Fresh water level on R25

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C-248 C
Hull Identification Number
FMLT2565K708
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JOHN'S FOLLY (2008)
I am a new Tug owner, have only owned it for 3 weeks now. We purchased a 2008 R25 that had only 14 hours on the clock, had it put into the Columbia River in Portland and have been playing with it each weekend ever since. We are also RV owners and am used to having a water level measurement system on the fresh water tank. We find that the R25 does not have such a system. Has anyone looked into how one could be added. I note that the 2010 are advertised to have the required measuring device. Actually, I do not even know where the fresh water tank is located and if a person has access to the side of it. If there is not a simple solution I guess we will need to get water every chance we have and just make sure we don't use too much in between times. Any help would be appreciated.
John Turner
 
Hi John and welcome to the best boating ever!
We have a 2008 Ranger 25 and asked the factory to install a fresh water tank sensor during the production. The system we use can be easily added post-production because the sensors adhere to the outside of the tank. The model that we are happy with is SensaTank II.

Your fresh water tank is under the teak/holly floor and up against the step in the V-berth. Perhaps, on your boat, (but not on ours) there is a teak board that is on side of that step. If you have one, gently pull that board off and you will see the end of the fresh water tank. Then, you can add the tank sensors. If your boat does not have this board you have few choices. If you unscrew and take off the grill to the cabin heater under the helm station and set that aside, you will find the fresh water pump and the fresh water hoses that lead to and from the top of the tank but I am not certain if you have much access to the tank itself. If it was me, I would probably cut the fiberglass wall next to the V-berth step- a 1" wide slot from near the teak/holly floor to about half way down would probably do it. From there, I would add the sensors.

Welcome to a great group. Your question is very appropriate. (If we don't know the answer, we'll just make something up!)
 
Oh come on John (Gray) .... we don't make things up...... we invent "new methods".....

Rebel, As John and Laurie said, welcome to the group. If you haven't seen the thread, there is a Ranger Tug Owners Rendezvous in Bremerton Washington on Sept 10-12 2010. We had our first this past year and had 32 tugs in attendance! 2010 is already shaping up to be even bigger as we have already had 22 vessels sign up. I understand this is a long way off yet, but something to think about.

If you are interested, let me know and I will add you to the list of possible attendees. The only cost to Tug Owners is the moorage at the marina which you pay upon arrival.
 
John has given a very detailed description, and a good one. The water tank is in the same location and the monitoring system can be retro fitted to your boat without a whole lot of work.

When removing the teak strip you will notice that the cutout that the teak covers is a bit tight to get your hands in and do this. We have to cut it out a bit larger and add in a larger piece of teak to cover it up. That is about the hardest part of the whole installation.

We use the following:

https://www.portsupply.com/webapp/wcs/s ... &langId=-1
 
I have the MY2010 R25 and I don;t have this problem. 🙂 That said, here's an idea...

Fresh water is dispensed via the sink alone, right? Thus installing a flow meter (much like a house water meter) to the fresh water line leading to the sink you will know at a glance how much water in gallons has been used. Filling the fresh water tank and then zeroing out or noting the reading would give you the starting baseline reading.

I also note that any water drained from the sink will go overboard on starboard side.
 
Barry's idea is interesting and I have not seen one in use. The challenge would be accounting for the water used in the head, the sink and the shower, because in our case, we use those a lot.
 
The head uses sea water for flushing and drains into the pump out tank.(in my case).

Hmmmm, yes the sink in the head room is same as for the cabin/galley sink (forgot that one). But I bet it drains out the boat thru a common pipe as the galley sink does.

The shower runoff I believe runs into the pump out tank.

So the water flow meter should be spliced into the drain pipe that deposits the water outside of the boat.
 
The shower drains into a small tank under the sink (accessible by a hatch/opening) and is then pumped overboard. The drain is below water level so it needs to actually pump the water out.

Doug Kersten
Nauti Dream
 
baz":267s9igr said:
The head uses sea water for flushing and drains into the pump out tank.(in my case).

Hmmmm, yes the sink in the head room is same as for the cabin/galley sink (forgot that one). But I bet it drains out the boat thru a common pipe as the galley sink does.

The shower runoff I believe runs into the pump out tank.

So the water flow meter should be spliced into the drain pipe that deposits the water outside of the boat.
Click to expand...

Wrong!! He would want it at the fresh water tank output line or the output of the fresh water pump.. Some may drain liquids like pop, beer etc. into the sink.
If the shower goes into the holding tank then you miss that gallonage.

Putting a flow meter on the output of the fresh water tank leaves no doubt.

Edit: I was multitasking so I missed doke01's post.
But the point it still the same, For best accuracy put the meter after the fresh water tank.
 
Bringing this thread back to life rather than start a new one. Anyone have a pic of the slot for the level gauge and/or teak cover that is mentioned in this thread? Is the tank back under the cabin sole or is it under the step?
 
Hi- I question 14 hr. on a 2009 ranger tug you should look into that !!!! I own the same year 25'

Mike
 
Mike,
The OP started this thread back in 2009. I saw the boat in 2015 when he was selling it but didn’t get a close look at the fresh water level indicator mod he made.
 
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