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MY ALLEZ

Sat, Mar 27, 2021 6:26 PM

I have never paid anyone to detail my boat in any way. We do it our selves.
I have watched detail crews visit My dock neighbors boats and hit them with a lick and a promise. Interesting most come the day before the rain

No one will clean a boat better than the owner himself.
I know one guy who bragged he paid $3,000. Per year to keep up his bright work on a 42 Grand Banks

People pay hundreds of $$ for an oil change but I do my own.

Does anyone do their own routine maintenance and wash their own boat any more?

Bob

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Chief Engineer Bob Kovach (KJ4UGE)

FOR SALE M/Y ALLEZ! 1992 MT50 WIDE-BODY

Visit (https://tinyurl.com/y83m925f)

Visit: https://www.boattrader.com/boat/1992-marine-trader-50-widebody-7286542/

(Gold Looper) 5-2-2016
MTOA2631, USCG-CWOA, WRCC, AGLCA1979

I have never paid anyone to detail my boat in any way. We do it our selves. I have watched detail crews visit My dock neighbors boats and hit them with a lick and a promise. Interesting most come the day before the rain No one will clean a boat better than the owner himself. I know one guy who bragged he paid $3,000. Per year to keep up his bright work on a 42 Grand Banks People pay hundreds of $$ for an oil change but I do my own. Does anyone do their own routine maintenance and wash their own boat any more? Bob Sent from my i-Pad Chief Engineer Bob Kovach (KJ4UGE) FOR SALE M/Y ALLEZ! 1992 MT50 WIDE-BODY Visit (https://tinyurl.com/y83m925f) Visit: https://www.boattrader.com/boat/1992-marine-trader-50-widebody-7286542/ (Gold Looper) 5-2-2016 MTOA2631, USCG-CWOA, WRCC, AGLCA1979

RG

Rich Gano

Sun, Mar 28, 2021 1:32 AM

Sure. Cleaned hull and applied Awlcare sealant by hand day before yesterday
and changed tranny oil yesterday.

Rich Gano
Frolic (2005 Mainship 30 Pilot II)
Panama City area

-----Original Message-----
From: MY ALLEZ via Trawlers-and-Trawlering trawlers@lists.trawlering.com
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2021 1:27 PM
To: trawlers@lists.trawlering.com
Subject: T&T: Detailing vessel

I have never paid anyone to detail my boat in any way. We do it our selves.
I have watched detail crews visit My dock neighbors boats and hit them with
a lick and a promise. Interesting most come the day before the rain

No one will clean a boat better than the owner himself.
I know one guy who bragged he paid $3,000. Per year to keep up his bright
work on a 42 Grand Banks

People pay hundreds of $$ for an oil change but I do my own.

Does anyone do their own routine maintenance and wash their own boat any
more?

Bob

Sent from my i-Pad
Chief Engineer Bob Kovach (KJ4UGE)

FOR SALE M/Y ALLEZ! 1992 MT50 WIDE-BODY

Visit (https://tinyurl.com/y83m925f)

Visit:
https://www.boattrader.com/boat/1992-marine-trader-50-widebody-7286542/

(Gold Looper) 5-2-2016
MTOA2631, USCG-CWOA, WRCC, AGLCA1979

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Sure. Cleaned hull and applied Awlcare sealant by hand day before yesterday and changed tranny oil yesterday. Rich Gano Frolic (2005 Mainship 30 Pilot II) Panama City area -----Original Message----- From: MY ALLEZ via Trawlers-and-Trawlering <trawlers@lists.trawlering.com> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2021 1:27 PM To: trawlers@lists.trawlering.com Subject: T&T: Detailing vessel I have never paid anyone to detail my boat in any way. We do it our selves. I have watched detail crews visit My dock neighbors boats and hit them with a lick and a promise. Interesting most come the day before the rain No one will clean a boat better than the owner himself. I know one guy who bragged he paid $3,000. Per year to keep up his bright work on a 42 Grand Banks People pay hundreds of $$ for an oil change but I do my own. Does anyone do their own routine maintenance and wash their own boat any more? Bob Sent from my i-Pad Chief Engineer Bob Kovach (KJ4UGE) FOR SALE M/Y ALLEZ! 1992 MT50 WIDE-BODY Visit (https://tinyurl.com/y83m925f) Visit: https://www.boattrader.com/boat/1992-marine-trader-50-widebody-7286542/ (Gold Looper) 5-2-2016 MTOA2631, USCG-CWOA, WRCC, AGLCA1979 To access the T&T List archives, go to https://lists.trawlering.com/empathy/list/trawlers.lists.trawlering.com To unsubscribe, send email to trawlers-leave@lists.trawlering.com with nothing in the subject or body of the message. Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.

