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Design errors can happen (i.e. the placement of the fresh water pump) and assembly problems can happen. However, the problem with the placement of the freshwater pump was known and was apparently quietly addressed by the more conscientious and better dealers. It's disgusting there isn't a...

I was recently assigned to a much wider slip (the old one had two inches of clearance on either side of boat at the outer pilings). Since I had to redo my docking lines, this seemed an appropriate time to examine how I wanted the boat to be positioned in the new slip. Our dock is fixed (not...

After several fits and starts, my freshwater pump failed completely about a month ago. I removed it today and disassembled it to determine what was wrong and repair it, if possible. Water had gotten into the pump motor. The bearing at the pump end of the armature was frozen solid and could...

I visited SailAnnapolis yesterday. They currently have no boats in stock but will be receiving hull number three of the new Venture series. If I understood correctly (meaning I may have misunderstood), they are associated in some way with the New Jersey dealer. To date they have only dealt in...

Another possible dealer change... examination of the factory web site no longer lists Cutter Marine (East Baltimore, MD) as a dealer. Another company called "Sail Annapolis" (off of 1st Street in Annapolis, MD), now shows as the only Maryland dealership. Bill Edgewater, MD

I've had no problem with water draining from the scuppers while in the water since removing the check valves. Prior to that, it barely drained (there is a thread on this). I'll also add that some water drains into the bilge because of the way the cockpit hatches fit (even after Cutter Marine...

Sea Wolf's comment on 5200 employee error jibes with something Cutter Marine found when replacing the bathroom door on our 2007 CD-25. The old one had been put on with 5200. It took Cutter quite a long time to get it off so the replacement door could be put on. Bill Edgewater, MD

I had a very heavy diesel odor once the weather became warmer. I posted that I had removed the stove and found no fuel in it nor odor associated with it. Someone responded they had solved a similar problem by venting the stove to the cockpit. Their theory was that the expansion and...

I've not heard anything from the survey team either. Bill Edgewater, MD

I had the same problem with the battery charger. The ten and the five were crimped together and the other five went to a second battery. I've never exactly understood the ramifications of that having been done but the Guest tech rep said it may not have been done long enough to do damage. I...

We had a wonderful day on and off the Chesapeake. Left the dock around noon, exited the South River, then explored many of the nooks and crannies on the West & Rhodes Rivers. The weather was sunny, clear, dry and probably never exceeded 80 degrees. Definitely not typical July weather in...

We were about 2 hrs from home Saturday and lost all 12 volt current. It wasn't fun crossing the Chesapeake without tabs but we pulled it off. Periodically there would be enough juice for the radio and/or GPS but adding anything else killed it again. There was nothing readily identifiable as the...

I've disconnected my CO detector for the moment and am attempting to contact technical support at Fireboy, the vendor. It was manifesting a fault condition that would not go away. It was also quite warm to touch on the outside of the case and some of the internal components were actually hot to...

There is a paper manual for the CD-25. Some of it is unique (such as wiring diagrams) and much of it is a collection of individual vendor manuals. It isn't the most complete document in the world but it is sometimes helpful. If I had a scanner and software to create a PDF I'd be happy to...

I had a similar problem with my Garmen 498. It was caused buy the sonar "Range" setting being set to 20 feet. Setting it to Auto rectified the problem. Bill Edgewater, MD

Great idea Moxieabs. I was starting to wonder if the problem had anything to do with the fuel reservoir which is a soft milky white plastic. I was wondering if fuel was slowly migrating through the container since even after sitting outside for half a breezy sunny day, the outside of the...

I'd like to begin by thanking everyone for their thoughts on this. This morning I finished removing and disassembling the stove relative to the combustion chamber (can, fiberglass mat, glow plug etc.). The surprise to me is that the combustion chamber seemed absolutely devoid of fuel. There...

I'm in the process of removing the Wallas stove from the counter top and have had to stop to run a few errands. The removal procedure has been less than obvious but I think I'm getting there. At this point I need to remove the exhaust hose, and disconnect the power. Then the unit should...

The site is clearly much slower than it had been. I have noticed that when certain functions are being performed there is a line in very fine type at the bottom of the page that says "debug is on". "Page generation time: 0.3688s (PHP: 90% - SQL: 10%) - SQL queries: 23 - GZIP disabled - Debug...

Several months ago I removed unused diesel fuel from the Wallas fuel reservoir. However, each time I get on the boat I smell diesel fuel in the cabin (but very little under the sink where the reservoir is located). The hotter the day the stronger the smell. Today when I got on board, the...