We had a great time out at Lake Powell this year! We found a great spot at the far north end of Warm Creek Bay that offered great shade in the afternoon with a good wind break. Weather was great with some typical strong winds in the afternoon from the West. The houseboat ran great. There does seem to be a intermittent problem with the rear (master bedroom area) AC unit. Before we arrived the previous owner had called me asking about resetting the back AC unit and I had forwarded him info on doing a reset. He did the reset and said that the unit was working again. When we got out there and turned the unit on it did work fine for a while (a couple of hours) and then it stopped blowing air. It sounded as if the unit was running but there was no air flowing through the diffuser. After shutting the unit off and letting it set for a few hours, I turned it back on and it started to work again for a while but ultimately it did the same thing (stopped blowing). The previous owners had checked the lake water intake and it was clear so I do not think it was a water restriction to the unit. As indicated the unit was running and the boat had water running through the water exit on the port side of the boat unlike when a water source is plugged. I wonder if it is the fan in the unit.
Maybe it is just me and I hesitate to say this as it is possibly common knowledge amongst all the owners but I have never been able to bring the trim up and down on the houseboat out drives. If any of you are like me, I stumbled on to it while on the lake this time. In order to raise the trim you need to hold the two upper buttons on the trim adjustment at the same time. As you push both buttons you will notice the gauge indicating trim start to move up on the correlating indicator above the buttons (and the out drive does raise) . To lower the trim you hold the lower button down and you will once again notice the gauge showing the trim going down. It was really nice to be able to raise the trim this trip as I came in to the beach. Hope this helps someone else!
I replaced the fire extinguisher in the kitchen and had to go get propane on my own as LP services did not come out and switch the tanks as requested by Sorensons
Thank you Dennis, great post! Did you get a chance to evaluate the possibilities for moving the slide up and out of the way. Scott suggested looking at mounting it to the railing of the upper deck using the existing mounting bracket (or a new one) and modifying the support arm to attach it to the rail of the lower deck.
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