Official 1998 Sea Ray Sundancer 290 Thread

Getaway said:

Hey SO! Did you get your table rack figured out? Here’s a couple pics of mine.View attachment 123271View attachment 123272 View attachment 123273

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Starting Over said:

It’s been super quiet in here. Everyone getting ready for the season yet or hunkering down with gas prices losing their collective minds?! Handled a project at the dock yesterday and got our dock box mounted in place… built a platform to get on and off the boat a lot more safely. Boat is running like a champ.. but may need to update the battery minder… this old unit seems to boil the batteries… another day. LOL

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Jeff Delbuono said:

Other little things i did to my girl,
1) Shelfs and closet pole in both closets.
2) padded seat at step.
3) new radio and cd player swap out. Put in shelf with usb thumb drive and i pod line. Added 4 remote controls to radio.
4) swivel flat screen with dvd player
5) new hot water heater
6) new refrigerator and swap all 80's drug dealer gold
7) 3rd light in arch. Installed to access panel
8) 2 cup/ fishing pole holders at sternView attachment 122479 View attachment 122480 View attachment 122481 View attachment 122482 View attachment 122483 View attachment 122484 View attachment 122485 View attachment 122487 View attachment 122488 View attachment 122489

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GirlyGirl1999 said:

The Queen and I are ready, everything is back on at the marina, going to pickup a low powered pressure washer for the hull. Just haven’t been feeling that great and for me it’s too cold still. Here’s what I replaced my battery charger with and haven’t looked back.

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GirlyGirl1999 said:

Hey All, bought the Queen a new kayak, it’s 10Lx3Wx14”D. Anyone have a rack recommendation? We just need to keep it up on the boat. She will mostly use it around the marina and maybe when we start doing over nights on the hook.

Thanks as always, Jon
I’m going to post this on the other 290 Thread as well so sorry for the redundancy.

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Starting Over said:

I have been using the Electric Ryobi 1800psi 1.2GPM pressure washer for a couple years. It is perfect, quiet, reliable, and has enough power without fear of blasting a hole in your hull. I highly recommend it for using on, and around the boat and household.. great little washer that you can easily carry to and from wherever you need it too.

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Starting Over said:

New rod holders arrived. Will need to cut them into the boat this week for the new grill.. the grill mount hasn’t arrived yet.. so there is that. Anyone install rod holders across the transom have any input as to how close I can be to the water valves etc in the transom trunk on the starboard side?

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Jeff Delbuono said:

Did you get straight ones or angle ones. I put angled ones there. I can measure tomorrow

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GirlyGirl1999 said:

Hey Buddy, saw this while I was driving and couldn’t reply. When my shore power connection failed and super electrician repaired it I saw that the water connections come up out of the ER if that helps. Same on the port side for the swim platform shower. Nasty day today eh?

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Starting Over said:

Yeah that rain was crazy… hitting the water today though and will open the engine room up to look at the water connections while out there. Found a few pics on the Sea Ray 290 page on Facebook and looks like other have the rod holders mounted where the transom curves forward a bit. I posted the rod holders I found too… killer price and they truly look like a handmade piece with real attention to detail. I sorta think Amazon has them priced incorrectly actually since there are two in the package. Every other rod holder I found on Amazon was tack welded junk… and the nice ones thru West Marine or other online marine supply stores were priced about $90 each for fully welded and real polished stainless

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techmitch said:

Check the stainless quality. A magnet shouldn't stick.

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Starting Over said:

Yeah that rain was crazy… hitting the water today though and will open the engine room up to look at the water connections while out there. Found a few pics on the Sea Ray 290 page on Facebook and looks like other have the rod holders mounted where the transom curves forward a bit. I posted the rod holders I found too… killer price and they truly look like a handmade piece with real attention to detail. I sorta think Amazon has them priced incorrectly actually since there are two in the package. Every other rod holder I found on Amazon was tack welded junk… and the nice ones thru West Marine or other online marine supply stores were priced about $90 each for fully welded and real polished stainless

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techmitch said:

Check the stainless quality. A magnet shouldn't stick.

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Starting Over said:

Checked out the tube and the head.. no magnetism at all. If you are in the market for some rod holders these truly seem like great pieces. I’ll share some pics of the welds and overall finish a little later tonight.. just picked up stainless screws and will try to get them installed in next day or two

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