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LAL

Sun, Mar 28, 2021 7:26 AM

I will change my oils when the oil analysis report says too but so far, in 5 years, the people analyzing the engine oil have only asked me to add a liter or so.

My tranny oil was going just like engine oil but two years ago, dumped entire lot into the bilge.

Tranny repair completed three days later, just in time to move from the dock that belonged to the weekend ferry boat.

Lee

Levent Marina, Izmir Turkey

On Mar 27, 2021, at 21:26, MY ALLEZ wrote:
……
Does anyone do their own routine maintenance and wash their own boat any more?……

I will change my oils when the oil analysis report says too but so far, in 5 years, the people analyzing the engine oil have only asked me to add a liter or so. My tranny oil was going just like engine oil but two years ago, dumped entire lot into the bilge. Tranny repair completed three days later, just in time to move from the dock that belonged to the weekend ferry boat. Lee Levent Marina, Izmir Turkey On Mar 27, 2021, at 21:26, MY ALLEZ wrote: …… Does anyone do their own routine maintenance and wash their own boat any more?……

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George@MV-Valhalla.Com

Sun, Mar 28, 2021 5:15 PM

Lee,

Are you saying that you have not changed your engine oil in 5 years other
than adding oil when needed?

MV-Valhalla

"And the sea will grant each man new hope, as sleep brings dreams of home."

George@MV-Valhalla.Com

-----Original Message-----
From: LAL [mailto:lazilicata@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2021 12:27 AM
To: T&T LIST
Subject: T&T: Re: Detailing vessel

I will change my oils when the oil analysis report says too but so far, in 5
years, the people analyzing the engine oil have only asked me to add a liter
or so.

My tranny oil was going just like engine oil but two years ago, dumped
entire lot into the bilge.

Tranny repair completed three days later, just in time to move from the dock
that belonged to the weekend ferry boat.

Lee

Levent Marina, Izmir Turkey

On Mar 27, 2021, at 21:26, MY ALLEZ wrote:
..
Does anyone do their own routine maintenance and wash their own boat any
more?..

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Lee, Are you saying that you have not changed your engine oil in 5 years other than adding oil when needed? MV-Valhalla "And the sea will grant each man new hope, as sleep brings dreams of home." George@MV-Valhalla.Com -----Original Message----- From: LAL [mailto:lazilicata@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2021 12:27 AM To: T&T LIST Subject: T&T: Re: Detailing vessel I will change my oils when the oil analysis report says too but so far, in 5 years, the people analyzing the engine oil have only asked me to add a liter or so. My tranny oil was going just like engine oil but two years ago, dumped entire lot into the bilge. Tranny repair completed three days later, just in time to move from the dock that belonged to the weekend ferry boat. Lee Levent Marina, Izmir Turkey On Mar 27, 2021, at 21:26, MY ALLEZ wrote: .. Does anyone do their own routine maintenance and wash their own boat any more?.. To access the T&T List archives, go to https://lists.trawlering.com/empathy/list/trawlers.lists.trawlering.com To unsubscribe, send email to trawlers-leave@lists.trawlering.com with nothing in the subject or body of the message. Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.

SB

Steve Bedford

Wed, Mar 31, 2021 12:39 PM

Bob and all,
I normally change all the oil and all filters on our vessels and typically, wash and wax. However, there are times when I have not: On our new (to us) vessel, I wanted a Cummins Tech to go over all the engines before we left the dock in St. Pete. He did all fluids, filters, zincs, belts, etc so I started “new.” Could I have done that? Probably but living in VA, it was a job I farmed out to save me some time. I had the detailer I recommended in a prior post wash and wax the boat while in Brunswick Landing Marina. With the soot from the paper plant and bird droppings there, need to be on that. We went down once a month to enjoy the boat for up to a week at a time. I had other tasks I needed to do and spending my time washing and eventually waxing (including the hull) while the boat was in the water was something I did not want to take the time doing.

What I spent my time on was: replacing both transmission coolers, replacing the MasterVolt battery charger, replacing the Revers-O, replacing the over the air TV antenna, replacing the anchor and marking the chain, smaller projects, etc. When time is a factor, you have to make some choices and decisions.

Steve

Steve Bedford
laVITA, 2007 Jefferson Rivanna 45’
maxmarineproducts.com
Home of Super MAX Anchors
Burgess, Virginia

Sent from my iPad. Please excuse misused words due to the "auto correct" function.

