On Apr 25, 5:39 pm, Skip Gundlach wrote:

Well, the ER refit/rehab is under way, with stringer replacement soon
to
come. However, the leaking POS Raritan water heater is soon to find
its way
to the junkyard.

Skip

Hello Skip: I am wondering if your sailing goals/style have changed,
modified, or if youve altered course a bit since the gounding?
I would suscpect they have. That is, now that you got youre feet wet
do you still have the same dream?
And if so, how will that effect eqipment choices durring refit?

Lets try this...... the Pig is back in the water. How many days a year
will you actually be a vessel underway?
By Lydia's own words she does not like voyages. Its the time at the
dock she enjoys.
How many days a year will you be tied at the dock intertaing friends
and family?
I would go with electic shore power water heater from what I have
gleened from your posts over the alast few years. Then for the times
you are at sea just statr on you main engine to send hot engine
coolant to the water heater coils. Im saying that cause you mention
inverters and not generator. If a generator on board....... just start
the generator to make the 120 volt that supplies the water heater.

For me, I ripped out that stainless steel box, the seeminly miles of
1/2 hose and crappy hose clamps, and of course the pump. I was then
able to use that circuit for another load. Why on earth would I tear
out a preasure hot water system????
I dont want to turn my cruising into one DIY fixit show. But more
importantly, where I'm going I wont need hot
water.................................. that simple, nor the
additional Ah use for the pump, which reduces my house bank size,
which reduces my alternator-solar pannel size. Life gets easier,
simpler, cheeper; therefore, more fun time and less time standing
upside down with my head in a bilge with salty sweat buring my my
eyes.

Just a though Skip...............,

I hate working on boats Bob