Not yet, the dealer's still screwing around trying to fix what they broke this winter. One thing being they had to replace the fresh water pump, again. They didn't get to the leaking water tank yet. So I just have to keep refilling it and expect it to lose about half a tank's worth of water each day. I've ordered a counter for the bilge pump so I can keep tabs on how often it needs to run. Quite a bargain at $10:
http://www.skycraftsurplus.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=649
A nearby slipholder put one in his sailboat last month and it works great. You just tap into the 12v power off the pump. It just increments the number up once for each time the pump has to operate. There are "better" solutions like the Water Witch that track not just the number of times but also when it happened over the past hour, 24 and week. I'll just be happy knowing if it ran at all.
But I did get a closer look at the anchor locker and there's not really enough room on the deck to accommodate that flush mount hose holder. I think there might be enough room down inside the locker to mount one of the vertical hose coil trays. Some of the hose holders have the water line connection built into them. I might add a flush mounted socket up on the deck for the hose end instead of using the one in the holder. That way I wouldn't have to leave the anchor door up and the hatch open when using the hose. I'm not sure how often they're expecting you to be opening the rode locker hatch. It's just a press-fit seal with an o-ring. But it looks like a standard size hole so I could replace the hatch with one with a latch if this one wears out.
So no progress, yet. But once they get the boat's issues sorted out (and don't break anything else in the process) it's definitely on my To Do list.[/img]
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