Season Preparations (from Norway)

[RIMCOas01]

This may appear dumb ... but in preparing my 2006 purchase of a 29ft (KAD300) Gozzi 29SC for the 2007 season (this will be my first time) I have several questions that only you readers can "honestly" answer:
(I find most product retailers are biased)

Installing a fishfinder/- echosounder (that I shall connect thru the TechMarine GPS screen I have);
.. With a deep <V> hull having a 40kn planing speed would one use a internally mounted sensor , or one requiring a "thru" hull fitting ?
...... does having a sandwich hull make a difference

2. What type ("hard" or self-polishing") anti-fouling is recommended
... should one antifoul the drive and transom-plate as this has not been done todate and there is only slight white calcium deposits after removing the few barnacles
... should one antifoul the hydraulic trim mechanisms and trim-tabs themselves (accepting new anodes are to be installed on each)

And this I now is a really dumb question ... but how does one clean their engine room ... I have little access space, there are numerous fittings & cables under and around the engine and access to a water supply is difficult.

Any and all advice welcomed

MVH
Martin (Norway)

PS. Our diesel is ca. £0.65 a litre ... and a beer £3.75 ... what a crazy country ... but highly recommended with thousands of islands, 200mtr deep fjords and the experience of catching a 2kg sea trout from your bathing platform should not be missed ;-))

If anyone wants to know more ... drop me a line.

 

[oldsaltoz]

G'day Martin and welcome to the YBW forums with this your first post.

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1. Installing a fish finder / echo sounder With a deep <V> hull having a 40kn planing speed would one use a internally mounted sensor , or one requiring a "thru" hull fitting ? does having a sandwich hull make a difference

2. What type ("hard" or self-polishing") anti-fouling is recommended
... should one antifoul the drive and transom-plate as this has not been done todate and there is only slight white calcium deposits after removing the few barnacles
... should one antifoul the hydraulic trim mechanisms and trim-tabs themselves (accepting new anodes are to be installed on each)

And how does one clean their engine room ... I have little access space, there are numerous fittings & cables under and around the engine and access to a water supply is difficult.

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1. An internal fitting will be better protected and no holes required. I doubt the sandwich/foam will extend below your water line, however if it did you can still install an internal transducer by removing the glass and foam then adding extra glass to the exposed bottom and set up as normal.

2. I would only use a non copper based hard antifoul, no copper to avoid problems with any alloy out drives; also antifoul out drives and trim tabs with a suitable product, speak to the manufacturer.

Engine room cleaning can be a messy job, sounds like your best bet would be a spray of decreasing fluid on a warm engine and wash down with a hose, allow water to be pumped out by your bulge pump into a collection container for disposal.

Andavagoodweekend......

 

[spannerman]

Hi Martin and welcome, where are you based, I am in Stavanger and work in the boat industry here.
The above advice is fine, but don't get any antifouling on the sliding section of the ram on your trim tabs as this will damage the seals, do it with the rams retracted. Having fitted many types of depth sounder, be aware that at 40 knts you won't get a very stable reading as the turbulence and air which gets drawn under the hull will mess up the signal, it will read reliably up to around 30-35 knts depending on the exact location of the transducer in relation to chines, rails, and steps on the hull.
As you know 'our' coastline definitely requires local knowledge, so I imagine you will have a chart plotter for general navigation and the echo sounder comes into its own at low speeds when feeling your way into those secret coves and channels we have thousands of.
We clean engines by using 'Zalo' or degreaser and lots of hot water, then pumping out while rinsing with a hose pipe, then go for a good run to dry out the engine and electrics, and use some WD40 on exposed connections etc.
Use Volvos antifouling for the drive and transom assembly.
And you are right about the wonderful boating we have here, and the intelligent government that backed down from putting duty on diesel!

Steve ( Brit in Stavanger)

 

[RIMCOas01]

Thank you for your advice ....

Martin