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Hi all, Although here in then NE the temperature is 16 I'm thinking boating. At the end of the season I had a tranny cooler failure causing sea water to enter the tranny. The repair was made at the but the machanic called about a month later stating that the tranny should be rebuilt since water...

Started engine today and saw what looks to be a oily sheen coming out of exhaust. It looks somewhat milky and feels slick, don't think it's gas. 6.2 l fresh water cooled engine, checked oil looks ok not milky, checked transmission fluid look ok maybe a little low. Not sure what transmission...

A friend of mine is considering buying Sea Ray 225 Weekender and has found a 2002 with 200Hrs on the engine, salt water cooled and looks clean. I'm not terribly familiar with that Class of boat but was hoping anyone who owns a similar Model/Yr can offer her some good advice as to what she should...

I purchased new canvas's from Greatlakes and am planning to do the install myself. Does anyone have any advice, do's and don't ....things that I should do to get it right the first time? Or should I just have someone else do it. Has anyone used the Sailrite quick fit kit to do there install...

I downloaded the the Sea Tow App for the Iphone and have been playing with it, it seems very nice. It bundles Tides, Weather, GPS and if your a SeaTow subscriber a "Slide for Assistance" bar. And No don't work for Sea Tow.:grin: Ray

I'm about to purchase a full set of Canvases from Greatlakesboattop and tried to apply the discount that you see on the left of your screen sometimes (there advertisement) and was told that they would not honor the 20%. They said they don't recognize the Code but they were willing to give me...

Not a bug but since I use the ipad all the time is there any way you can make the page buttons larger. My fat fingers have a hard time changing pages... Just a thought Thanks Ray

Last week I drained my Starboard battery to the point were it didn't have enough juice to start the engine. I went to use the emergency start switch and I kept popping the starboard breaker. I started the genny, charged the battery for 15min's and I was up and running, no problems since. So...

Yesterday started out as a beautiful day with a threat of late afternoon thunderstorm so we stayed close to port just in case. Later we see some dark clouds heading in our direction and so we start to get ready to get back to port. As we are heading back the storm is now getting closer and...

I went to exercise my sea-cocks before the boat goes in the water and my starboard side sea-cock was frozen, although I only tried using my hands. Does anyone have any suggestion on how to free it up? Lubrication, rubber mallet, pry-bar? Thanks Ray

Coast Guard relieves Montauk station commander October 24, 2009 By BILL BLEYER bill.bleyer@newsday.com Photo credit: tcolla.com | A Coast Guard 47-foot rescue boat trains about 8 a.m. on Aug. 23, 2009, in the surf off Montauk Point. The Coast Guard said the driver was unqualified to handle the...

Hi all , I went to grab the Yellow Dipstick hand to check the oil the other day and suddenly I find the pull tab in my hand and no rod. The metal must have fatigued over the years and only the rubber was holding. I tried to grab the tiniest piece of bare metal that I could see with a needle nose...

I do about 50% on my boating with my 8yr old son, he loves just hang with me and boating... Well, the other day my wife, daughter and son were on the boat, we had just anchored and suddenly there was a school of bunker jumping all around the boat. I get my rod out and start casting off of the...

I was crawling around under the boat today and found barnacles in my sea water intake for both engines. The Barnacles wedged themselves behind the screen and I would say almost blocked the flow of water completely. SO... 1-I used a razor knife to get them out but it was a challenge to get in...

At the end of last season we had a Nor’easter blow thru and my swim platform trim molding was ripped off (I’m on a Mooring). I 'm looking to purchase replacement molding an install it as soon as the weather here warms up. Can someone tell me where I can get the molding? My original molding was...

I plan on buying the Porter Cable 7424 today from Autogeek(they have a deal when you buy the Buffer kit they give you a nice looking storage bag) http://www.autogeek.net/hk7424.html http://www.autogeek.net/pc7424-bonnet.html I think that's all I need...Right? I've read the links on what wax...

I fell stupid about this post but .... I have this logo on my switch pad and I have not been able to figure out what it does... any thoughts... Thanks

I was lucky enough to go Cruising on a Tuesday afternoon with no one on the water but on my way back I had a trim tab issue. My boat was listing heavily to starboard at 20 knots and I was unable to trim it correctly. If I slowed to say 7 knots I could see the effects of the trim tabs as I put...

I have a 2003 32 DA, when I started the Gen this Weekend to put the Air Conditioner on I didn't have any 120v AC on the Meter. The braker was set to "On" Gen on the Main AC Panel, Shore power was set to Off. Are there any other switches/brakers that I may have missed?? PS I'm on a Mooring so I...

I’ve been looking at my navigation chart for a up coming trip, I’ve taken a Coast Guard Course twice, once many many years ago when they actually taught charting an map reading and again more recently. I’ve been searching for a answer to a question that has been plaguing me. Does the...