundred? Anyone spending that amount of time maintaining woodwork on the boat mentioned is doing it out of choice, not necessity.

Congratulations. You'll find lots of support here for that boat. I had a sister ship that I put a lot of miles on. Great boat. It looks like you've got all the bits for the AP. Pump brand isn't important but sizing is. Make sure the pump you select has a current draw that is well under the...

I think you overstate the effort. No need to ba a varnish aficionado or devote your life to it. Products like Cetol work well and require a few hours a year to maintain.

Can you elaborate on this? I understand that Seakeeper has a lock , but have no hands-on experience. I saw the installation of a Quick unit recently. The metal plate structure looked massive. I'm unfamiliar with your boat, but did you consider beefing up the existing stringers? 22,000...

Yeah, very much so. My only unexpected experience: I had a cascading set of instrumentation failures on the maiden voyage of one of my boats. Root cause was a bad connection on the heavy ground cable from the panel. The boat had a 1500w inverter which the previous owner had used for the...

More than you might think. Boats filling up with water while ashore happens all too often. Better it starts draining after 100 gallons than not draining at all 😔 I've seen countless examples of water coming in after deck/cockpit drains freeze, or when the boat isn't leveled properly, or...

Speaking of storage, balls can be pretty easily deflated for long-term storage. A bike pump and needle are handy for this.

Bow up can be problematic for drainage. All boats are different, but I'd want a compelling reason to not do as rslifkin suggests. I work in a yard that hauls and cradles about 700 boats every fall. Level waterline is the standard procedure.

Hope it's all behind you. Please come back if this didn't fully solve the problem.

I understand that your country felt it needed to take this on for national survival. The situation in the US is a bit different, in my view. Not to be flippant, but the country as a whole will survive just fine if Florida and the Carolinas has to shed its coastal population if it happens in an...

I'm with DDW, on the assumption that you want to move around. If you're happy with keeping the boat based in the same place long-term storage will be cheaper and more convenient. Finding different places to dock the boat for 3 week stretches as you move around can get pricey and might not be...

No first hand knowledge, but a friend owned one for a few years. Nice looking down east design, IIRC they only built a handful of boats - maybe 10-15?

I've been watching voltage vs SoC on my system for a while, and under even moderate use they're not well correlated in the 20-90% charge state. I wouldn't sweat it yet :) Glad to hear you weren't hit too hard.

Keep in mind that this was a relatively short-lived injection system, when they were working towards better efficiency and emissions prior to going to common rail. I'm not sure Standyne worked with anyone other than Deere on this, and it was only used in one generation of engines.

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Right. They're providing a subsidy to policyholders to shield them from market rates. Same thing has been happening in the state through Citizens. The feds and state are only in the insurance business to the extent they are because private insurers aren't able or willing to provide coverage...

Gotcha. I followed the same steps and had failure again at about 40 hrs. Different set of symptoms but all good ever since replacing the ECM.

Done. Based on this I'd check everything else very carefully. Sounds like the ECM is doing what it's supposed to do... You said you changed the pump yourself. Are you confident in its condition and match to the ECM?

FEMA owns the national flood insurance program, which I think is the only flood insurer in FL and many other places. I haven't been paying much attention, but think they anticipate very high payouts for both recent hurricanes.

Have you lost power at any point, or are you just getting alerts? You might appreciate the document I sent Ted. It's very comprehensive and describes troubleshooting tests. PM me and I'll email it to you.

I'll comment, as I educated myself extensively on this particular motor over 6 months as I tried to diagnose increasingly alarming symptoms... You're not missing anything. But I think a solution that doesn't involve a functioning ECM isn't feasible. More modern motors do have 'limp home'...

If you've replaced the pump and the connections are secure I'd say the ECM is the next step. Make sure each pin connection is intact in the connectors. The pins can be pulled with a special release tool for close inspection.