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Rafa replied to foster's discussion EXTRA STORAGE in the group Beneteau 40 & 43"Hi Foster,
When I start any summer journey I always fill all the space under the floor with 1.5l bottles of watter, wich use to provide enough drinking watter for a month.
With regard to an additional fuel tank I installed one (70l) under the the…"
Mike Wilson replied to foster's discussion EXTRA STORAGE in the group Beneteau 40 & 43"Looked at my cutlery drawer and will have brother-in-law with cabinet shop in Tulsa make me a drawer. There is a support board at the back of the boards that the drawer slides are attached to. The back board runs completely across the…"
Simo Makkonen replied to foster's discussion EXTRA STORAGE in the group Beneteau 40 & 43"Hi Jeff,
Do you have any pictures of your solutions?
br Simo"
Mike Wilson replied to foster's discussion EXTRA STORAGE in the group Beneteau 40 & 43"We are on our 3rd year cruising the Bahamas. Wife and I on B40. The aft berth has become our main storage area. We do have plastic tubs just tall enough to go under floor boards for can goods. bilge just in front of engine on port…"
foster replied to sam's discussion battery life in the group Beneteau 40 & 43"Hello,
We went trough the same projects on Hibernia.
For batteries we installed 4x150AH Mastervolt Slim line that fit where the 2 original 140AH wet cells. Very good quality holding charge very well even after 6 years.
Battery control by Mastervolt…"
foster replied to Harry's discussion Finding and Preventing Problems in the group Beneteau 40 & 43"Thank's
I saw this fix.
Since the fuel gauge is not reliable and even the location and flat shape of the diesel tank is not very easy to measure with an appropriate NMEA2000 gauge we installed. I rely on engine (and generator) hours…"
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- At 1:47pm on January 27, 2009,
Mike Brown said… - No arch for October Moon. We don't always take the dinghy with us and when we do we tow it.
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Wayne replied to RWA's discussion Questions From a new B40 Owner in the group Beneteau 40 & 43"Hello Ross,
Yes I thought my backstays were loose as well and paid a rigger to to check tensions and inspect all fittings. To my surprise he informed me the person who stepped my mast did a perfect job of tensions and rigging and made no changes. Of…"
Ray Brown commented on S/V Compadre's group Cascade Owners Unite"We are retiring next year and plan to sail to Alaska sometime next summer. Is anyone interested in a Cascade rendezvous. Somewhere on the west coast? If not next year maybe the year after. We are going to be headed south to…"
William Dill replied to Dave Shore's discussion Seeping leak near prop shaft in the group Beneteau 40 & 43"Dave
I have a 2008 B40 that a similar problem. On my boat the prop shaft tube exits the hull with only a bead of caulking to keep water from seeping along the tube and entering the boat. Beneteau told the marina that this is the indicator that the…"
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RWA replied to RWA's discussion Questions From a new B40 Owner in the group Beneteau 40 & 43"Thanks for the reply, Mike! I've been very happy with the performance thus far. Now I'm just waiting for the weather to cooperate so I can spend some more time out on the water.
-Ross"
RWA replied to RWA's discussion Questions From a new B40 Owner in the group Beneteau 40 & 43"Chris - I ordered the service kit the day you replied. When I installed the new parts, I couldn't see any damage to the old valves or diaphragm, so I was skeptical, but worked like a charm!
Thanks for your help!
-Ross"
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