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The Admiral and I are considering a trip from Miami to Bimini on a 370, I imagine this issue has been posted a gazillion times! Out trip is likely to happen in the next two to three weeks. Does anyone know how I would find info on a group crossing? Any advice? Places to see? We have been all...

Has anyone replaced the padding / upholstery around the helm on a 370 Express? We just picked up a nice 370 with an outdated and ugly "dash" / Helm... I would love to update this with carbon fiber inserts and all new vinyl padding (or whatever material is best for this application). Any advice...

We have an '86 300 Weekender with twin 260 Mercruisers, both engine start and run perfect...at first... at random intervals, the starboard engine will shut down and not restart, it will eventually restart but I never know when, could be twenty min or three hours, then runs great for an unknown...

It's the craziest problem, sitting in the slip, both engines at idle (at normal temp), the buzzer sounds randomly (on and off), when it sounds when we are up on plane, it stays on steady (most of the time). The buzzer sounds steady with the engines are off and the ignition is on (no oil...

I have an alarm (buzzer / horn) I don't have a clue what it's telling me... I have 40psi oil pressure on both engines, 140deg water both engines, no water in the bilge or AC condensate well, trannies are full, boat operates perfectly. Does anyone have a suggestion? This is an '86,300...

My bride and I have a nice old (1986) 300 Weekender, like all of you, we continue to throw perfectly good money into the old boat. We have had it about three years, recent bottom paint, prop re-pitch and balance, now replacing all of the teak with Plasteak and a bunch of other items to improve...

Thanks for the help! I do my best not to ask dumb questions, it is my opion that the bilge pumps should not be that difficult to change / service. I believe I will follow Mikes' lead on this (make the forward pump easy to change). I can get to the pump and switch that are just forward of...

My wife and I have an '86 - 300 weekender that is in nice condition. The boat sits in genuine Gulf of Mexico water 100% of the time. Last week I went to our marina to service the engines, during the other systems inspection I discovered the two forward bilge pumps have given up. Could be float...

Thanks Jorge, I don't have the old ones yet, diver tells me we need em soon, I'll stop at the local marine supply and pick up the shaft zincs, we are going to pull her right after christmas to do the bottom, I'll learn a lot then. Joe in St. Pete

Would anyone know what the shaft sizes are on an '86 300 Weekender? Also, does anyone have a source for the shaft zincs? I also need to replace the heat exchanger pencil zincs (not sure what size they are either). Any info would be appriciated. Thanks in advance, Joe in St. Pete, FL

I have an old 300 Weekender ('86), has a pair of 260 HP mercs with 700 ish hours on them. The starboard engine gets fuel "sometimes"...??? This has happened a few times, crank it up, it idles for a min or so and dies. I look in the carb while pumping the throttle and no gas is being pumped into...

The fresh water coolant and over flow tank are at the correct levels, I ran engine with the cap off for a little while, when the thremostat opened (as the engine warmed) the antifreeze flowed through the heat exhanger at a good clip. These raw water pumps are direct drive (from the crankshaft)...

We have Taylors on our 86 300 weekender, we have snap on covers (exterior, sunbrella that matches our top), we do not open them very often (wife really likes AC!!), The plexi-glass (or Lexan) is tired looking on ours, I contacted a few shops that re-furb hatches and the advice I was given (from...

We have an '86 300 Weekender with twin 260 mercruisers. The engines are freshwater cooled and have about 700 hours. She sits in salt water 24-7-365. The raw water pumps have been changed to a "Volvo" style (these are actually made in Sweeden) and driven directly by the crank shaft, mounted on a...

Again I appriciate the info. Our 300 is about 10'6" to the rub rail at the stern. I'll go look at some dinghys a little shorter than I mentioned earlier. The attached pics is what I'm seeing at 23 knots (where I usually cruise). I just bought a Floscan (twinscan, not installed yet) so my...