Electric steering works great until it doesn't.
Pros for electric steering.
1. It works great.
2. Little to no steering system maintenance.
3. Some of the systems are adjustable in terms of sensitivity and how many total turns of the wheel to turns of the outboard. You can have the boat turn...
No worries, and I apologize if my language was salty. You have nothing to gain with this deal and everything to lose. I would move one. With a few exceptions, on the whole, the boating market has been down and it's a buyers market. Wait until spring, find 3 or 4 boats that you like and are...
Surveyor here.....
There is more that can go wrong than can go right during a limited trial run.
What if the boat leaks?
Is 10% of the purchase price enough to correct deficiencies?
If the boat blows an engine during the limited trial run, then what? (it happens)
Buying a boat is about one...
When we I inspect boats that sink, we figure out how water gets into the boat by spraying everything with a garden hose to see where the leaks are. As simple as that sounds, I would start there. (obligatory additional comment that the garden hose test does not rule out bellows or transom leaks)
It will be easier to understand if you separate the word/term ground and give that 1 specific definition and then use a different term called something along the lines of return path to the source, which is different than the generic term of "ground".
ABYC E11 states 11.5.2.2 DC GROUNDING SYSTEMS AND BONDING - A metallic hull, or the bonding and DC grounding systems, shall not be used as a return conductor (see FIGURE 4A-B, FIGURE 5 , and E-11.16).
In a boat, for both corrosion and also electronic shock drowning reasons (if the boat also...
I just double checked and it looks like you are correct, SST for inspected vessels only. While checking, per ABYC H-5 and USCG, the capacity rating may need some consideration. Out of curiosity, does your vessel have a capacity plate from the manufacturer on it now?
Clearly you have put a ton of thought and effort into this. Just curious though if you have given any thought as to whether the vessel is going to pass the simplified stability test after the project is complete or not? If you are not familiar with it, here is a link to it -...
Here are some comps for 2000 through 2002 Sundancer 320's. I didn't review them all to see what they had in terms of power, but this would give you an idea.
