Actually, most of my boating has been in the rivers, not so much on the bay. An F350 and a trailer... that's what I'm talkin' about... probably not in the immediate plan though... I'd like to boat on the Ohio and tributaries... may need a different boat but not at a point I can sell this one yet...
We're moving to western PA (Cranberry) from southern Maryland. We have a 98-290 DA to take with us. I currently do not have a trailer or a vehicle to pull a loaded trailer with. SO, I'm looking for recommendations on boat moving companies as well as someplace up there we can keep/use the boat...
I found the 6.5 inch speaker is my 98 were smaller than the 6.5 inch speakers I purchased requiring some cutting but it was easy work. I had no problems with the depth.
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Left antenna up when we pulled out, caught on shed and broke. Simple, relatively inexpensive, fix but the sound of that whip cracking was gut wrenching until i figured it out...
Not sure what material you are using... options to aide in bending material include heat and relief cuts.
What are you attempting to use for trim and what was there before?
I live in Southern Maryland where the Patuxent River meets the Chesapeake Bay. I'm looking for a place I can dry store my 290 DA so I can do some maintenance this winter. I've done the usual searches and found nothing. Does anyone here know of a relatively close (to me) dry storage facility...
if you are looking for amenities, Spring Cove, Southern Maryland Yacht Club or Zahnisers, if not, Harbor Island or Beacon Marina. Harbor Island shares a parking lot with THE Tiki-Bar +1.
You can walk the island end to end (Tiki to Spring Cove) in about 20 minutes.
As far as food...
i replaced my batteries with "hybrid" batteries. not impressed. went back to deep cycle... For the boating we do, on the hook radio playing all day, hybrids just weren't the correct choice...
take the boat out by yourself and see if you can get it on plane without trim tabs, then using the trim tabs to see the difference. run the boat full out and see what RPM/speed you can get too, be careful not to exceed the max RPM limit for your boat/motors. Since you were able to get on plane...
We have the same boat/setup. It doesn't pop out of the water but we have no problem getting on plane. cruises nicely at 34-3600 rpm (26-28 mph). I wouldn't mind bigger motors and if I have the boat long enough to have to go through a re-power, I'll probably put the V-8's in, but the V-6's...
I called InsCo and they did not require me to pull it, so I didn't. Most boats in my marina were not pulled, all of them survived just fine except for those who neglected to remove the flybridge canvas... Heck, the boat still has power and cable which is more than what I have at the house...