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The boat shows Naples Florida on the stern. Any idea what all of the square things (backer plates) are on the transom? You can see them on the engine room picture. Unless you plan to open the flybridge up all of the time, which is a royal pain, I would opt for the hard top. With any boat...

I am surprised to hear they are putting 130's on the back of a 480DB! The beam on this boat isn't near 13' at the stern and with the outboard motor up it will definitely be dragging some water. The 130 Super Sport is a great boat and although I wouldn't worry too much about the weight, I would...

I had some issues with my TNT remote as well and didn't want to spend the 1k on a replacement. My marina installed this Dalton unit. http://stores.daltonhydraulic.com/-strse-647/Wireless-Remote-2-dsh-Button/Detail.bok It took me a while to find it, but they wired it in the engine room next...

I have a bank of 4 switches by the bathroom door that control the main stateroom lights, reading lights, the 2 small step lights and the companion way lights. The switch for my rope lighting is to the port side approximately half way down. There is also a switch on the port side towards the...

I don't think you can go wrong with any of the big names especially if you are using it primarily for navigation and not searching for birds, etc. I was on a new Hinckley 2 weeks ago that was equipped with the Garmin GMR 24HD Radome displayed on the 15" touchscreen and it was incredible. I...

I used to mix additives into my fuel tank but now I just use Valvtect. I purchase my fuel from a ferry boat dock and they switched to Valtect primarily because they wanted it for their ferry boats. According to their maintenance logs it has been beneficial since they switched about 5 years...

The shower head typically just twists off the end so you can use literally everything but the shower head. I just replaced the original off white shower head with the off white one linked below and it works fine. The On/Off switch is much better than the chrome slide on the ones Sea Ray had...

Gary, Let me know if you need my shipping address for any duplicates you may have made! :) Great Job.

Scott, I purchased a marine Sirius antenna with the mounts, etc. and my installer asked why? He installed the basic antenna under the hard top and I have not once had a reception problem. I typically just boat in the Great Lakes so perhaps that makes a difference. I also have a garmin with...

We are typically in the North Channel around those dates as well so when it gets closer post something and I will know for sure. Plan to spend some time in Door County Wisconsin this year as well but will probably do that earlier in the summer. With teenagers, you may want to make your way to...

Do you have the updated bow thruster prop? http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=11673 I have the old design but recently read some comments that it is a worthy swap. You may also want to have your props scanned. It doesn't cost you anything and you can get...

I have owned both and without consideration of cost I would definitely go with the Hydrostatic. The Bobbin style in my experience went off too easily and can't be worn in the rain or wave bashing in the inflatable. I learned last summer when I fell overboard that the Hydrostatics are much more...

SearayTX Thanks for the info. I did compare the specs and the width difference is less than 3" but that actually may not work in my case. I have a 480 with the same master stateroom set up as Gary and was supposed to change out this TV a few weeks ago but the economy must be recovering. The...

I installed the new last summer Clarion head unit that plays dvd's (CMV1). Clarion required a new remote that they had issues with and I literally received it from west marine about a month ago. It has a USB plug and Aux input. I really like it because I can display movies on my chartplotters...

I like the LED tv's but there are only a few small ones that I know of and they are the cheap brands like Insignia and Vizio and none are 1080P. Not a huge deal with such a small tv I guess. In the master bedroom typically you will by lying in the bed so the angle of viewing should't vary that...