Review 2011 R27 one year

[William Sanborn]

We bought in Aug 2021 and have put on 200 engine hours and enjoyed very much. Had a good survey done prior to purchase and everything worked, but as we used the boat items began to fail.
#1 the bow thruster motor brushes failed. bought a new motor and have one to send to Side Power for over haul.
#2 Gen Set quit code E-87. replaced the capacitor and were back in business.
#3 Pressure switch on the wash down pump broke and replaced
#4 Found and added antifreeze to the Depth Sounder P-79 Cup. Works now.
#5 Heat pump as stuck on AC. reprogramed to get heat.
#6 Motor mounts are cracked new mounts on order (History of the boat is lots of long trailer miles)
#7 Shaft packing gland was leaking, changed to a PSS Seal, dry as the desert.
#8 Steering pump has a cracked housing and weeps fluid, on order
#9 Mirco Wave door would not open Latch broken. new Mircowave.
#10 Love the boat at the Yanmar averages 2.0 gal/Hour the way we run it and no sails to deal with.
#11 Put 4 new Batteries on and solar panel keeps fridge going.
#12 Merry Christmas, and Happy Boating in 2023 cause we will.

 

[Bruce Moore]

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[knotflying]

Its a boat, This is what keeps you busy while anchored out or need to get away from the honey do list. :lol:
I think the engine mount locations, although necessary where they are, lend themselves to severe rusting. Ask your installer to coat them and also wash them down with fresh water regularly after each run.

 

[ALICE J]

It"s a BOAT. B reak, O ut, A nother, T housand. Fully agree with Knotflying, boats need care and feeding, tinkered with, lovenly touched, and thoughtful meditation while in the helm seat as the boat sits in her slip or trailer. I have had to do the same with Alice J and she has 2800+ hours. These tugs are made to move, either by land or sea, enjoy the adventures, memories of the good times will last a lifetime, bumps along the way will be soon forgotten.

 

[zekeandboone]

William, I sent you a PM.

 

[scross]

William,
That sounds about right for repair, replace and maintenance on a boat of that size.
Our 2009 R-25 Classic was 6 years old when we bought it. Over our 7 years of ownership I spent roughly 80 hours a year on repair, upgrades and ongoing maintenance. And another 40-60 hours on cleaning, polishing and waxing. Having the boat in the driveway off season made it pretty easy.
Our 24 ft Sundancer clone only required about 1/2 that time each year but it had much fewer systems to deal with. On the other end of the spectrum, my airplane required at least an hour or two of maintenance for every hour of flight time. In retrospect the 80 hours a year on the R-25 didn’t seem unreasonable.

 

[CruisingElvinRay]

“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing… about in boats — or with boats. In or out of ’em, it doesn’t matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that’s the charm of it. Whether you get away, or whether you don’t; whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere at all, you’re always busy, and you never do anything in particular; and when you’ve done it there’s always something else to do, and you can do it if you like, but you’d much better not.”

“The Wind in the Willows“, by Kenneth Grahame.


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[DMD3]

“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing… about in boats — or with boats. In or out of ’em, it doesn’t matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that’s the charm of it. Whether you get away, or whether you don’t; whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere at all, you’re always busy, and you never do anything in particular; and when you’ve done it there’s always something else to do, and you can do it if you like, but you’d much better not.”

“The Wind in the Willows“, by Kenneth Grahame.


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Yep. Always loved this quote. So precise. My exact behavior while aboard. Even like now while on jacks and blocks. Thanks for reminding me.