Bob and all, I normally change all the oil and all filters on our vessels and typically, wash and wax. However, there are times when I have not: On our new (to us) vessel, I wanted a Cummins Tech to go over all the engines before we left the dock in St. Pete. He did all fluids, filters, zincs, belts, etc so I started “new.” Could I have done that? Probably but living in VA, it was a job I farmed out to save me some time. I had the detailer I recommended in a prior post wash and wax the boat while in Brunswick Landing Marina. With the soot from the paper plant and bird droppings there, need to be on that. We went down once a month to enjoy the boat for up to a week at a time. I had other tasks I needed to do and spending my time washing and eventually waxing (including the hull) while the boat was in the water was something I did not want to take the time doing. What I spent my time on was: replacing both transmission coolers, replacing the MasterVolt battery charger, replacing the Revers-O, replacing the over the air TV antenna, replacing the anchor and marking the chain, smaller projects, etc. When time is a factor, you have to make some choices and decisions. Steve ---------------- Steve Bedford laVITA, 2007 Jefferson Rivanna 45’ maxmarineproducts.com Home of Super MAX Anchors Burgess, Virginia Sent from my iPad. Please excuse misused words due to the "auto correct" function.

RG

Rich Gano

Wed, Mar 31, 2021 2:57 PM

Hey Steve, was the Reverso change out associated with the XchangR oil change system?

I had a Reverso pump on my GB42 as well as on the full-up XchangR system I inherited here on the mainship, and their impellers were not worth spit failing almost every time I went to pump oil out of an engine. Last August, I finally had enough and replaced the impeller pump with a gear pump. I used a Marco M164-220-12 gear pump. It fits where the crappy impeller pump was.

Rich

Hey Steve, was the Reverso change out associated with the XchangR oil change system? I had a Reverso pump on my GB42 as well as on the full-up XchangR system I inherited here on the mainship, and their impellers were not worth spit failing almost every time I went to pump oil out of an engine. Last August, I finally had enough and replaced the impeller pump with a gear pump. I used a Marco M164-220-12 gear pump. It fits where the crappy impeller pump was. Rich

SB

Steve Bedford

Wed, Mar 31, 2021 4:24 PM

I had a Reverso on prior vessel (2005) worked great. This new boat came with an XchangerR. Did not pump. Assumed it was an impeller. Tried calling the company numerous times (St. Augustine) no answer. Tried emailing. No response. Talked to a couple trusted mechanics and both said the XchangeR is a “piece of ____.”

I decided to replace with a new Reverso. It is a much more robust unit than the XchangeR. When I eventually took it apart, the impeller was okay but quite small.

Steve
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Steve Bedford
2007 Jefferson Rivanna 45’
maxmarineproducts.com,
Home of SuperMAX Anchors
Burgess, Virginia

Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse misused words due to “auto correct” function.

On Mar 31, 2021, at 10:57, Rich Gano richgano@gmail.com wrote:

Hey Steve, was the Reverso change out associated with the XchangR oil change system?

I had a Reverso pump on my GB42 as well as on the full-up XchangR system I inherited here on the mainship, and their impellers were not worth spit failing almost every time I went to pump oil out of an engine. Last August, I finally had enough and replaced the impeller pump with a gear pump. I used a Marco M164-220-12 gear pump. It fits where the crappy impeller pump was.

Rich

I had a Reverso on prior vessel (2005) worked great. This new boat came with an XchangerR. Did not pump. Assumed it was an impeller. Tried calling the company numerous times (St. Augustine) no answer. Tried emailing. No response. Talked to a couple trusted mechanics and both said the XchangeR is a “piece of ____.” I decided to replace with a new Reverso. It is a much more robust unit than the XchangeR. When I eventually took it apart, the impeller was okay but quite small. Steve ———— Steve Bedford 2007 Jefferson Rivanna 45’ maxmarineproducts.com, Home of SuperMAX Anchors Burgess, Virginia Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse misused words due to “auto correct” function. > On Mar 31, 2021, at 10:57, Rich Gano <richgano@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey Steve, was the Reverso change out associated with the XchangR oil change system? > > I had a Reverso pump on my GB42 as well as on the full-up XchangR system I inherited here on the mainship, and their impellers were not worth spit failing almost every time I went to pump oil out of an engine. Last August, I finally had enough and replaced the impeller pump with a gear pump. I used a Marco M164-220-12 gear pump. It fits where the crappy impeller pump was. > > Rich >