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[Scottintexas]

Beautiful sunset over the Chesapeake Saturday night on my neighbor's boat; and my daughter driving our boat for the first time, and loving it.

I would suggest letting your daughter drive as much as possible, especially docking/loading, the confidence it built in both my daughters is unbelievable (especially when they pull up to the dock by themselves after I've parked the truck) (this weekend our small courtesy dock, two donkeys moored their boats on the short sides with five feet overhanging making the long center portion unusable unless you could crabwalk your 20" boat in, she didn't do that but backed in for us to tie up with the swimdeck on the first try, seeing them stop what they were doing thinking "wait, she's bringing that big boat in here?" priceless,

 

[2kwik4u]

First time I've had both cars in the garage since we bought the boat.



Had to do some creative organizing. Moved the trash can and lawn mower outdoors. Lots of stuff went to the basement.



Cabinets look kinda funny that high without the boat, but dropping them down was outside of the scope of tonight. Just wanted to get the cars in since we moved the boat to camp.

Hope to build a storage area under the deck in the back yard this fall. Dirt bike, 4wheeler, and some other stuff will go in there. Also gonna build a small "pen" for the trash and recycling can on the side of the house this fall.

Until then, it's nice to have the cars out of the weather.

 

[TimW451]

I like the cabinets up high. I say keep them there and use the space under for more workbench or shelving.

First time I've had both cars in the garage since we bought the boat.

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Had to do some creative organizing. Moved the trash can and lawn mower outdoors. Lots of stuff went to the basement.

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Cabinets look kinda funny that high without the boat, but dropping them down was outside of the scope of tonight. Just wanted to get the cars in since we moved the boat to camp.

Hope to build a storage area under the deck in the back yard this fall. Dirt bike, 4wheeler, and some other stuff will go in there. Also gonna build a small "pen" for the trash and recycling can on the side of the house this fall.

Until then, it's nice to have the cars out of the weather.

 

[2kwik4u]

I like the cabinets up high. I say keep them there and use the space under for more workbench or shelving.

I had them up there as a good height when standing on the swim platform. They're also just high enough that at 6'2" tall I could walk under them without hitting my head.

 

[TimW451]

First time gas under $4/gal where I live. (Northeast MD/Northern DE)

 

[Ronnie]

Now that I have an uncovered slip at the local marina I have the related (first world) problems. Namely (big) bird droppings on the walkway and boat cover. Here are a few pics of my solution, a reworked self contained water gun (I.e., a wash down pump mated to a small 12 battery).

 

[Ronnie]

Here are a few sights from another marina close to my home, Orwood.

 

[Coult45]

Now that I have an uncovered slip at the local marina I have the related (first world) problems. Namely (big) bird droppings on the walkway and boat cover. Here are a few pics of my solution, a reworked self contained wash water gun (I.e., a wash down pump mated to a small 12 battery).
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Parts list of the key components?

 

[Ronnie]

@Coult45 , I can’t find the post with the parts list now but here is what comes to mind:
1. Wash down pump kit from west marine. Usually 3 to 4 gpm, kit comes with pump, hose attachments, filter and spray head for around $200. They offer higher capacity / output stand alone pumps as well.
2. small 12v battery, I use arm because they are sealed (no vents). Another $100 or so.
3. Small or large battery box, $15.
4. a 1 to 5 pound weight to hold the intake hose and filter down, under $5.
5. Hoses, between $10 and $20.

Not inexpensive but great for its uses so far

I have heard you can go cheaper by buying a pump from harbor freight but their pumps cannot be run dry, at least not for long before they die.

This is a basic unit I put together from old parts (I still need to secure the pump to the battery box wall so I can remove the foam separating the components to create more space for the hoses, weight, filter and head when the gun is not in use. Once upon a time I installed this (larger pump actually) in a rolling cooler with an amp and speakers for lazy river rafting water fun fights.

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[RightStuff]

That's interesting...

