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Thanks Thomas and Roger. You've helped confirm what I thought they wanted. I think you are right in that what they really want is for for you wait until the oil has had time to get down to the oil pan. So any time after 10 minutes is okay and not over filling is important. Since I often...

I'm working my way through a revision to the manual I wrote for my R-25 and realize that I could use some advise - actually I could have used advise with the first version but ............. Relative to the Yanmar 110 diesel. The Yanmar manual says to crank the engine over (without starting)...

Hi Sailedaway- welcome to C-Brats. Good comments from James TXSD. Worth taking note of because of his wealth of experience. I have a Ranger 25 tug - hull number 15. It is the second powerboat we've owned and the first trailerable. Like you, we started sailing but switched to power when the...

Back in March when I started this particular topic, I mentioned that I would eventually develop my own manual for Mood Magic. This is one of those tasks that will never really get done but I've put together enough stuff to label it version 1. When I get to 99, I quit. It's just a start and...

The trailer that came with mine was a King Trailer. Carpeted bunks, surge brakes. It was about $8,000. I've subsequently added side guides for about another $200. I weighed my boat recently and it was 9,020 pounds on the trailer. It was about 100 pounds from being full of fuel and a couple...

Dick, I think you've shown a great deal of restraint and patience in dealing with this issue. Much more than I would have been able to as both Jeff and Andrew could tell you. Not surprisingly - a new boat - most of us have had problems with the C-25 and the factory has been very responsive to...

Finally had the opportunity to put the R-25 on a scale today. It weighed 9, 020 pounds. That's with 60 - 65 gallons of diesel, a full water tank, less than two gallons in the waste tank, and with a 70 pound dinghy on board. Includes all of our normal cruising gear except for some clothes...

Thanks Mac. I'm sure I contributed to the concern previously but I wouldn't hesitate to make the trip with the R-25. When we did it a few years ago with a slightly larger boat, fuel was not a problem although it looks we did like you did - we refueled at every opportunity. We had 150 gallons...

LET ME START OFF WITH A BIG APOLOGY. I must have had my head screwed on backwards as I wrote the last message because I did not mean to use km (kilometers) when I meant nm (nautical miles) Since I read speed in knots, I think in terms of nautical miles and simply mislabeled them. Sorry if...

A question that I'm sure Thataway can answer and thanks if you do plus a comment. Clearly warmed up and loaded is the best way to run diesel engines. I've gotten conflicting opinions, however, on how to warm up a diesel engine. Most say to let it sit at idle until it reaches some temperature...

Interesting, but possibily about right. Assuming straight line fuel consumption (not likely), that would be about 4.4 gallons an hour at cruise speed. With idle time and time spent below cruise, something over two gallons an hour doesn't seem too unreasonable given no long cruises to date...

The service manual that came with my 110 Yanmar recommended a slow break-in much like that described by Thataway. However, there is a service bulletin out by Yanmar that contradicts the manual. It strongly recommends that the engine not be babied during the first 50 hours and provides some...

John Livington at the C-Ranger factory tows them around almost every day with his Dodge 2500 diesel. Of course, they are pretty empty. I'm towing mine with an identical truck with a tow rig rated at 10,000 pounds with no problems. I believe that it is between 8,500 and 9,000 pounds. However...

At Bellingham, Dave from Sea Shift was nice enough to help get Mood Magic on the trailer and ready for the trip home. He suggested I post a couple photos showing where I placed the checklists described in an earlier posting. In the Mood Magic album, there is a subalbum titled "Checklists" that...

Shelf, towel holder, paper towel holder

Storage

Storage

Storage

Inside checklists

Above helm