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Hi I am having a weird issue with starting my starboard engine.. The remote line to my starboard starter is not getting power...the switch gets power all the guages come on but when we press start nothing happens.. The starter is good as we jump started the engine from the battery. We tried the...

Hi took the boat for a run today afterwards when we got back to dock there was some diesel fuel on the engine room floor..We spent quite awhile looking around at all the lines etc to find where this fuel could be coming from. Even ran the engines to see if maybe we could find the leak, spot it...

Hi I am having 2 electrical problems that always seem to happen at the same time so they must be on the same circuit. Intermittantly this problem occurs and it seems to usually happen after its been raining alot.. My roof has a couple of holes at this point and water can get to the switch panel...

Hi Everyone Just recently i had an issue starting my port engine. The great people on this site very quickly thought of what the problem was so i thought maybe it will be the same for my generator issue. My boat has a Westerbeke 12.5 BTDA generator. It starts fine and runs just fine with no...

Hi everyone i used to be a regular here on club sea ray so I know if there was a place where someone may know the answer to my engine issue it is here :) from one day to the next my port engine won't start. I checked the switch and that there is power to the switch from fully charged batteries...

Hi there I have a battery drain issue , have always had it with this boat. In a matter of days fully charged banks of batteries will go flat with all the systems shut down. These are brand new batteries as well. Both 24 volt banks have vanner battery equalizers. I have a feeling these may be...

Hi everyone My 1999 Sundancer 540DA sustained extensive damage in an incident in December. The repairer can not find the replacement Gunwhale sections that we need as they no longer manufacture it in the 1999 profile. we have talked to Sea Ray directly and to the people that manufactured the...

Hi guys Could use some help. I have a large drain on my batteries. I have tried all the standard things shutting down everything from the main board down stairs, removing fuses etc to no avail. The battery drain even remains with all the systems and main breakers shut down. It seems to...

When I ran the engines today on my 1999 Sea Ray 540DA I got this message on my systems monitor. Datalink failure alarm systems offline. Anyone have any idea what I should test or look at first? It sounds like it could be as simple as a corroded cable or knowing my luck something is kaput...

Hi everyone Got a question regarding in gear protection on a tenders throttle controls. I have a 10'6 Avon jet tender. It has some sort of in gear start protection. Where the engine will not start if the boat is in gear. Something has gone wrong with this and I can not start my tender up...

Hi All My batteries tend to drain overnight unless i shut off all the systems on the boat.. i have 3 banks of 24 volt, 2 big n200 12 volt batteries connected in series for each bank... it only seems to be the house batteries that have the drain and problem. This is with no lights on or anything...

I have an issue where the water boiled out of my Port batteries. I understand this is more than likely a charger issue. Here is the thing that is confusing me, the batteries are dead will not retain any kind of a charge. When I plug into shore power ever since the batteries died anything on my...

Both of my Tachs jump around like crazy..... they do full sweeps of the dial then sometimes settle down to the right position for a few mins and start oscillating again...it is a smooth bounce not erratic but they sweep the full range of the face... Any ideas guys where to start looking...

Guys, i just found something which kind of concerns me.... I opened up the bilges under my salon ...the middle forward bilge and the aft port bilge both had quite a bit of water in them and everything was wet! How the hell could water get up there?? My first thought was i think the bow thruster...

Hi guys since you all have been so knowledgeable and helpful with the other questions I have asked here, thought maybe you could give me some info on these questions. I have a 1999 sea Ray 540 DA When I am running on just batteries the lighting is very strange. Only the main lights work in...

Hiya Seems like there is a leak or something in the seal for the vacuflush toilet In the master bathroom. I know this will wear out my vacuum Generator pump as it keeps coming on to keep the vacuum up!! I have put surgical gloves on and felt all around the seal there not too sure what I...

Hi Everyone I have twin diesel 8v92TA engines. My port engine was fully rebuilt under 100 hours ago! My port engine is slowly losing oil but i am finding none in the bilge. I noticed an oil like film, dunno if it is oil or fuel in the outflow of the engine. Its light but it is there. The...

Hi There I just purchased a Sea Ray SSS 63ft yacht. Since she is a little older i have had a hard time finding such things as reviews etc on this yacht. So just thought i would drop in here and ask you guys about her, what i should expect from owning such a vesssel. I know she has 800...