Hey all,
Fairly new to boating and the new owner of a 2000 Hunter 320. Came off fairly well in the survey and inspection. Have some great boating expertise in the family which has been a big help. We're looking forward to learning more and have taken lessons, engaged with family and are registered for more education.
If you'll indulge me I have a few questions that have come up about the new-to-us boat:
1. Since buying there's been a fair bit of rain and we've discovered a couple of leaks. One is putting a decent amount of water in the aft cabin shelf on the port side. Seems to be coming from drips under the panel above and running down the side. Question is, can the panels in the aft cabin on the 320 be removed? Like to try and trace the source.
2. Our Webasto forced air heater seems unreliable. Often enough it will fire and there will be warm exhaust, but no flow in the cabin. I'm learning and will try to work through and trouble shoot, but thought I'd solicit opinions. Even the start up time seems long but maybe that's normal for that diesel heater?
Those are our big concerns since getting the boat. There's other maintenance to be done (hot water tank leaks but we'll probably try and remove it anyway since we won't really use it and put in some batteries), but we're trying to learn diligently.
Thanks for the forum.
Kev
Fairly new to boating and the new owner of a 2000 Hunter 320. Came off fairly well in the survey and inspection. Have some great boating expertise in the family which has been a big help. We're looking forward to learning more and have taken lessons, engaged with family and are registered for more education.
If you'll indulge me I have a few questions that have come up about the new-to-us boat:
1. Since buying there's been a fair bit of rain and we've discovered a couple of leaks. One is putting a decent amount of water in the aft cabin shelf on the port side. Seems to be coming from drips under the panel above and running down the side. Question is, can the panels in the aft cabin on the 320 be removed? Like to try and trace the source.
2. Our Webasto forced air heater seems unreliable. Often enough it will fire and there will be warm exhaust, but no flow in the cabin. I'm learning and will try to work through and trouble shoot, but thought I'd solicit opinions. Even the start up time seems long but maybe that's normal for that diesel heater?
Those are our big concerns since getting the boat. There's other maintenance to be done (hot water tank leaks but we'll probably try and remove it anyway since we won't really use it and put in some batteries), but we're trying to learn diligently.
Thanks for the forum.
Kev