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  1. kostond

    84-87 390 sedan sportfish owners check in!!

    Here is the best I can provide you with right now. My charger is accessed through the small hatch ahead of the engine hatches. This is my old charger but the wires matched up perfectly with the new charger I installed this spring. Hope this helps. Good luck! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Swim Platform on 390

    Hi and welcome. I have an '86 390 sedan sport fish. My swimplatform doesn't have any wood pieces associated with it. Its bolted to the transom in several locations at its forward edge. There are 4 metal supports across the underside. Basically stainless steel flatstock. They form a triangle...
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    Trim Tab Position

    I have found that on my 390 sport fish the more tab the better. Like you mentioned I don't feel the boat go over the hump either. I can definitely feel the boats bow lower when i lower the tabs all the way. My speed for a given rpm rises and fuel consumption on my flowscans goes down. I...
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    1984 390 Sedan

    I have a 1986 390 Sport fish but from pictures I have seen they are essentially the same boat. My boat has never had issues with stringers. I was told that the side windows forward in the small stateroom and head can be troublesome when it comes to leaks. On my boat they were removed and...
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    84-87 390 sedan sportfish owners check in!!

    She all original inside? Any upgrades? How about your electrical panel? Thanks
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    84-87 390 sedan sportfish owners check in!!

    Hi Marty, Thanks for checking in. Speaking of which I am guilty of not having done since middle of summer. Would love to see some interior pics. Will probably have some q's to ask afterward. Nick K
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    Mayday

    This happened to me recently. The hose on the outlet of the turbo leading to the aftercooler had popped off. Without boost that engine could only manage about 1600 rpm under load. If you have boost gauges check to make sure that engine is making boost. If you dont I'd start looking for a boost...
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    Vacuflush pump does NOT run!!

    I seem to be having the opposite problem of most people. We were on the hook for several days. On our final day the Vacuflush pump stopped working. Facts: Had the pump out boat come by that morning. Verified breaker is on. Exercised the vacuum switch on the end of the vacuum tank...
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    Could this happen????

    Happend to me in the Thames River in Ct 3 summers ago. It was actually at the end of the season. It was a 37ft hunter sailboat. We were out on it labor day. Went back at the end of September to bring it to the marina to get it hauled and I could barely clear the mooring field. There was a...
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    DC power available with Battery switches in OFF!

    So this is my first season with new to me 1986 390 Sportfish. Previous owners have always kept the boat at a marina connected to shore power. The boat had 2 battery banks (consisting of 2 Group 24's each). I keep the boat on a mooring and spend almost no time at a dock. As such, I upgraded...
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    Official 390 E.C. Thread

    Hello fellow Classic Searay owners. I started a thread about a week ago concerning the rotation of my props on my 1986 Searay 390 Sportfish. As Pietro pointed out when he welcomed me to the site, our boats are virtually identical from the rubrail down. I was wondering if our boats also...
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    My props rotate the wrong way?!?

    So I was looking on YW last night at boats of similar vintage and style to mine and found a picture of a boat just like mine on slings. It appears that boat has props that spin like mine. (Port engine CW, Starboard engine CCW) I am beginning to think maybe that is how late 80's 390 Sedan...
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    My props rotate the wrong way?!?

    JVM225, you're spot on about verifying that the gear boxes can work unboth directions. I plan on checking on it. I am not interested in ruining an otherwise perfectly good gearbox. The boat was repowered in 1996 with Volvo penta diesels and new running gear. The hull does have prop...
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    My props rotate the wrong way?!?

    I left out this part of the story earliear but one of the guys said that since I have zf gear boxes they could just reverse the transmission cables. Those boxes are designed to run at full rpm in either direction. It would then be a simple matter of swapping props. Like I said before not very...
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    My props rotate the wrong way?!?

    I was at the marina talking with a friend today when the discussion turned to prop rotation:grin:. I explained to him that the rotation on my boat was the opposite of most boats I see. Viewed from the stern my port prop spins "clockwise" and my starboard prop spins "counterclockwise". He...
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    Cruising past Manhattan

    Derek, I live on Seabreeze dr. off of Niles Hill Rd. near Waterford beach. billnpat, We really didn't see any debris in the water. Don't know if it would have been different late fall/early spring, but it was just a great cruise. It was almost boring. Don, We were there Sunday June...
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    Cruising past Manhattan

    Hey Derek, I keep my boat at the Thames Yacht Club. Its just south of Burrs marina. We are the last mooring field on the right heading down the river.(Across from Pfizer.) I should be easy to spot. I am the only power boat in the mooring field. Do you live on River road? A couple of my...
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    Cruising past Manhattan

    Well we finally made it past Manhattan a couple of weeks back. We purchased the boat last fall. Due to work commitments and some nasty weather I missed "the window" for bringing her home from Wildwood NJ to Wateford CT. After a nasty winter and a long spring we finally made the trip. We...
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    Whos doing what, to their PRE CLINTON ERA boats this year?

    I have to start thinking about upgrading my battery bank. Let me explain. I bought my Searay in the fall. She has always been kept at a marina so a pair of Group 24's for each engine has always been enough for the previous owners. I am planning keeping her on a mooring, and on the hook (pretty...
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    LI Rendezvous - 2011

    Alex, thanks for the links. Great info! I plan on dropping Sea Ray Mark a line. My boat is quietly under shrink wrap at Schooner Island. If he is still there maybe he and I can meet during spring commissioning. Nick K
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