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Maintenance

The best maintenance is to use your boat and its systems. Keep your bilges clean and dry. Most electrical problems are loose or corroded connections.

Don’t let these fall through the cracks:
    Main Engine and Genset Raw Water Impellors
    Oil and filter changes
    Engine and Hull Zincs
    Belts and Hoses
    Thru-Hull Valves
    Manufacturers recommended maintenance

12 to 18 Months:
    Wax exterior / Refinish bright work
    Haul, repaint bottom, replace zincs
    Main Engine/Genset checkup by qualified mechanic
    Check Genset valve adjustment
    All engine zincs

Every 12 months or every 200 hours:
    Main engines and Gensets
    Oil, oil filter, fuel filter, racors
    Water maker high pressure pump oil level
    Check or replace prefilter

Before each season/Before each major trip:
    Transmission oil levels
    Coolant levels. Reservoirs
    Hydraulic fluid levels
    Steering fluid levels
    Hydraulic control levels/pressure
    Sea strainers
    Engine/Genset Impellers
    Air filters
    Water filters (replace)
    Reverse cycle AC/Heat
      Clean screens
      Clean condensation pans
    Clean bottom and check zincs

Monthly:
    Battery water/ Connections
    Start and run Main Engines
    Run Thrusters
    Run Stabilizers
    Run Tender Davit
    Run Anchor Windlass
    Exercise steering
    Start and run Gensets
    Place under load
    Turn on and operate all electrical
    Equipment, Appliances and Electronics
    Turn on and check Navigation lights
    Run water system
    Keep water in tank fresh
    Replace filter annually
    Run bilge pumps and float switches
    Keep bilges clean and dry
    Exercise all thru hull valves
    Flush all heads
    Keep holding tank pumped out
    Run Watermaker (every 2 weeks)
    Pickle if not being used
    Main engine shaft packings
    Rudder shaft packings

Refueling:
    Add Biocide each time

Tender:
    Service and run outboard prior to season
    Clean and ensure Tender is properly equipped
    Flush outboard after salt water use
    Battery switch to “off” after each use


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