Recent content by Jacob

I am neither able to vote in the American election nor do we own a SeaRay anymore. But count us in appropriately as I self-identify with owning a 125 footer.

Don't forget your safety kit for the truck with the usual assortment of tools (including a portable impact wrench), flares, bottle jack, grease gun, temperature reading gun (for checking trailer wheels/axles/tires), kneeling pad, rags, spare coolant, brake fluid etc.

Happened to us on our 480 Sedan Bridge. Turned out to be an electrical post on the winch motor had broken off due to over zealous tie strapping by someone at the factory. An $80 repair at the local starter shop.

Lots of fuel but unless it trips temp alarms, it's just money.

Pond scum.

When we go cruising to Desolation Sound, we often anchor out and make use of our tender, which is an Ocean Air aluminum RIB with 8 hp Yamaha 4 stroke. This tender (97 pounds) and motor (90 pounds) is ideal for towing in calm water. In open water towing in out. So we wanted a pot puller which...

We had a 4788 Bayliner for 10 years; great creature comforts and value for money, but a light boat. Then we got our 480 DB; it was 1 foot longer and 6 tons heavier. In a big sea there was simply no comparison in stability. But the SeaRay used double the fuel on plane.

Where I live, he would be arrested for operating a vessel without a Canadian Coast Guard Pleasure Craft Operator's card.

Call the police and report an apparently intoxicated boat operator.

Professionals often use 2 coats of clear liquid floor wax to protect a newly cleaned inflatable. it works!

We were lucky, in that we had a lower station with its own panel. Because I never drove from the lower station, I swapped the good panel to the bridge helm and filled the lower station hole with the inoperative panel.

Good luck with that. I tried for at least 5 years to find a replacement with no luck. And the unit is potted so forget about repairs.

Justin Trudeau for president! I'm fairly certain a number of Canadians would contribute to the air fare to get rid of him.

The 6BTA is a great engine, but beware the well known piston problem with the 370 HP version. Cummins went through 3 piston designs before getting it right on that engine. Early production engines, when run at WOT, had a habit of the #1 or #6 piston "grabbing the wall", followed by a loss of...

You could try 2 things: 1. Install a larger muffler, like an Onan 14" aqualift unit. I did and it made a huge difference. 2. Install a water separator at your next haul out, if the geometry of your boat will permit it. This will make the largest improvement. Also involves the most work...