Recent content by roger275

I warns to close out this thread by telling what we ended up with. We used Sea Lift out of Cocoa Beach. So far, the hydraulic swim platform works great. Scott was also very responsive to my many pre-install questions.

I had a window tint guy out to the boat to quote adding "Huber Optic Ceramic 30" film to all the windows. He says the ceramic won't corrode in the salt environment and should make a significant difference in how hard the AC's work. The boat is in S. Florida and when it's hot they struggle to...

I am looking to install a hydraulic swim platform on a 44 sedan bridge. I have discussed it with 3 companies in Cocoa Florida but decided to research who SR uses on new boats since another owner said he was pretty sure they contracted it out. If anyone has a recommendation or knows who SR please...

Thanks! I was able to get rid of the fault with the R. Still beeping though. Must be someway to silence the beep even during an alarm but I can't find it.

My trim sender on the port drive has a broken wire and the Smart Craft digital readout says Trim Fault. Problem is the dang beeper will not shut up its steady one second beeping and we need to use the boat until I get it fixed. I tried connecting a 10 and then a 20 ohm resistor to the wires...

Thanks guys for comments about exhaust ports and the water line. I don't see much difference other than the lower sitting boat had about 1/4 more fuel showing on the gauges. It sits at least 2" lower, with about 1" or more into the exhaust port, than the other boat at about 5/8 fuel versus...

I'd like to ask 400 Sedan Bridge owners how low in the water their boats sit relative to the exhaust ports. I am looking at 2 2001's with Cummins and one had about 3" between bottom of the exhaust port and the water (I didn't think to check fresh water or fuel on this one) The other had about...

NaughtyDog, I am sure you researched the batt's but just in case, does the compartment they are in vent anywhere? We do a lot of solar powered systems at work and once had an explosion inside a sealed battery enclosure which had a switch on the door. The guy flipped the switch, it arced, and...

Well NaughtyDog, I guess it's a small Searay world and we just live in it. Thanks for commenting and I will read through your thread. I was trying to remember what you told me about relocation of the batteries and whether it included moving starting batt's forward or not.

I am shopping for a 400DB and have been mostly focused on the '01 to '03 models. I know SR changes the way they classify models vs LOA and wonder if the 420DB's after '03 are basically the same boat? What is LOA of the 420DB and is layout similar to the 400DB's from '01-'03? Thanks!

Boat looks great. Did you see any other likely candidates when you were shopping? We spent a week at Burnham Harbor when we did the loop and had a great time. If you get ready for a long trip, Mac Island and Georgian Bay were among the high points. There are great ports between you and...

Interesting because the two I saw with chips and bubbles were both 2001. It looked like corroded aluminum behind the chipped spots.

I have looked at two of these and both seemed well maintained but the paint the aluminum arch had bubbled and chipped in several places on both. Has anyone had the arch removed and repainted?

Milestone, I am looking at a 2001 400DB powered same as yours. What do you think about this boat with the Cats versus the Cummins?

Thanks Paul. When you say "2002+ are still cored (bottom)", do you mean 2002 and back had cored wood bottoms but newer than 2002 are solid fiberglass hull w/o any wood? Thanks again.