Andiamo - Let's Go!

Whist on the hard, had the the boat polished (photos kindly taken by one of the berth holders)...

Note how the yard straps the boats down, even if ashore just for a few days and no strong winds forecast.

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On the hoist.

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And back in the water. Not sure if anyone is driving it but I know the guys at the yard will be careful!

You've got to admit, the old girls still looks the dog's whotsits!

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Lloydroberts said:
The Targa does have that ageless(ish) quality in design, imo.

She looks great.
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Thanks. The blue hulls aren't the most practical things but they do look great after a polish. Whilst I prefer to keep mine looking 'stock' it is great to see what other people are doing to freshen theirs up even further (e.g. jrudge and his Sq58 and jcwads and his T40).

rafiki_ said:
Very nice Pete. I have to get the elbow grease going on Rafiki this weekend.
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Thanks Paul and good luck with yours! I'll think of you when I'm snoozing on the sofa watching the TV!
 
petem said:
You've got to admit, the old girls still looks the dog's whotsits!
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Yup, hard not to admit that. She was beautifully designed back then, and still is. :encouragement:

Just one question about the following pic, P:
What is the thing attached to the valve meant for? Some sort of inline strainer, maybe?
I can't remember to have ever seen anything similar before, but I suppose it could make sense, upstream of the a/c.
If you can post any details, I for one would be interested to check that out.
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Thanks, J. Can anyone also confirm if it works well?
Actually, I'm not so sure to like the protruding design vs. a small separate "traditional" strainer, but it's a nicely compact solution, anyway.
 
MapisM said:
Thanks, J. Can anyone also confirm if it works well?
Actually, I'm not so sure to like the protruding design vs. a small separate "traditional" strainer, but it's a nicely compact solution, anyway.
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I have a similar arrangement on the raw water inlet seacocks for both my aircon and generator, although I have this product from Guidi:

https://www.southernseasmarine.com....uidi-sea-strainer-bottom-in-and-side-out-1164

I can't say why these were preferred over a more conventional inline strainer - it was the installer's decision rather than mine, but I've had no issues with them in the six or seven years since they were fitted.
 
jimmy_the_builder said:
I have a similar arrangement on the raw water inlet seacocks for both my aircon and generator, although I have this product from Guidi:

https://www.southernseasmarine.com....uidi-sea-strainer-bottom-in-and-side-out-1164

I can't say why these were preferred over a more conventional inline strainer - it was the installer's decision rather than mine, but I've had no issues with them in the six or seven years since they were fitted.
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I also had a similar strainer on a previous boat, it worked well and also, because you can’t see inside, made me check it each time I used the boat.
 
It appears to be called a "Fisherman's Strainer". It's what the A/C fitters supplied and is a substantial thing (it's got to weigh a kilo or so) and cost c. £70. I wonder if the design gives a bigger surface area for the gauze filter than a simple inline filter?

Incidentally, the A/C fitters also left a grated sea-cock but it was brass so I've ditched it and gone for a regular domed bronze one instead.
 
jrudge said:
I have never had anything else for general water in ( not engine / generator ) so ac flow and water maker input. What would the alternative be for such things ?
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Well, either a "normal" small strainer or nothing at all, I reckon.
Fwiw, I've got the former now (OEM installed, I believe), and the latter on the previous boat.
And tbh, even with nothing, I never had any trouble with the a/c after 20+ years...
In fact, among the many boats I've seen in my last search, I never came across that thing.
If it's a FL standard, I must have missed it in the couple of FLs I checked out (Sq55+58).
And neither in a P57 and a SS56, which are the other Brit boats I looked, though very briefly.
 
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They're very common. I have them for things like water maker etc, and only have big strainers for engines and genset. They're compact and have fewer joints to fail. Pretty sure guidi make them. I'm surprised you're surprised. :D
 
Well, so far in this thread we heard that they are used in FLs, plus the unknown "previous boat" of LJS...
...btw, since he only mentioned his previous boat, I guess he doesn't have the same stuff in the current one.
Hardly enough to call them very common, anyhow... :D

Not saying they aren't, mind. Just that I never noticed them in more than a few boats, from several different yards, which I had an opportunity to see.
Though in fairness, even if the bilges are a pet peeve of mine when looking at a boat, it can well be that there were some and I didn't notice them.
You're making me curious to hear if anyone else who owns an IT boat (of which there are quite a few here) have such thing installed, because my impression is that down here they aren't common at all, for some reason.

I agree with your "fewer jonts" point, anyway.
Otoh, I' not sure to like the fact that the length of the thing creates a longer lever, which could be hit accidentally by something heavy stored next to it, potentially making it easier to snap off the skin fitting.
 
Hurricane said:
We had two on our last boat (Sealine)
One for the generator and one for the Air Con.
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Fairenuff, but yet again, I read it as "I don't have any on JW", right?
Which btw matches nicely my memories of the P57 which I've seen... :)
 
MapisM said:
You're making me curious to hear if anyone else who owns an IT boat (of which there are quite a few here) have such thing installed, because my impression is that down here they aren't common at all, for some reason.
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Never seen that kind of strainer on a Ferretti or indeed any other boat I've had. As you say either a separate strainer on none at all. Having said that I did once experience an AC seacock weed blockage in Croatia and it would have been useful to have such a strainer on the seacock
 
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Never seen that kind of strainer on a Ferretti or indeed any other boat I've had. As you say either a separate strainer on none at all. Having said that I did once experience an AC seacock weed blockage in Croatia and it would have been useful to have such a strainer on the seacock
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Great to hear that, M. I didn't want to mention that I never noticed the thing on any of the 20+ Ferrettis I've seen, at risk of being proven wrong by our resident grand master of the brand... :D :cool:
Otoh, I had a very close look to the couple which made it to my short list (a 175 and a 57), and aside from being pretty sure that neither had the above type of strainer, I would swear that both did have a small separate strainer for the A/C, of similar size as the genset. They might have been retrofitted, though - not sure about that.

Interesting to hear that also Rafiki doesn't have anything like that in his Azi btw, because that's a bit of kit which would stand out, while looking at bilges, valves, etc.
And since I never noticed it in 70+ boats, built by at least two dozens of different yards, it's one of the two: either the thing ain't so common after all, or my eye/memory is trashed.
So, it's nice to have at least the benefit of the doubt on the latter... :rolleyes: :D
 
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