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- Oct 5, 2006
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- Boat Info
- 07 58 DB
Truly Blessed IV
2010 Nautica 12' RIB, 40HP Yamaha
- Engines
- MAN CRM 900s
**CAVEAT: This is a single data point, and uncorroborated by me riding with this Sea Ray Owner**
Kristyn, the boys and I spent a week at Coles Point Plantation (aka 'Redneck Riviera") on the lower Potomac River this past week. We were berthed next to an '08 44DA with QSBs and Zeus Drives. Per the owner, his is one of 6 or so Zeus equipped Sea Rays on the east coast. Not a happy man. Nothing but problems with the Zeus drives. Key quotes from the older gentleman with the Zeus 44 Dancer:
"I bought it to work on it. (grins) the @#*&#$%% Zeus drives shut down after two hours of use. They will not hold their lubricating fluid, and when the system detects low fluid, it shuts down the QSBs....like today when I was trying to back into my slip after a two hour run. Port shuts down and I get an error code, an error code which is all proprietary, so I have no idea what the error code means until I call a Cummins Mercruiser Rep, get him out of bed, and they fly in and tell me what the problem is"
"The boat will run 40 MPH..when it runs"
"This is one of the very few with QSBs and Zeus--after this one, Sea Ray began fitting QSCs with the Zeus in the 44DA-I asked Sea Ray why I got the QSBs as my only option...they gave me 20 grand and told me to keep my mouth shut"
So-I suspect some of this is a bit of a stretch, but this is one unhappy Zeus owner, who, knowing the dealer on the Occoquan river like I do, probably paid top dollar for this boat. His boat was sitting in the slip a whole lot more than it was running last week/weekend.
His wife was sitting in the cockpit looking mightily pissed off while we looked into his ER....
He asked me what I was running in Truly Blessed II, and I said 6CTA 8.3 M3 450s-simple, reliable, smoke a little when they start up cold, mechanical diesels. He smiled and said "yup, Sea Ray got that one right"
This was a Sunday morning conversation over a cup of coffee while I peered into his ER.
Clearly not a happy guy, and perhaps stretching the truth a bit on the 20K for hush money.
As for me, I am sticking with my old school "runs when I want her to run" boat.
Again, for the Mercruiser Early Technology Adopting Zealots, this is a single data point.
Y'all help Merc get that Zeus thing perfected so I can buy a 2011 52 DB in around 2014 with QSM 11s and de-bugged Zeus Drives.
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Kristyn, the boys and I spent a week at Coles Point Plantation (aka 'Redneck Riviera") on the lower Potomac River this past week. We were berthed next to an '08 44DA with QSBs and Zeus Drives. Per the owner, his is one of 6 or so Zeus equipped Sea Rays on the east coast. Not a happy man. Nothing but problems with the Zeus drives. Key quotes from the older gentleman with the Zeus 44 Dancer:
"I bought it to work on it. (grins) the @#*&#$%% Zeus drives shut down after two hours of use. They will not hold their lubricating fluid, and when the system detects low fluid, it shuts down the QSBs....like today when I was trying to back into my slip after a two hour run. Port shuts down and I get an error code, an error code which is all proprietary, so I have no idea what the error code means until I call a Cummins Mercruiser Rep, get him out of bed, and they fly in and tell me what the problem is"
"The boat will run 40 MPH..when it runs"
"This is one of the very few with QSBs and Zeus--after this one, Sea Ray began fitting QSCs with the Zeus in the 44DA-I asked Sea Ray why I got the QSBs as my only option...they gave me 20 grand and told me to keep my mouth shut"
So-I suspect some of this is a bit of a stretch, but this is one unhappy Zeus owner, who, knowing the dealer on the Occoquan river like I do, probably paid top dollar for this boat. His boat was sitting in the slip a whole lot more than it was running last week/weekend.
His wife was sitting in the cockpit looking mightily pissed off while we looked into his ER....
He asked me what I was running in Truly Blessed II, and I said 6CTA 8.3 M3 450s-simple, reliable, smoke a little when they start up cold, mechanical diesels. He smiled and said "yup, Sea Ray got that one right"
This was a Sunday morning conversation over a cup of coffee while I peered into his ER.
Clearly not a happy guy, and perhaps stretching the truth a bit on the 20K for hush money.
As for me, I am sticking with my old school "runs when I want her to run" boat.
Again, for the Mercruiser Early Technology Adopting Zealots, this is a single data point.
Y'all help Merc get that Zeus thing perfected so I can buy a 2011 52 DB in around 2014 with QSM 11s and de-bugged Zeus Drives.
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