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Posting this for the benefit of the wanna be boaters, and those currently considering buying a boat. Keep things like this in mind as you join our club. I'm glad it's over. My boat turns 19 this year. She's got some wear and tear and a few battle scars, but overall she's in really good shape...

The little magnet in the edge of the door that activates the hatch lift when the door is open worked it's way loose last year. One day, one of my guests closed the door as I pulled away from the dock and the magnet was sticking out a little bit. It caught the edge of the jamb as he did and and...

I ordered a couple of samples from Corinthian and requested a quote. I'm definitely going to place an order. I sorta took random guesses on the colors. The original snap in carpet was a light beige color, which IMO was a bad choice. Docks get wet and wet docks are dirty, so I chose all darker...

I was watching some Youtube videos from the Miami Boat Show. Prices sure have changed in the just under 2 years that I've not been paying attention. 13' center consoles - no radio, one gauge, no cooler - show special - $29K. 27' Chris Craft with a stern drive - No cabin, toilet in a little...

Hello everyone. I'll be installing my new Kuuma 11811 water heater in a couple of weeks. I have the instructions showing where to make the connections to the cooling system, but they do not show any information about which fittings to use. Does Merc sell the proper fittings, or should I just go...

I'm going to visit 2 of my cousins in Port Richie for a week. I'd like to surprise them with a boating trip to a sandbar or beach for a day. I'm hoping that CSR members familiar with the area can help with recommendations for a place to rent a boat as well as s destination. Ideally, I'd like to...

Ya can't make this up. Heartwarming story. Here's a link.

I am not on Facebook so I had a friend email me the info. I'm not sure that I'll be going through the Inner Harbor as Labor Day is one of the holidays that resemble amateur hour and the IH seems to be about the size of a bathtub when there are more than 20 boats in it, but I will make the trip...

Heads up if you plan on traversing the cut. I went through there last night heading north and my depth gauge was showing less than 4' of water about 10-15' to the right of the green "3" marker. Last year, the shoaling was about half of that. Be careful going through! I'm pretty sure that I...

Well, my season is over. I used my boat last weekend to go over to Rock Hall. We came back Sunday evening and tied the boat up in the area to have her pulled out and put back on the rack. We left her floating there. Fast forward to Saturday (yesterday) afternoon. I called in for a launch on my...

I've been watching the Middle River fireworks since 2007. They fire them off from a barge anchored near the Baltimore Yacht Club. Up until and including 2016, the Eastern Yacht Club sponsored the display and donated any profits to charities. In 2016, they only broke even so there was nothing to...

I was going to do it last year, but life was happening at blazing speed and the boat had to take a back seat for a couple of months. Last weekend I took the plunge and removed my rub rail. What a mess. The entire port side from just forward of the forward port light back until about a foot and a...

I've been trying to resolve a very puzzling persistent trim fault error message for 2 seasons now. Last spring, my mechanic installed a brand new Merc digital trim sender and trim limit switch set. Before he left, we ran the Smartcraft trim calibration routine, which worked perfectly. The boat...

I saw highslice's post about the dearth of activity on CSR lately and I agree. Maybe everyone is just shy? There certainly hasn't been much activity on the Mid Atlantic forum lately and I know that there are lots of us in the Upper Chesapeake area. Lets see if we can use this thread to introduce...

Anyone going? http://www.rockhallpirates.com/ I have been to this event for the past 3 years. The entire town joins in. They really put on a nice weekend!

This is interesting. My boat has always been a royal PIA to steer at slow speeds the entire time I've owned her. From what I've read, it is perfectly normal. I just finished overhauling my transom assembly. New bellows, senders, swivel shaft, shift cable, etc.. While my mechanic and I were...

Does anyone know if the the engine in an '05 260 can be removed without completely removing the hatch? I haven't tried yet, but I'm hoping that if I pull the pin out of the bracket where the lift ram attaches to the bottom of the deck hatch it will tilt back far enough to give clear access for...

This is my 5th year winterizing the boat myself. Prior to this year, I would run all of the sinks until the fresh water tank was empty, pour 5 or 6 gallons of antifreeze into the water tank, and then run the sinks until the lines were full. In the spring, I had to clear the antifreeze from both...

Or verify that the Ancor 521003 that the fella at WM sold me is it? I lost my port nav light on a night run back to my marina last weekend... Thanks, Mike

I have a seemingly simple to resolve issue that I can't seem to fix. I've had a mechanic in my bilge for close to 3 hours, and I've been down there for about 10 over the last week. I have a low sea water pressure problem engaging Guardian mode preventing me from getting on plane. My water...