Recent content by olekils

Hi Ken, my system is very similar to the one you are showing except I only have two switches. I strongly considered upgrading to lithium for my house battery, but it turns out that I really don't use all that much electricity at anchor, and I had most of the components on hand to re-build a...

Blue Sea Systems has some useful diagrams here: https://www.bluesea.com/resources/170/Battery_Management_Wiring_Schematics_for_Typical_Applications I re-wired my boat and decided to have a house bank (2x6V AGM's) and dedicated starting batteries for each motor. Not super necessary but I like...

That's pretty trick! Very cool quick launch/recovery.

And a few more of the boat itself...

Also here is a photo of how I store the boat and motor in the cockpit:

Hi, I have a cleat on the cap rail between the motors. I have a pretty long floating bow line on the dinghy and then just let it back ~50' behind the boat for high-speed towing and I pull it up tight for maneuvering. I tilt up the motor and close the fuel vent screw. We just towed it all the...

That looks awesome, can you do mine next?

I'm a huge fan of having a dinghy. For our area it opens up a lot of nooks and crannies and it's a great way to go snorkeling and get to the beach. We carry a 14' Truekit discovery with a 20hp suzuki outboard. Most of our trips involve a 25-30kn channel crossing out to the California Channel...

Very cool, let us know how your testing goes :)

My rubrail is aluminum and the fasteners I used are stainless. This is generally not a great combination because these dissimilar metals cause galvanic corrosion in the presence of saltwater. I tried to address this by placing the small gray PVC washer (in the photos above) between the binding...

I had a similar issue when trying to drill out my rivets. One option is having a helper inside holding the rivet with pliers, another is to use a dremel with a conical bit sized to fit the rivet. The high speed of the demel is usually fast enough to prevent the rivet from matching it and a...

I had a similar issue on my boat where the core was not properly sealed and had some moisture damage around the rod holders as well as the freshwater fill fitting. The steps are as described by ssobol above, remove the old/rotten core as much as possible, dry the area, fill with thickened epoxy...

We've had a 4m Truekit Discovery for about five years and are very happy with it. Most of our trips are from Santa Barbara across to the Channel Islands and we keep the boat deflated and in the cockpit for the crossing. Once we get out there, it's pretty easy to inflate the boat (we use a...

My boat had the rubrail swoop down near the transom along the hull and deck joint causing water to spray around and not looking super nice. I ended up cutting the rubrail back so it ends in a straighter way (which involved a bunch of fairing work to blend the hull and deck further aft) I found...

Sounds like a big job, what's the diesel tank for? Do you have a build thread? Would love to check out your boat.