Our new to us 300DA

Beautiful boat. Don't worry about the gen. Low hour gens do just fine with proper care and maintenance. In reality, they are no different than your mains. You don't want the fuel in the lines and carb/efi to go bad. Keep clean oil in it, good plugs, antifreeze, impeller, etc., and it will do just fine.
 
Nater Potater said:
'Same here! We went from an old 18 foot runabout to our 30 foot, twin engine beast.


It is. When you "cross-control" the two outdrives (one forward, one reverse), the boat will almost pirouette around its center, making for some easy (easier?) slip maneuvering. And remember; never approach anything faster than you would want to hit it. A boat this size has a lot of stored-up momentum once it begins to move.
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Thank you. Makes a lot of sense. It’s funny. When we went for a ride on one of the 300DA we looked at, I jumped off the boat as the owner was coming into the dock as to grab a line and tie it off to one of the dock cleat. With my old boat I could just push off the boat if she came in a way that I wasn’t happy with. I tried to push the bow away from the dock on this thing and it laughed at me. That’s when I realized how heavy this boat really was. So what you said about momentum is sooo true.

How long did it take you to get comfortable with this monster?
 
I ordered a bunch of parts for the generator. Plugs, fuel filter, impeller, oil, oil filter, etc. Will do a complete tune up on her in the spring and hope for the best. Then I will try and get in the habit of running her every time we go out to put some more hours on her.
 
1hot87gt said:
How long did it take you to get comfortable with this monster?
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Oh, we're not even close to comfortable! Late this Summer, we were finally able to get it out onto the water with all systems functional for the first time. We're really looking forward to next Spring when we can just run it and start taking care of the little cosmetic and minor upkeep issues. Check out my build thread below for all the gory details.
 
Nater Potater said:
Oh, we're not even close to comfortable! Late this Summer, we were finally able to get it out onto the water with all systems functional for the first time. We're really looking forward to next Spring when we can just run it and start taking care of the little cosmetic and minor upkeep issues. Check out my build thread below for all the gory details.
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Hey Potato Man! Everything is broke you just don’t know it yet.
 
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One of the pics of my boat posted by the previous owner shows the camper top rolled up but mounted to the back and strapped in place as it would appear. I also noticed in Kanddr’s avatar that his is set up similarly. My wife loves the idea of the camper top. I think the boat is beautiful without all that canvas, but of course, it’s going to have to AT LEAST be on board to keep her happy, just in case. My question is to those of you that have it that way as well, does it get in the way? Nuisance? I have a mooring cover that I will use when boat is at dock. Does anyone use one of those as well, and if so, does that interfere with the camper top poles, straps? Mooring cover is made by Great Lakes and I believe there are provisions in the cover that go around the brackets, but I’m not sure.
 
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Hotman, I have all the canvas. Will tell my experience.
Wife gets hot and doesn’t like direct summer sun. So front canvas stays up pretty much all summer. When we come back after a a day out it’s just easier to throw up the slant back.
Multiple pics coming, cant put all in 1 post.
So this is our normal summer setup. Ignore it’s on blocks.

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We used to put on the cockpit cover first year all the time, but this requires rolling up the front canvas which the wife likes up before being able to put on which is a pita when it’s fkn hot at end of weekend and just want to get home. So this has basically become my winter cover.
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Ok. Thanks pirate lady. Although I don’t have the back drop canvas. I do have a mooring cover that goes from the front windshield all the way to the back but am encouraged by that first pic which seems to show that your back drop seems to go around all of the poles and mounts from the camper top with ease. Thank you.
 
Anyway, you got a real nice boat. Congrats. Go slow. When docking if people can walk faster than you are approaching the dock you are going too fast. when in doubt about the weather don’t go out, it’s not your wife’s fault you hit the pier cause you can’t dock properly. When coming into a marina watch the flags, all boats have flags, it will tell you how the wind is blowing.
Good luck.
Oh, PS. You will hit something, just like a car, you will encounter a scratch a gouge. If you don’t, you ain’t using the boat. Don’t freak and don’t blame the wife.
 
1hot87gt said:
...I have a mooring cover that I will use when boat is at dock. Does anyone use one of those as well, and if so, does that interfere with the camper top poles, straps? Mooring cover is made by Great Lakes and I believe there are provisions in the cover that go around the brackets, but I’m not sure.
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If the cockpit cover was ordered for the camper option then it should have cutouts to clear the framing. If you happen to have the tag still attached with the part numbers I can tell you exactly what it is.

Also, if you have an specific questions regarding the factory canvas setup please feel free to ask. We are distributors for Great Lakes Boat Top and we sell a lot of these.

Thanks,
-Kevin
 
1hot87gt said:
I ordered a bunch of parts for the generator. Plugs, fuel filter, impeller, oil, oil filter, etc. Will do a complete tune up on her in the spring and hope for the best. Then I will try and get in the habit of running her every time we go out to put some more hours on her.
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I had an '06 with what I assume was the same generator. Bought it with low hours. It would run, then it would quit, then it would maybe start, or not for a while, then it would start and run perfectly, then shutdown for no reason. Drove me nuts for almost two seasons. I got to the point where I knew it was fuel related.

If I remember well, the main components are a main solenoid at the fuel tank, the main filter, an inline filter, a reciprocating fuel pump, then an anti-dieseling solenoid / needle valve right at the carb.

I was convinced it was the anti-dieseling solenoid (it's apparently a common problem). I think it was intermittent, however (and this was a big however), it was also the fuel pump.

Something to think about if you get intermittent shutdowns and you still have spark (the easy way to check if it's sensor-related, by the way).
 
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