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You'll be fine with a 25 deg tip on a pressure washer. Personally I'm a big fan of bleach on boats. It is amazing what a bleach + dish soap solution will clean. That said, any sort of caustic cleaner will "damage" the fiberglass over time and most dedicated boat soap / deck cleaner products...

I'm lucky enough to have bought a boat with a good newer FP5000. However, for $10k I would be investigating alternatives pretty hard vs replacing. For me the benefit of the big gen was that I could run helm A/C when it is absurdly hot here in the summer. What do you actually intend to use the...

Well there are two different answers above, but some quick reading on old threads also references "sea quest" so maybe that's the ticket. Most of my cushions are in good shape and appear to be oem, but I have a couple outliers - I'd prefer to match them rather than redo the whole boat.

I realize of course that Grady is tight lipped about a lot of things, but has nobody been able to source the exact vendor? Those two above look to be from two different companies...

Speaking of this 330 livewell pump - I have a newer "tab to release" style on my 330, and to be honest I'm not crazy about what looks like such a fragile design in a hard to access place. Has anyone replaced with something completely different? Or am I overreacting? High water alarm is next...

The expansion valve on the 330 drips onto the holding tank below it. HMB your thermostat may not be working properly - like you, I discovered that leaving the 20 year old hot water heater on too long does something - in my case it triggered the expansion valve and I had a minor drip to below...

My 330 also has a slight list to port, and it definitely got worse after I put in four Group 31s. In truth between various upgrades I've probably added 200+ lbs to the port side of the boat. Even my new fridge weighed 20-30 lbs more than the original. I'm not sure how well balanced the 330s...

What's the model of the blower? And out of curiosity, did you consider a 110v blower instead, since the primary use is while the genset is running? I imagine this will keep temps much more reasonable. Where are you pulling air from?

I also did a pair of 12" garmins on my older 330. I mounted on black acrylic but don't have a photo handy atm. (they fit great, about 1" on each side and 2" between them IIRC) I went with a pair of 1242 XSV Plus (touch only) units. The only regret I had about not going to the $$ more...

I don't think the 9.9 will do anything for you at those speeds either. Your trolling speeds are like ours (and the fish, too) you'll probably be running that 4 cyl at 1300-1400 rpm to get those numbers. (which will still sip fuel) If you're looking at this long term (which is smart) your F200...

I'm surprised to hear the recommendations for a kicker, my impression was that the real advantage for them these days was more on inland water use / trolling unusually slowly. Out of curiosity when you say "a lot of trolling" what does that look like? Down here in South Florida we do a lot of...

I was able to just barely cram in four Group 31 AGMs, (Sam's Club Duracell, which go on sale 2x a year) which is great for capacity but I think that has contributed to a bit of a list at rest.... I left them configured as two banks of two, although longer term I may reconfig as start/start/house.

The unit is accessible enough once you pull that panel, but I had the same thought that without a drop in replacement it could be a challenge. There's a ton of room behind the larger portside panel where the pumps are, I wouldn't be surprised if you could make that work for a retrofit A/C if...

Interesting idea, I may steal that for myself. I typically carry a cooler and don't use that box for anything but the split lid never made much sense to me. Now if you can figure out how to cram in cup holders and a shower head next to it I'm really interested. (I actually have a whale pull...

I could use a bit! Shoot me a PM when you get it, happy to pay my fair share.

Since no one explicitly said it, the benefit of the timer is that the pump is not running continuously and draining your battery.

3 days is just right where you don't have to worry about it at all. Go for it!

The gen is fresh water cooled but it is still a wet exhaust. So in theory water can be forced up the seacock into the muffler, and this could fill up and eventually work its way back through the exhaust manifold into a cylinder. No idea how real this risk is but there are a number of warnings...

I just want to clarify how this works... A 40 amp charger as you describe, will put out 10 amps @ 14v on each of the 4 leads, to charge the batteries. Four, 10 amp charging circuits. That's where they get "40 amps" from. However Your shorepower cord/breaker/inlet is 30 amps at 120v. ---...

I've been putting down some of the cheap amazon faux-teak EVA foam ($70 a sheet) and so far am happy with it, at least enough to think about moving forward with a more expensive solution. I'm thinking about seadek or one of the others for the helm area or cockpit of my 2002 330. I'm...