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all, i put an inverter into my 2520 fifteen years ago and it is about the best idea i ever had..........having 110 aboard, whether for a microwave oven (my main use....hot meals are happiness...i dont prepare them aboard, just warm them up) or a hair blower is really a fine thing to...

all, within several seasons, i replace the scuppers on my parker.....they simply were inadequate, e.g. a 5/8" hose on full into the cockpit would accumulate!......allow me to point out a bit of physics (actually, it is in the realm of physiology, my major at stanford)......the RESISTANCE to...

for fifteen seasons i have used the RIDGEPOLE approach with quite fine results.....i took 2x4x16 and scarfed about 3` to join them using west epoxy and bolts.....this is held about 16" above the cabin top (this is necessary to both create sharply angled sides to shed snow and water quickly and...

all, i have an i/o, so i have one racor with metal bowl on the block.... my fuel line from the tank, however, runs around to the starboard cockpit, under the washboard, where i have a primary gas filter of the clear/blue plastic kind.....this way, i can SEE the water level at all times and...

all, i doubt your leak is the hull-deck joint.....unless you have major blunt trauma to the hull......my rub rail was SCREWED (into GLASS) and these holes rounded out rapidly.........i had to pull my entire rail and did three upgrades at once. [1] i drilled out ALL holes, that is...

all, i have bilateral opening hatches (diamond seaglaze), and i prop them wide open with tennis balls up high on each side.......i also have a bugnet cabin "door" via velcro all around the inside of the cabin door ........with the sliding screens in, the front hatch open, the cabin door...

all, we have used the mdr product with perfect success for 30 years.... many folks also swear by stabil as well...dan

all, from the start, i wanted carpeting in the cabin, both for color-coor dination with my new bunk covers and seat covers, but also for quiet........i made a template up and cut out several at time...they are fully removeable for vacuuming or outright replacement with another..... mine...

norm, the leaking front windows were a known problem since i first talked with my dealer in `92!.....when i pulled them out about ten years ago, it was obvious that the FRAME would easily accept water and then channel it down to the outboard corner to drip out... my personal...

all, upon receipt of my boat, which was without any deck hardware at my request (i knew where and what, and i would rather do personally) ......i put two 10" perko cast bronze cleats at the bow, and two more at the "corners" on the transom.....the four ss cleats which come with the boat...

the only one i know of was off virginia beach a few years back..... linwood was aware of it......the guy was well offshore, but had anchored by the stern!.....a bigger than usual (which is NOT unusual at all) swell came right over the stern....it was an outboard model and not...

nothing to be embarrassed about.......as a physician, i am quite aware of the beneficial effects of these drugs, but as with ALL drugs, they have their jekyll and hide personality......with these drugs it is loss of attentive ness even to the point of transient psychosisl.......these ARE...

all, i do overnighting for two nights routinely, and there isnt any problem.... a couple of upgrades, though, are very nice... [1] put industrial strength velcro all around the doorway to the cabin on the inside.......have a canvas maker fabricate a "door" of mosq itoe netting...

folks, i would STRONGLY recc a racor, clear bowl filter be installed asap.... the amount of water potentially going through will overwhelm any other filter!......the clear bowl, mounted IN THE COCKPIT IN PLAIN VIEW can fill with 10 oz of water in a half hour!!....if the tank is low (giving...

great post! this is the kind of nitty gritty that makes this site shine.....i did this job about three years back....i chose the livorsi model of electronic- no-moving-parts sender......it is nice because it allows calibration after installation......i got a custom length to place it about...

your post was about your boat, right? dan

all, my case is somewhat unique, but is instructive i believe.....i have kept both of my boat for 34 yrs at the same marina, although i visit many, many others......i am an unambivalent fan of the HI-DRI or "rack" for mat to storage.......first, there is the SECURITY.....it cant be stolen and...

this is a great boat......your money is well-spent, in general, on a parker, as they are both designed right and built right by a knowledge able boater who puts HIS NAME right on the hull of each one..... that said, the real wisdom of your purchase will be the DURATION you have the...

all, my 2520 is in it`s fourteenth SEASON at present and has 1800 hrs on the chevy 350 i/o.....since i mostly anchor out for the weekends, and i travel at 18 knots , i estimate i have travelled over 30,000 miles to date.......and i estimate that i have over 10,000 hours aboard.. thus...

all, the vee question is an old one, and comes down to physics......the more vee the [1] more gas it will use....dragging that vee THROUGH (not over) the water surface.....deep vee boat commonly need at least 50% more engine that mod vee, and sometimes more like...