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There's little doubt the campground owners are not going to like it - that's the reason I run the discharge hose in the sewer (if available) or somewhere it can perk into the ground. I think for the most part the A/C intake pump has limited ability to draw water - but they will draw to an...

Running Your Marine AC while on a Trailer As an additional bonus to the winterizing mod for your Ranger you can also run your A/C off the same line that feeds the RV solution to the A/C condenser / heat exchanger. When I used to pull my 2556 Bayliner around the country quite a bit visiting...

As I mentioned - I used this system for years on my other boat with no problems. The only difference regarding the pump is it no longer has to draw the water to the impellers, it's doing the same job of displacing water as it did before. As Marvin mentioned, it takes very little water to cool...

Since the unit only uses water when the pump is running and it's night - I would be surprised if it used the water it would take to shower. Besides, that's why we pay $30-$70 a night in RV sites to use them!

Running Your Marine AC while on a Trailer Back in 94, when I used to pull my 2556 Bayliner around the country quite a bit visiting different areas, I got tired of pulling in RV parks and sweating bullets all night, when my boat already had a marine A/C unit sitting there which was un-useable...

Just an update on my alarm installation - the Scorpio alarm system has a circuit that flash's the lights on and off during arming and during a violation. One of the "coolest" things about the Ranger is the fact they incorporated tail and marker lights in their hull. Yep, just plug in the...

Capt, Much to my surprise, the only hose on the boat that is double clamped in the strainer connections to the engine. Even the other end of the hose to the engine, the 90 degree adapter, and both ends of the water pump under the water line are only single clamped. I had a massive water leak...

Not sure if that's the reason Ranger arranged it this way - I've had sea-water wash-downs on almost all my boats and never seen a loop used before. Either way, the stiff hose was putting a lot of pressure on the plastic pump inlet and might have failed at some point. You can see in the...

Part 2 - of my winterizing, is the modification of the water intake for the sea-water wash-down and head intake. The modification consists of installing two additional shut-off valves so the RV antifreeze solution is locked into the appliances and hoses. On my Ranger, I improved the factory...

Steve, That's where my set-up is on the intake valve - I just shut the intake and the RV solution is drawn into the A/C condenser heat exchange unit. It only took 1/2 gal to do the system. Here's another image of my set-up on the Ranger 25:

With regard to winterizing my Ranger 25, I wanted something that would be easy to deal with each year so I just picked up a few items to install. Winterizing now can be as simple as shutting off the intake valve - opening the mini valve and sticking the hose in a jug of RV Juice. Fire up the...

Here's a so-so shot of the galley trim - it really pops the counter area.

Here's shot of the Raymarine SmartPilot S1000 SmartController, I simply used a screw on the windshield frame to mount the holder with one screw and some double stick tape. The second cradle is mounted in the cockpit area. Of course the remote can be also be used as a second helm station. We've...

Well at this point it's hard to tell what's real and what's not! If you look at the video you'll see that after the wing separated the plane was totally in a stall - in fact, it was few seconds before the plane even built up any airspeed. if the pilot would have tried to keep the plane...

I'm shocked - I thought all you boat people were just normal people!

forgetting the fake landing - I see a wing come off that appears to be the real deal, what happened to that plane and the pilot?

The only thing I had to "Un-Bolt" was the glove box cover and the door on the John, actually there was less screws in my door than there was on the glove box. All the trim work was just taped off - while not shown, I did the teak strips above the window - the strip around the rear base of the...

Thanks Captd - I was wondering myself!!

It sure is - thanks for the update - someone posted it on our R/C forum. Well I have one that ain't fake but it's R/C model so we know it's possible: What do you guys think about this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsNIhBly ... re=related

It's hard to imagine what we would all do in a life and death situation, this guy has to have nerves of steel!