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I have a 1986 286 searay 350 mercruiser with alpha outdrive. Engine was replaced a few years ago with a 1997 350 vortec engine. 2 weeks ago i had a pretty bad overheat. Melted the exhaust couplers. Replaced the water pump, exhaust couplers, shift cable. Risers and manifolds looked ok. Started...

I have 86 268 weekender and it's getting time to replace the carpet in the cabin. What have u guys used? did u also install underlayment as well? Right now the current carpet is glued to the fiberglass. The wife would like to have some cushiion under her feet.

Well the factory fridge finally died last year. So i'll be looking for a new one that works on 110 volts and 12 volts. Has anyone replaced theres? Looking for one that will just drop right in

Does anyone know what model of fridge's were used back in the 80's? I need a new fridge door seal.

Vacationing in northeast Maryland. Got on the Bohemia river just after 10 pm on Friday. Around 12:30 am I heard the VHF for a special weather alert about server thunderstorms coming up the shipping channel. We could see the lightening storm off to the south. It very common for storms to come up...

I have to do something with my 268 weekender. Theres a couple of deep scratches in the gel coat. The blue portion of the boat is all fadded to the point u can see white in it. So my goal now is to sand the whole boat from the rub rail down. Fill in the scratches with marine bondo. Then paint the...

While plugged in to shore power. I assume i can have my batteries on for the 12 volt items. My promarinier 3 bank battery charger when then get power and charge and maintain the batteries. What about my fridge? If i flip the circuit breaker to on will the fridge automaticly switch over to 115...

We go down there a few times during the year with our small boat for a day of fishing. Thinking of taking the searay down for a weekend. Are there any good overnight anchrage spots in the area?

We anchor alot over night on the boat. I'm looking to connect a float switch to a loud siren/horn to alert me if i spring a leak while sleeping. I had one of those alarms that sounded when the bilge pump kicked in but u could only hear it if u were right next to it.

My current setup is 1 starting battery and 2 batteries tied together to make up the house battery. I have a 3 bank promariner charger installed on the boat. My question is do the house batteries have to be untied from each other to properly charge? I have the house batteries wired positive to...

I currently have 2 group 27 batteries. There 3.5 years old and no longer last thru the night. We have a 30 foot cabin cruiser. When anchored the batteries need to run a couple of fans, lights and the fridge. Found out over the weekend they will only last about 6 hours now when fully charged...

I have a 1986 searay 268 weekender. I'm looking into either building a anchor box or buying one for the swim deck and/or transom. Currently i keep my stern anchor on my deck which occ gets in the why. Anyone have any pics of one they bought or built?

I have a 1986 268 weekender. 2 years ago i ended up redoing the transom and everything else up to the forward cabin. I always had handling issues with this boat esp when up on plane. Today i took the boat off the old roller trailer and loaded the boat on a bunk trailer. Well i found my problem...

My current painted steele trailer needs around 1300 bucks worth of rollers and hardware replaced. I think i would prefer to just replace the trailer with a newer alum bunk setup. Which alum trailer and how many bunks should i have? Most of the new alum trailers i've seen only come with 2 bunks

Where is good place to buy the top 3 hatches? Also does anyone make the sliding windows on the side yet?

Spent a week in the upper bay area of the chesapeake bay. We were hanging out at ski beach for the day. On our way back to the boat ramp which is about 6 miles away. Was up on plane doing 30 mph. In the distant i saw tug boat passing in the shipping channel. I have to cross the shipping channel...

Does anyone know i've a place that sells just the brackets? I have a 1987 165 (mercruiser 470). Every where i looked they only sell the kit with a alternator. I have plenty of 1 wire marine alternators.

Currently boat trailer has 12" 6 lug drums with a hydrulic actuator. Converting over to 12" kodiak disk setup with a electric over hydrulic brake rite II sd unit. The current brake lines on the trailer are 2 years old and where made with 1/4" brake tubing. I see the actuator and caliper uses...

Looking at building a anchor pulpit for a 1986 268 searay. Anyone have any pics

Over the winter i'm redoing the cockpit gauges and controls. I'm going with autometer 2 5/8 marine gauges. So far i got oil pressure and temp, volts, 3 water temp gauges 1 for main engine then a guage for each exhaust riser. Also have a fuel pressure gauage. Will be adding a depth gauge as well...