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    Mari Battery Charger - Allocating Amps to each Bank?

    Typically, with marine battery chargers if I had a 20amp charter capable of charging two banks (2 batteries) and one of my batteries was fully charged and the other was only 60% charged would the battery charger apply 20amps to the partially depleted battery, or would it only use 10amps per bank...
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    Battery Charger Recommendation

    I have a 25' Doral 250SE with two batterys, a cranking battery (10000 cranking amps) and a deep cycle house battery (105 reserve minutes), I currently run a 900W amplifier two 4 6.5" coaxial speakers and one 10" sub; other than running my stereo a day on the water doesn't consist of much more as...
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    Marine AC Unit - HPF Fault?

    I have a 2003 Doral 250se.... I believe the marine unit is a Marine Air System - I believe the manufacturer is out of business at this time, but I keep getting an HPF fault when I use the unit on shore power. Moreover, pump works fine, it runs for approximately 3-4 seconds and then suddenly...
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    Factory Gloss On Wood Accents

    Evening all, I recently posted about building a cockpit table out of wood, and inquired about the type of stain/varnish to use. Does anyone know the process used to create that 'factory gloss' on wood accents look ie., the steering wheel in the pic attached. Albeit the picture is not the...
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    Wood Cockpit Table (wood type and coating)

    My boat currently has a factory fiberglass table in the cockpit, it's a little large and cramps the lounge seating in the aft of the cockpit. I am looking to build a new table top out of wood, smaller, so there is more room to sit and move about. Looking to build this table top out of wood...
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    Installing an inverter - schematic question

    I would like to install an inverter on my Doral 250 SE and need some assistance to determine what the symbol/dotted line signifies on the attached schematic. Your feed back would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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    Pure Sine Wave vs. Modified Sine Wave Inverter

    I am looking to put an inverter on my 25' Doral pocket cruiser. I'll primarily use the inverter to run a 21" LED TV and also to power an HD antenna (when on the hook). The TV is 30watt consumption and the TV antenna i'm sure is significantly less but am unsure exactly. I would be powering the...
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    Under water LED Lights

    I have a 2003 Doral 250 SE (pic attached). The swim platform is quite large, approximately 3-4' off the transom - I've been entertaining the idea of underwater LED lights but am unsure exactly of what power/kind/quantity to get. I boat in Lake St.Clair (great lakes) so the water isn't like the...
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    Removing plastic engine cover on 2003 Volvo 5.7l Gi

    Hey all, how do you remove the plastic covering on the engine of the 5.7l Volvo gi (2003)... doesn't seem to be any visible fastening screws holding it on?
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    Shrink Wrap vs. Heat Storage

    What are the opinions out there about shrink wrapping a boat vs. indoor heated storage in the great lakes area. With heated storage you can often gain access to your boat to work on it, but are there any other pro's to keeping a boat in heated storage rather than just shrink wrapping...
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    Skeg guard

    I have a Doral 250 SE with a 5.7l Volvo penta DP outdrive. I took a small chunk out of my skeg... I am debating on fixing the skeg via welding (qualified welder) against putting a skeg guard on. Does anyone have any feedback on these skeg guards? Obviously it's easier to put a skeg guard on...
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    Marine Adhesive for Hatch Cover

    What is the best adhesive to use for gluing the plastic support/swing arm to the glass hatch cover? In my cabin, the support arms that are used to prop the glass hatch open have come off, the adhesive that was previously used has dried up and failed and I now need to reattach the support to the...
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    2003 Doral 250SE Capacity

    Afternoon all, As far as passengers go, what will this boat legally (Great Lakes) accommodate? Thanks
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    Vertical vs. Horizontal Windlass?

    Thought I would start a new thread on this... what are the primary differences between vertical and horizontal windlass? Is one better in any particular situation? I am looking to outfit a 250 Doral SE with a windlass unit, and am looking for feedback on what model/make and design would be...
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    How to Install a Windlass

    I just purchased a 2003 Doral 250 SE and am looking to install a windlass on this boat. I am looking for your thoughts on how difficult it is, if there are any pitfalls, or areas I should be concerned with? Any tips, recommendations, suggestions or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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    Running AC off Batteries?

    Is it possible to run an AC unit of batteries, a small 5000 BTU unit? Obviously the deal practice is shore power or with a generator, but could you designate a separate battery bank to run AC for isolated periods just to get the humidity out of the cabin?
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    Installing a Marine AC unit in Doral 250 SE

    Afternoon all, I am looking for a general idea of what is all involved in installing a marine AC unit into a 2000 Doral 250 SE with a 5.7l Merc EFI pushing? Also, what would be the suitable BTU output.... 9000? The units are relatively well priced...
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    Bravo II Gear Ratio with 5.7L EFI?

    Can someone please help me understand what would be the appropriate gear ratio for Bravo II outdrives with a 5.7l EFI Mercruiser engine? This setup is on a 2000 290 Sea Ray Sundancer that I am looking to purchase and want to ensure I understand what the parameters should be should I decide to...
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    Stainless vs. Aluminum (fresh water/BI outdrives)

    Afternoon all, I am very close to pulling the trigger on a 2000 290 Sea Ray Sundancer with 5.7l EFI Merc's... the boat currently has aluminum props (not sure of the pitch, rake etc.). My understanding is that a boat of this size, with such HP should ideally have stainless to increase overall...
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    Twin 4.3l EFI on 1999 290 Sundancer

    General opinion, are the 4.3l EFI's on a 290 Sundancer under powered? I suppose it's more horsepower then the carb'd 4.3' (efi's offer 20 more hp each engine) or standard 7.4l engine. I will be boating generally with friends, so i'll have up to 6-8ppl on board. I boat on lake st.clair and...
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