RickyD
Guru
- Joined
- May 4, 2018
- Messages
- 793
- Location
- United States
- Vessel Name
- Aquarius
- Vessel Make
- Californian 55 CPMY
Took some friends to Catalina Island recently. Along the way someone left the water running and half my water was gone by the time we got there. Ok, no problem, we have a water maker. Ran it for 15 minutes and it tripped the breaker. I figured it had gone over pressure. Ran it again with reduced pressure. It tripped even sooner. Ok, water restrictions. I needed to get my inflatable off the top deck but the davit would not go into down mode. Nothing I could do to make it go down. Ok slide it off the top so I can take the dog to the beach. Then my big RIB gets stuck in forward. No neutral or reverse. I needed several trips to the dinghy dock in Avalon to unload passengers. Had to catch the dock as I cruised by. Same with my return to the boat.
Ok, I get home and I'm BBQing steaks and the propane tank emptied. Opened a storage area for a replacement and saw a bottle of oil marked Sea Recovery. Huh, I didn't know my watermaker needed oil. After a nice steak dinner, I took the cover off of the watermaker and sure enough there was a fill port. I added some fluid and bingo, the watermaker ran like a champ until I hit the off button. The next day, I decided to make sure it was ok and I hit the start button and it would run as long as held the start button but then shut off as soon as I let it go. What the heck. Ok when I first bought the boat the PO had not fully engaged the shore power and I was only getting one 110v leg of my 220v required. That took a couple hours to figure out. This time, no problem with the power. After scratching my head for a long time, I checked the stop button and indeed, some corrosion prevented its return to normal so it was always in the stop position. Cleaned it up and got it working properly, all good. Ok, replace the Davit solenoids with a new reversible one and that's all good. Got new control cables for the dinghy installed now it works. Whew, what next. Oh, yah. I locked myself into the boat last night after hearing 5 gun shots last night. Woke up this morning and I couldn't unlock it. WTH??? Finally got it unstuck. Maybe a bunch of bad luck but not as bad as the poor guy who was murdered nearby. Yep, some poor guy gunned down on the Long Beach jetty.
Ok, I get home and I'm BBQing steaks and the propane tank emptied. Opened a storage area for a replacement and saw a bottle of oil marked Sea Recovery. Huh, I didn't know my watermaker needed oil. After a nice steak dinner, I took the cover off of the watermaker and sure enough there was a fill port. I added some fluid and bingo, the watermaker ran like a champ until I hit the off button. The next day, I decided to make sure it was ok and I hit the start button and it would run as long as held the start button but then shut off as soon as I let it go. What the heck. Ok when I first bought the boat the PO had not fully engaged the shore power and I was only getting one 110v leg of my 220v required. That took a couple hours to figure out. This time, no problem with the power. After scratching my head for a long time, I checked the stop button and indeed, some corrosion prevented its return to normal so it was always in the stop position. Cleaned it up and got it working properly, all good. Ok, replace the Davit solenoids with a new reversible one and that's all good. Got new control cables for the dinghy installed now it works. Whew, what next. Oh, yah. I locked myself into the boat last night after hearing 5 gun shots last night. Woke up this morning and I couldn't unlock it. WTH??? Finally got it unstuck. Maybe a bunch of bad luck but not as bad as the poor guy who was murdered nearby. Yep, some poor guy gunned down on the Long Beach jetty.