22 April 2010 --- This radio is NO LONGER AVAILABLE
I have a new, complete Northstar 100 VHF radio that I purchased on ebay a few years ago to get a replacement speaker for the broken mic connector that attaches via the speaker on my previous boat, a 2006 Amberjack 290. Note that this was also...
It was a beautiful day to go out on the Potomac and enjoy our boat on the water, but we decided to take the Metro into Washington, DC to join with several thousand of our fellow citizens to let our elected government know just what we thought of them at the Independence Day Tea Party.
Here are...
Yesterday, I filled the car with Regular (87 Octane) gas at $1.85 a gallon.
Two days earlier, I called several marinas within 15 miles of each other, asking what their prices were. Here are the results (No marina names to avoid unnecessary embarrassment to them)
1. - $3.50 a gallon
2. - $3.05...
I got to the County Voting place about 12:15 and completed voting around 12:16, one person in front of me.
After voting, I took an informal poll of those around me and based on the results, it looks like McCain/Palin will be elected by a landslide.
The folks I polled were a man and his wife...
This new thread is to discuss and learn about the new Axius drive system.
We test drove ANYTIME in early May 2008, a couple of weeks before the DEMO DAYS weekend at Prince William Marina. The Admiral, who enjoyed driving our previous 290 Amberjack with V-Drives absolutely loved her feeling of...
We went to the marina this past Friday to do some cleaning and defrost the refrigerator. Before we left home, I filled our old car's gas tank and we were on our way, a 50+ mile trip.
I am trying not to exceed the speed limits and conserve gas, so I reset the fuel consumption electronics to...
I received a call from Prince William Marina today to let me know that MERCRUISER is releasing their AXIUS Drive updates next Tuesday, 12 August 08.
The updates include a replacement Control Pad to replace the existing Control Pad (note the Joystick is not being changed) and software then...
I have installed a new GPSMAP 440 with the G2 Vision Card on my new boat to supplement the built-in Raymarine C80. This new unit replaced my 1.5 year old GPS 492 (Internal Antenna). I wanted the Bluewater G2 Vision Card capability on my new boat, so the 492 is now for sale.
I will accept the...
Spiders have been a real pain in the butt last year, our first season of boating for 30 years. Sprays didn't help much, and the Dryer Sheets did help a little, but were a pain to use. It was time to try something different.:smt021
At the end of last season on our Amberjack 290, we put a NO PEST...
We have had our new boat for two weekends, but due to my last week of being employed and crummy weather, have only been out on her a few times.
Our old boat had the Raymarine L760 Chartplotter/GPS/Fish Finder system which was okay, but severely lacking in resolution with the chartplotter...
We took Moondancer (our "old" '06 290 Amberjack) to Prince William Marine where they had our new 310 waiting for us. They had a space at the dock, right across from our new 310) for us. After docking, we, with the help of our salesman, offloaded ALL of our stuff to the new boat, then went into...
This past Friday we took delivery of our new Boat. As we checked out all the systems on it (after we signed the papers), we were upset when we learned that Sea Ray had equipped this boat with OBSOLETE ANALOG TVs! Don't get me wrong, we absolutely love the boat, just not the expensive optonal TVs...
A month or so ago I purchased a new KVH M2 Satellite TV system for my 2006 Searay Amberjack 290. Little did I know then that I would be upgrading boats, as I take delivery of our new 2008 Sundancer 310 Axius Drive boat this coming Friday.
I called DIRECTV today to cancel service on Moondancer...
Is there such a thing as "24-itis"??
The Admiral and I have been looking at the 40 Motor Yacht and the 38 Sundancer (2007 Models) and came very close to buying one of them...but never could consumate the deal (our decision) because I couldn't deal with the overall cost.
Last Saturday, we...
I am interested in upgrading my GPSMAP 492 to either a 440 or a 540 and have a couple of questions to ask the experts. I want to be able to use the G2 Vision Card features of the new unit that I buy.
Note that I do not desire the depth sounder as the RL760 that came with my Sea Ray is okay...
We de-winterized Moondancer yesterday and the only potential problem we noticed had to do with the Electrical Panel DC Voltmeter.
After we removed the shrinkwrap, I turned on both battery switches and went into the cabin to turn on the breakers for lights, etc.
I noticed the DC Voltmeter only...
The Admiral and I decided to take a short cruise on the Potomac this past Sunday afternoon (while taping the Redskins game on the DVR at home). After disconnecting shore power, I decided to take a couple of photos with my new iPhone camera.
The sun was really bright and reflecting off the boat...
This may be a bit "off topic" for a boating forum, but there could be something here that might affect Garmin Chartplotters.
A year ago, I purchased a new Garmin NUVI 660 for my car. It has been absolutely perfect in every respect. I use the Garmin WebUpdater function to keep the software up to...
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Thanks for the replies.
My current insurance is with Zurich through the Global Marine Agency. My policy's Agreed Hull Value is rounded to the nearest $1k over the total purchase price, including taxes, registration, optional insurance, etc.; Liability coverage of $1Mill, Medical Payments...