New NC795 + saltwater washdown pump

[baye]

Hi!

A newbie from Spain here (excuse my typos...).

After having read this forum for months and made up my mind thanks to the explanations of your messages, in July I received my new NC795 + yamaha 200hp (Merry Fisher here in Spain). I have enjoyed it all summer and it currently has 75hrs. I can not say anything bad, everything has worked perfectly since it arrived, but I wanted to make a couple of comments in case they can help someone, I think they are applicable to any boat, but I'm new into motorboats (had a Sun 2500 before):



- Make sure the shower control is turned off during navigation, the other day I took a whole bucket of water from the bilge, it seems that the remote control was turned on with some wave and it emptied a few dozen liters during the trip back to port.



- If you have a yamaha ftx engine, watch out for electronic deactivation using the remote control. The controller was stored in a backpack and it drove me crazy for a whole morning...



Now I would like to ask a couple of questions:


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- I'm thinking of installing a saltwater washdown pump. I see that there are some of you who have installed it in 795 (Capt’n Ron?). If you could help me with some photos of how it looks and where you have installed it would be very much appreciated. I find it essential to clean the blood while I fish, the power of the fresh water shower is not enough to clean that mess.
I was thinking that maybe I could disassemble the gas installation and go ahead and install the hose inside the kitchen gas hatch, which is an option I wouldn't choose again since I have realized that I will never cook again on board of this boat due to the low height of the kitchen and the little space available. I wonder if it would be possible... If I get to do it, then the next thing to do would be to uninstall the kitchen and install a coffee machine instead.


- I am going to install a Garmin autopilot, do you recommend using the NMEA network or better to install the screen separately? Perhaps for quick access it may be better to have it separate. I had thought about using NMEA and buying a remote control to carry in my pocket while fishing.


Thank you very much for your help during all this months!

[buff]

Hola Baye,

I have a 795 here in Norway. In general I’m happy with the boat, but I have big issues with cracks all over the decks. Hope to get this sorted out soon.
Because of that I’m on hold with some upgrades like autopilot or lithium battery.
I would like to see how the autopilot integration on your boat works. I was looking into Raymarine or Simrad though. I would prefer a separate display unit so that a quick change is done more easily. You don’t have to deal with the plotter all of the time. It’s also a backup solution I guess.

Enjoy the boat and stay healthy!

Buff

[Capt’n Ron]

Oct 26, 2020 8:13:26 GMT baye said:

Hi!

A newbie from Spain here (excuse my typos...).

After having read this forum for months and made up my mind thanks to the explanations of your messages, in July I received my new NC795 + yamaha 200hp (Merry Fisher here in Spain). I have enjoyed it all summer and it currently has 75hrs. I can not say anything bad, everything has worked perfectly since it arrived, but I wanted to make a couple of comments in case they can help someone, I think they are applicable to any boat, but I'm new into motorboats (had a Sun 2500 before):



- Make sure the shower control is turned off during navigation, the other day I took a whole bucket of water from the bilge, it seems that the remote control was turned on with some wave and it emptied a few dozen liters during the trip back to port.



- If you have a yamaha ftx engine, watch out for electronic deactivation using the remote control. The controller was stored in a backpack and it drove me crazy for a whole morning...



Now I would like to ask a couple of questions:


(edit)
- I'm thinking of installing a saltwater washdown pump. I see that there are some of you who have installed it in 795 (Capt’n Ron?). If you could help me with some photos of how it looks and where you have installed it would be very much appreciated. I find it essential to clean the blood while I fish, the power of the fresh water shower is not enough to clean that mess.
I was thinking that maybe I could disassemble the gas installation and go ahead and install the hose inside the kitchen gas hatch, which is an option I wouldn't choose again since I have realized that I will never cook again on board of this boat due to the low height of the kitchen and the little space available. I wonder if it would be possible... If I get to do it, then the next thing to do would be to uninstall the kitchen and install a coffee machine instead.


- I am going to install a Garmin autopilot, do you recommend using the NMEA network or better to install the screen separately? Perhaps for quick access it may be better to have it separate. I had thought about using NMEA and buying a remote control to carry in my pocket while fishing.


Thank you very much for your help during all this months!

Hi Baye, congrats on the 795 and I’m glad it has worked out good for you this summer.

Regarding the salt water wash down, I’m really glad I installed it, especially after my last 5 day fishing trip. The one issue I’ve found is given the sea cock is towards the front of the boat, the sea cock inlet comes out of the water in rough water so the water stream gets interrupted.  In calm water it works great though. 

Here are some of the details:

I installed the Jabsco Hotshot 82605 70psi pump.
Installed the pump in the bathroom under the sink.  I was first going to install it in the back deck locker on the starboard side, but the installation recommends the pump be within a couple feet of the inlet port.
Installed the pump switch on the helm switch bank.  I looked at installing the switch on the back deck by the hose, and I still might move it back there given when I want to use it I have to go inside the cabin to turn it on and off.
Ran new wiring from the pump to the fuse block that’s inside the main cabin cabinet under the sink.
Tapped into the salt water sea cock for the head by putting a splitter and installed a back flow value to ensure water was not drawn from the head. 
Used wire wrapped tubing for the intake side of the pump and reinforced polytube on the output side of the pump to the external water valve.  You want to make sure you use the wire wrapped tube on the intake side so that the vacuum pressure doesn’t collapse the hose. 
Installed the Jabsco flush mount quick connect outlet just behind the bench.  Everywhere I looked to install the outlet on the back deck I found where it was going to get it the way given it sticks out about 6 inches (15.6cm) and I knew eventually it was going to get stepped on and broken.  The location I installed it works great!

I hope this helps.  Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Ron

[baye]

Wooow! Thank you so much for the quick info Ron!

I'm going to talk to the handyman and show him your photos to see what we shall do. It's perfect, i'll do it the same way, and I don't have to uninstall gas pipes...

Thank you very much Ron and buff for your help!!!

[ccasey1818]

Has anyone successfully installed an aftermarket live well in their 2020 NC 795? I am thinking under the port side cockpit bench or in the port side swim platform locker. Let me know. Thanks!