2001 23V rebuild from the ground up

[gumby]

i was wondering how the progress was coming on the boat? To also to thank you for the tower going to the weld shop this week then off to powder coating. I do have the jig for your boat to gig your new one on if you are interested.

[chpthril]

@Sonic

Hope all is well, havent heard back from you in awhile.

[jimidemo]

Great thread. Hope the weather will cooperate for you.

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[Jetdriver]

Looking good man! It’ll be interesting to see this build come together, keep up the good work!

[duffymahoney]

Jealous of your skills!

[007]

Nice!

[SONIC]

Got the seat glassed and set in the boat. Now I've got to glass it into the existing structure.

[duffymahoney]

If you have it all apart, I would suggest moving the batteries, I honestly hate their stock location. It's so nice when I help a buddy with a boat and they are in the observer location.

[chpthril]

@bsreid,

There is a chance to burn up an impeller. However, with the latest green and orange synthetic impellers the pumps are using, this is rare. They are more forgiving to running dry. The pumps also have a run dry circuit in them that will trip the pump off if it draws too much.

[freeheel4life]

You can burn through impellers on reversibles if you aren't paying attention while draining. One of the "cons" for sure. There is a built in failsafe to both jabsco and Johnson pumps that are supposed to shut them off automatically after 15 or 20 minutes of run time. In my experience the only guys that burn up impellers are people that buy new boats with zero understanding of how their boat really works that burn up impellers(on new boats running reversibles). Folks going to this length typically have a good understanding of how their ballast works, and don't burn up impellers.
"Pros" would be less 1" or even 1 1/8" hose to run. Less wire to run. Less pumps. Less fuses as one fuse runs two circuits (fill and drain circuits each require circuit protection in aerator setups)Pumps that will suck the bag dry vs pumps that either require perfect orientation or end user forcing water from bag to empty..hate rolling up bags to empty them or lifting them to get water to enter drain pump. Other "pro" in my mind is a well mounted reversible will outlast an Attwood , Johnson, or Pyrahna aerator from What I've seen. As long as reversibles are mounted impeller down or at least parallel to horizon the pump itself lasts a long time. If you mount them in a location thats accesible impeller service isn't a big deal. 15 minutes and a flathead at most.
If you run reversibles you can hear when they are empty. The pump noise is quite different between when they are moving water vs sucking air.
Oh ya, jabsco gives you a polarity reversing switch as well with the pump...so really saving money again over aerator as they dont include fill/drain switches. Yes, they are more per pump, but way better setup. There are some other "cons" to reversibles but to me my mind is made up. Reversibles.

[bsreid]

What happens to th reversible if you forget to turn it off when draining?

[SONIC]

Freewheel, I have inside storage just not heated inside storage! Makes for a bit of a pain in the rear to do fiberglass work.
I'm thinking of buying one of those tent garage things and tossing a heater in it and see what happens.

[chpthril]

The Jabsco Ballast King is the fastest right now, thats for ballast applications. Like 960 GPH. The others are in the 700 gph range.

[freeheel4life]

Mike as usual nails it. I also like the fitting at bottom of the bag at the rear. Just seen some builds(including a Tige or two) where there isn't enough give. Water sloshes as boat slows down and pulls bag forward but hose is secured so it can't move with the bag. Eventually kills the fitting at the bag. Worst case I've seen quick connects get pulled off fitting and bag dumps into bilge. Super fun stuff watch your progress and thought. Hopefully lack of indoor storage doesn't shut you down.

[SONIC]

Maybe shove a couple of these guys in the lockers. extra ballast and they would fill quick!