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| Repower Articles |
| "GOT BAIT" - 32 Hatteras Repower |
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| This sportfishing vessel is owned by Pat
Maloney ( PMaloney@bautelaw.com ) in Marina Del Ray, Ca. , but is berthed
and fished out of San Diego (close to where the Albies and Tuna hang out). |
Pat contacted me back in early 2002, when
his old engines began to act up. He had 8.2 Detroit's and was tired of missing
fishing trips (seasons) because of the unreliability of his Detroit's. After
spending thousands of dollars on "patches," in late 2002, Patrick finally
decided to bite the bullet and put in new engines. Plus, like most boats
of this vintage, performance was marginal at best even when they ran well
- 16-17 K's cruising just doesn't cut the mustard. He loved his boat and
from my experience the 32 Hat was a great fishing platform but needed some
modern reliable diesels to bring it up to full potential. We looked at what
his needs were along with all the costs and compared them with what the
right engine would be for this application. We decided that the Cummins
330 Diamond coupled to ZF220A 1.5 ratio gears would be the best over choice..
He had a budget to stay within and also knew that like most repowers that
some things would also be upgraded along the way that would add to the overall
cost.....
Besides the engine and trannies that needed
replacing, exhaust systems, fuel systems, batteries and battery distribution
systems, seawater systems, engine mounting hardware, all gages and harnesses,
auto pilot, trim tabs, bilge systems, shaft logs, strut bearings and props,
etc, etc, would all need upgrading... Initial budget about $80,000...........Sounds
like a lot, but what he ended up with will prove to be a great investment
and $$ well spent... |
| A partial list of "New Stuff": |
(2) Cummins 330 Diamonds w/ ZF
220A's
(2) Austral 21x21 4B cupped Nibral Class 1 prop scanned props
New custom 5" exhaust
New Morse 33C Supreme cables and hardware thru-out
All new Battery 2/0 cabling and switches w/ parallel capability
(2) group 31 (1 ea engine) and (2) 8D (house) Lifeline AGM batteries
and custom Starboard boxes/mounts Complete battery auto isolation system
w/ auto charging of all batteries w/ digital read outs for the 3 isolated
banks
Completely refurbished 5Kw Northern Lights Generator
New full length aluminum engine rails/beds along w/ custom trans and
engine brackets
2" thru hulls and HD strainers/pick-ups and hoses
New multi-stage fuel filter system, and 100% all new fuel lines fitting
thru out
Comnav 1101 auto pilot w/ HD AccurSteer hyd pump
All new gages and harnesses w/ added pyro's, boost, and trans gages
New transducer and new 582L Furuno fish finder
New and remounted trim tabs (moved to the outside of the boat - for some
reason, the olds ones were mounted on the keel)
New front and rear strut bearings and HD packing glands/hoses/ clamps
etc.
New bilge pumps wiring and hoses, etc ( 2 existing pumps w/ 1 new pump)
All new insulation and bracing for aluminum center hatches
New Custom 1" Divincell foam cored combo Jacuzzi / 150+ gallon fish box
insert |
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| What we didn't do was the bottom.. Patrick
wants to go fishing before the season ends, and will have the bottom sandblasted
to remove 20 years of bottom paint this winter.. His bottom paint was pretty
rough but performance was still as good or better than we hoped for..... |
| Sea trial on 30 Aug yielded the
following: |
28.4 to 29.2 Knots at 2835/2850
RPM WOT
Honest cruise @ 2200 RPM and 21+ knots / 13-14 PSI boost both engines
1800 RPM gave us 16+ Kts and below 10PSI boost
100% full fuel 3 tanks (300+ gallons) , 2 full bait tanks, 3 guys w/
lots of tools and spares, canvas up and decent weather |
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| Had the bottom been new and smooth, I
think we'd seen 2900+ RPM and 30K, but that doesn't matter anyway as the
boat handles best at 18-21 K's...........Very smooth and quiet and I think
when the dust settles, she''ll be a strong, economical and reliable 18-20K
cruiser loaded for bear at under 14gph avg................ |
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