 

[Ronnie]

Just saw / passed this scene. I didn’t take a pic of the half loaded flat bed parked a few hundred feet down the freeway but it’s driver was out of the truck taking pics, I suspect the white twirm fell off his truck.

 

[Coult45]

@Coult45 , I can’t find the post with the parts list now but here is what comes to mind:
1. Wash down pump kit from west marine. Usually 3 to 4 gpm, kit comes with pump, hose attachments, filter and spray head for around $200. They offer higher capacity / output stand alone pumps as well.
2. small 12v battery, I use arm because they are sealed (no vents). Another $100 or so.
3. Small or large battery box, $15.
4. a 1 to 5 pound weight to hold the intake hose and filter down, under $5.
5. Hoses, between $10 and $20.

Not inexpensive but great for its uses so far

I have heard you can go cheaper by buying a pump from harbor freight but their pumps cannot be run dry, at least not for long before they die.

This is a basic unit I put together from old parts (I still need to secure the pump to the battery box wall so I can remove the foam separating the components to create more space for the hoses, weight, filter and head when the gun is not in use. Once upon a time I installed this (larger pump actually) in a rolling cooler with an amp and speakers for lazy river rafting water fun fights.

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This is going on my "don't need it, must have it" list. Should be able to run it off my lift battery.

 

[2kwik4u]

That's interesting...
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Our town got a Model Y as a police car. Snuck up on me last year during Trick-Or-Treating.

 

[Babin Farms]

Our town got a Model Y as a police car. Snuck up on me last year during Trick-Or-Treating.

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It’s interesting but not the most practical police vehicle. It’d be good for a school resource officer or something like that but not for a standard patrol vehicle. Usually patrol vehicles don’t have enough down time to park for a charge.

 

[Babin Farms]

Yesterday afternoon fouled a spark plug on the way back to the marina. Lost a few hundred rpm but maintained a good speed until I fouled a second plug in the same engine a few miles out. Left that engine idle while we limped back at a whopping 14 mph on one engine. This morning I went down to work on the boat and found #1&4 slightly fouled. Replaced the 2 fouled plugs with 2 good used ones, took for a test ride and all is good again.

 

[Ronnie]

Looks familiar. With the Tesla plant being in Fremont I assume that this is not the only one in the fleet.

 

[King]

Yesterday afternoon fouled a spark plug on the way back to the marina. Lost a few hundred rpm but maintained a good speed until I fouled a second plug in the same engine a few miles out. Left that engine idle while we limped back at a whopping 14 mph on one engine. This morning I went down to work on the boat and found #1&4 slightly fouled. Replaced the 2 fouled plugs with 2 good used ones, took for a test ride and all is good again.
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This may fall under Dumb Questions but, what would cause that to happen? I've always assumed that they'd all wear and foul out at the same rate and not so abrupt like that.

 

[Babin Farms]

This may fall under Dumb Questions but, what would cause that to happen? I've always assumed that they'd all wear and foul out at the same rate and not so abrupt like that.

The MR1 engines are known for being temperamental with spark plugs. I’m not sure why but as long as that’s all that needs to be replaced, I’ll take it. I change mine at the beginning of every season and keep the old ones for spares.

 

[TimW451]

You need to get the rubber snakes from the dollar store and put them on your cover and walkway. Several posts on here by @Neutron and others having done it.

Now that I have an uncovered slip at the local marina I have the related (first world) problems. Namely (big) bird droppings on the walkway and boat cover. Here are a few pics of my solution, a reworked self contained water gun (I.e., a wash down pump mated to a small 12 battery).
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[2kwik4u]

It’s interesting but not the most practical police vehicle. It’d be good for a school resource officer or something like that but not for a standard patrol vehicle. Usually patrol vehicles don’t have enough down time to park for a charge.

Patrol, yea, maybe not.

Running radar I bet they don't drive 100mi/day, just lots of high speed 2mile trips.

These guys are out and about most days. I suspect they work an 8hr shift and charge for 8hrs, then lather/rinse/repeat.