One of the most important things for a multi-day boat trip in the 4788 is a good nights sleep. Without a good nights sleep the rest of the trip is much more challenging. We are replacing the mattresses in the master stateroom and the second (VIP) stateroom. We had originally planned to order custom mattresses,
On our shakedown cruise of the 4788 a few weeks ago we noticed that the port side starting battery was totally dead, and would not take a charge, but this had not been noticed when we purchased it because there is a crossover switch from the house batteries to the starting batteries. That crossover switch
Being around the saltwater and weather, the boat is always in need of a cleaning. My gas powered pressure washer at home was simply too big to bring on board and use when we are out and about, so I purchased a small electric pressure washer to use when we are on board the boat.
On the Bayliner 4788 there are sliding doors on either side of the pilot house. One has never worked well since we purchased the boat, and the other one really started to stick last week. The door is Part #9 in the diagram below. I started by removing the pilothouse door. This was as simple
After our shakedown cruise, we discovered that even with the 4 x 8d deep cycle and AGM batteries they would barely hold a charge overnight with the 12v fridge running and some house lights. After some investigation we found several of the rules of long battery life being voilated. The batteries were different types. All
After our first outing and realizing that using a cell phone hotspot for internet access was’t going to do the job, we determined we needed something a bit more permanent. After doing some research, I purchased the MOFI Network MOFI4500-4GXeLTE-SIM7 which is described as working well with TMobile service. After purchasing the router, I then
Before we could add the new lettering for the boat name, we had to clean off the previous worn out stickers. Once the transom was clean we applied the new vinyl stickers that we created using our vinyl cutter. Thanks to George for helping make this happen. Below is the final look of the new
We added 440 watts of solar panels to the pilothouse roof. When the sun is showing the panels charge the house batteries and keep the house batteries topped off so the house bank is full charged when we are ready for an outing. Below is one of the 4 solar panels in the packaging as
One of the first things that I noticed is that the anchor windlass up and down switches were not working. A quick disassembly and cleaning and we now have working windlass switches. We are now able to raise and lower the anchor. The first boat repair is now complete.
Today the boat officially closed and it is now ours. We plan to bring it home tomorrow. There were many parts to making this whole boat deal happen, and there are several people that I would like to thank for their help along the way. The Dream Boat Co. Thanks Captain Randy Parten at Dream
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