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I was surfing the net and happen to run into this site. Lots of info. http://www.pacificoffshorerigging.com/index2.htm

I am in Louisiana and my 1988 is in Pickwick Lake Mississippi. There is just no cng anywhere close .it is not that difficult to change from cng to propane. the jets and the oven controll have to be changed. The propane locker has to be located under the stern seat, and has to be vented also air tight. There is a good description of the process in the tec notes. I used a lot of info from this site. I brought my stove home and did all the work in my shop, then tested it before i put it in. I don't recall where i got the parts but if you run a search on the net you can find everything. The guys on here are great. Where is your boat located?

That last pic is the glass top to my 2004 corvette, that i sold. like i said not too good at pic posting.

Thanks for fixing the pics.

I don't have any before pics. the owner had left a heater on at the nav station, apparently the fire burned the panel up but never burned through. Probably lack of oxygen put the fire out. It left soot all over but the wood cleaned up good. There  is no smell at all. My wife and i live about six hours away in Louisiana. when we go up we stay on the boat ,the air conditioner is great. Picwick lake is on the Tennessee river, and the marina we are at is half mile from  the tombigbee water way. you can motor all the way to Mobile Alabama, about 440 miles. North on the river you can get to Lake Michigan but you have to have the mast down.

Sorry about the way the pics came out. My computer skills are lacking.

modified by sanner: (fixed your links above, looks good)

First of all i would like to say that i enjoy this forum. Second i just wanted to say that last year i purchased the boat in Mississippi that caught fire on or around Christmas of 2003. The boat was not totaled. I purchased the boat from a mechanic at the marina where it has been. I had a survey done and it was great with the exception of a few small blisters on the starboard side below waterline. nothing to do with the fire. The man that restored the boat put in a new panel at the nav station and rewired everything. in side was completely redone. the boat has a 16.500 air conditioner. refregeration, lpg stove and oven which i converted from cng to lpg. The tec notoes on the forum really helped. The engine has less than 600 hours and runs great. I had a mac 26 before this and there is no comparision.


































Photobucket with a few pics. Thanks for all info that i got off this forum. Frank Williams

Thanks for that info. I have read some of the tec notes and have made some  improvements. I have not been sailing but a few years and like to do most of the work myself. i am sure that the deeper i get into the systems the more questions i will be asking. Thanks Frank

I do a lot of reading on the forum, and would like to say thank you. I bought my 34 back in early march, and did not know a whole lot about the 34's. There was very noticable vibration in the cockpit as well as down below. I thought the problem was alignment of engine and prop shaft. I began reading about the hump hose that comes off the exhaust manifold and goes into the aqua muffler. I decided to change this first, well after completion,  cranked the engine and there was at least a 75 percent decrease in the vibration. Thanks again 

That is a great article by Ron. I think that is the way to go then the bottle and lines are not exposed, and everything is easy to get to.

Thanks for the info. this is a great site. Frank

Steve, thanks for the response. There are a few tight places on the boat. I guess the measurement i need is under the seat, because i need to have easy access to the bottle. Thanks again Frank

New member, just wanted to ask a question. I am changing from cng to propane. I am about five hours away from my boat and i need the height measurement of the cockpit port side locker. This is where i am going to build the box for the propane tank. I just forgot to take the measure before i left Sunday. If anyone could help me out i would really appreciate it.  It is a 1988 Thanks Frank