@Firestarter39, DM me, and I’ll send you a checklist I made. It’s definitely not the only one you will need - it just covers haul-out, but it does have some useful things on it.
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@gswearin said, where everything is is the most important. I haven’t actually seen a checklist for the R-25. Presumably you have the manual though (
https://www.manula.com/manuals/fluidmotion/ranger-tugs-r25/1/en/topic/ranger-tug-r25-owner-s-manual). That will tell you a lot. The big thing you need to remember is to ensure the seacocks are open when you try to run the heater/AC, or flush the toilets. They are in the bilge, under the center hatch in the cockpit. Also, when you turn off the heater, let it run for a bit to drain the water and cool down. The other thing that surprised me was the inverter. Once you flip the breaker for the inverter, there is an inverter panel in the mid-berth you have to turn on. It says Kisae on it. I have never seen a video of the R-25 training, but Bob shows it at 5:40 in day 1 of the training on his R-43 (
). It’s the same switch.
In terms of what you don’t need, the boats actually come really well equipped but it’s easier to say what you really do need than what you don’t. Here are a few things:
1. A suicide knob. It makes docking 100 times easier.
@Submariner has a link to one in his Amazon affiliate store that works really well:
https://www.amazon.com/shop/letsgoc..._sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_9P9N50Z1KMA9WM74C94Z
2. A pair of additional fenders. The boat comes with four. Six is really useful, especially if you need to raft. They are Polyform G-5, black. You said you were in Southeast Alaska, but not where. LFS Marine in Sitka has them, and I’m sure you can find them near you.
3. An extra dock line or two. They are 5/8” lines. I found a couple of extra 25’ ones were pretty useful to avoid having to move lines from one side of the boat to the other all the time.
4. Bedding. This is expensive, but the Yacht bedding is light years better than just the standard mattress if you are going to sleep on the boat. The mattress topper is well worth it. Other than that, standard sheets will work well.
5. AIS - Not really necessary, but a wonderful upgrade. It’s really useful to be able to see through fog and determine not just that there is another boat there, which the radar will tell you, but where they are going and how fast. The Garmin 800 works great and is easy to install.
6. A trash can. Always useful.
7. A remote control for the heater so you don’t have to duck into the cave every time you want to turn it on. This is the one you need:
https://marinepartssource.com/wirel...nits-with-v30-control-panels-webasto-5012610a. Check with the factory though if they ship them with the R-25s now. They do with the R-43, so perhaps they do.
That’s probably the stuff we found most important, other than fishing gear or whatever you want to use the boat for.
Enjoy the new boat and welcome to the group!
