Hey Kristin! Thank you so much! I will send you a private e-mail with my office address...that's where I am when I am not at my boat! ;-)
And I indeed will pass on what I have extra of!
And by the way,no one ever warns new boat owners, but you find out soon enough....boat things cost WAY more than anything else on the planet! Like....up to 10 times...it's sometimes good for a laugh! "Oh sure, I'll get that heater for my boat...heh heh, it's only $2,500....wow!" And we're supposed to be happy about it when it is finally in the boat, smoking away, draining our batteries, and setting fire to the bulkhead?! I'll wear extra clothes for now, thank you very much!
Some things can be interchanged: the RV world is great for certain boat items, but with the salt in the water, air, (and your veins!) anything not stainless or with a protective coating of somekind: paint, varnish, corrosion inhibitor, etc. it will rust, mold or simply fall apart in no time! You can sometimes watch it happen: just bring something "normal" from home and leave it on the boat all year...voila, GREEN, soft metal! ;-) Or, moldy, smelly clothes...or white, slimy wood!!
Oh, and you should not interchange automobile parts (alternators, etc) for engine or other marine parts in your boat - no matter how tempting the price may be...they are not made the same, and are not ignition protected (IE: fumes in your car simply hit the ground, in your boat they are in the bilge, just waiting for that little spark!) That would be a very bad thing!
Ok, I rambled on enough about nothing, but you will still LOVE your boat to pieces when she happily charges along while you are deciding: "should I be scared"?!
Thanks again for the manual!
“You get a boat for only one reason, because you want one. If you’re worried about being practical, forget boats.”