It's inside a building so no sun and no power. Battery switches off. Given there might be 10,000 gallons of gas among 300 boats they want to really reduce the chance of fire.
There is a huge tank outside maybe 50 feet tall and 50 in diameter of water or maybe water & foam to use for fire...
It's all relative for fuel mileage. I think the Queen Mary got 16 feet to the gallon. There are a lot of feet between NY and London. Gas gauge was in "tons". The question was we are in port for nn hours. How big a hose to we need to transfer all the required fuel in nn hours?
The boat is a 27' Chapparal with small cabin. I put Damp Rid buckets in the cabin.
I have covered the boat for several years with a blue tarp that was loosely tied mainly so it would not blow off. No issues. Convertible top was not on the boat. Needed a new one and did not get around to it...
So my boat in Delaware is stored on a rack all year long. Inside a huge building. I have a new Sunbrella conv top.
Previous years before I had a working conv top, I put a loose blue tarp over the boat mainly to keep our dust or bird poop for the winter. Not for snow or rain as it's inside...
I bought both the seal and bearing. The I could not detect any issues with the bearing so I only replaced the seal. Replacing the bearing is a lot more work as it's pressed in.
I assume RWC. While I would change the raw water impeller I think you will find it undamaged. There was probably enough water hanging around in the raw water pump to lubricate it for a minute or two.
Last year I connected up the muffs to my outdrive and started the engine forgetting to...
It might be able to be welded. The guys that repair the skegs should be able to weld it. Obviously drive needs to come off.
Doubtful if this was due to the drive hitting a rock or log but when you drain the gear oil check it carefully for metal.
Painting Aluminum. It should be an oxymoron. But it happens. Especially aluminum out drives. I recently pulled my Mercruiser Bravo III. After 4 years of my paint job on it, not a single square inch of paint had eroded or peeled from the unit. Here is how I did it and some rules to remember when...
