Jim (48’FY Vacation) thanks for “chime’n in”. I love these discussions. Your 48 and Kerry’s 42 probably have a lot in common. I know your water heater is much easier to access than mine. Mine is on the port side, forward in the engine room. It is outboard of the genset; in fact, it is almost under the walk-around deck. As I described in an earlier post, I had to remove the electrical box from the genset to make enough room for R & R. I was disconnecting wires in the electrical box in order to remove it when my helper found that he could unbolt the whole box and lay it down behind the genset. So I have only to reconnect the 28 wires I had already removed. Anyway that project is nearly complete – with the muscle and energy of my friend. I am recovering from surgery and now I only point and hand tools. Adventure has three electrical heaters now (and one AC/heat pump); V-berth, saloon and master stateroom. Our intension was to relocate in the NW (we are in the San Francisco Bay Area) and I thought diesel heat would be the way to go, but maybe not. I have so many other things to do… I have heard that the Uniflite hulls were built with a balsa wood core. The original owner told me that mine was layed-up without a core – just fiberglass. I don’t know the ramifications of that if it is true. Kerry, I agree with Jim about the 6-71s. I would just keep them happy and be glad that I have them. That Tecma should be great. I was going to purchase one for the aft head (replacement) but for better or worse, I went with a Raritan Atlantes Freedom. So far so good! DavidO 42’ DCMY Adventure
--- On Thu, 4/9/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Introduction To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, April 9, 2009, 7:00 PM If I may chime in, we have a 42' aft cabin boat with a 6ft extension. We also have two water tanks under our mattress slats. Each of those tanks hold 85 gallons and I believe the reason for two tanks would be their easier removal for access to the 96 gallon fuel tank under the water tanks. We also have two heads of which are both vacu-flush. Their parts are both common to each as is the vacuum generators. Our hot water tank is under the steps to the galley. As far as a furnace is concerned we have a forced air Espar D-8 which works ok but not for the NW winters. Would be best to go to a hydronic system with the individual registers located in several places. Another thing to ponder is these boats were not biult with any insulation between the outside and the inner areas of the boat. We have installed some foam backed foam in areas that easiest accessible. When fuel costs got to the highest point at over $4.25 agallon we decided as being a live aboard that the electric base heaters(3) was cheaper than the diesel. We live in Scappoose Oregon and have been live aboards for eight years now. As far as the loud engines you will become very fond of the 6-71 "Screamin' Jimmys). At idle they sound like they are going to fly apart but the really just purrrrrr. Have fun and be safe Jim 48'YF "Vacation" -------------- Original message from BoatRDavid <[email protected]>: -------------- > > Hi Kerry, since you say, “Wow those suckers are loud”, I suspect your > J&T Detroits are the 6-71s. That seems to be the most common diesels > in the Uniflites. Being common is a good thing. Parts and info for > my 8.2L Detroits is somewhat difficult to come by. > > I haven’t found any way to confirm that mine is the second-to-the-last > one built. I was told that from buy her original owner. I was most > fortunate to meet him in Sausalito, CA. (He was passing by and > recognized my boat and later introduced himself.) So, anyway, I don’t > know anything about the Last 42’ DCMY Uniflite. I do have a friend > with a 1985, 48 (Chris Craft). It was identical to my 42’ Double > Cabin except for the 6 foot hull extension for the cockpit. There is > also a 1978, 48’, Cockpit motoryacht in our marina. I think it is > very much like your 42’ except the master stateroom layout and the > cockpit. She runs (loud) 6-71s. > > I have two water tanks under the master berth. They are, combined, > reported to equal 160 gallons. I have not taken the time to measure > them to confirm that. I know that they are plumbed to act as one tank > and no valving is required. The reason for two seems to be that the > separation allows for structural support for the bed. > > What brand/type of “diesel heat” do you have? That is something I > would like to add. Right now I am replacing my water heater. The old > one quit and upon removal it was found to be a pile of rust. It was > in there for at least 24 years. I am replacing it with the modern > equivalent, Raritan 1700. Access is very difficult and I had to > disassemble part of my genset to get at it. Others on this forum have > told me how simple their water heaters are to reach. > > DavidO > > On Apr 9, 7:16 am, "Kerry Lebel" wrote: > > I have a low profile Tecma sitting in a box for the forward head but I am > > afraid to install it until I figure out the whole plumbing situation. :) I > > picked it up on Craigslist for a steal. > > > > Kerry > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > On Behalf Of Bob S > > Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 8:11 AM > > To: UnifliteWorld > > Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Introduction > > > > Because of the age of the boats many of the original systems have been > > upgraded - therefore no 2 boats are alike. My water tanks are under > > the aft cabin bunk however the previous owner had the entire aft cabin > > re designed. > > > > Also I changed out the toilets last year to the new Techma type, which > > are quiet and pretty much fool proof. > > > > Sorry, can't help you here. > > > > If there is any way to e-mail the previous owner you could learn a lot > > in a very short time.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/UnifliteWorld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
