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Fire crews battle large fire at Lake Berryessa (msn.com) Our old stomping grounds went up in flames last night. Too early to tell what the total damage was but early indication is 30 boats but a buddy in the Sheriff department said it was more like 50. We had our Rinker 350 in the last end tie...

So, after years of drought in CA and it all being blamed on anthropologic climate change, it has been nice to not have every story about this past series of storms blamed on the same. We live right in the heart of the affected region that has seen almost an entire normal season of rain fall...

I removed this from the bridge of my Carver 506 when I did the remodel. The previous owner had this replaced three years ago I believe. It was working well when removed earlier this year. I am cleaning out all of my boat stuff so if anyone of you CSR members that are located in Nor Cal need a...

Maritimo 50 tied at guest dock in Benicia. I went to the marina for the last time to finish cleaning out my dock box and close out my account with the marina and I could not help myself. The guest dock is on my old set of fingers so as I walk to my old berth I always look to see who or what...

I have a very short list of survey findings to correct to close the deal on the 506. The buyers are on vacation for a week but upon their return we will meet to turn over the keys and deliver the boat. The two items were simply to replace the impeller on the gen set that I burned up taking the...

So I am selling the 506. It has Volvo engines but that is not the problem. The problem is that the boat has hobbs meters installed in the ER that read 600 and change each. When I bought the boat I assumed those were the hours and I really don't recall giving it a second thought. I bought the...

So if one sells a boat or classic car and the buyer wants to pay in cash say in excess of $50,000, what's the best way to handle the cash in terms of getting it into a bank account. Obviously one would only do business with an individual that one is sure obtained the cash legally. It is really...

Title says it all. 21 years later I look around and see the national pollical landscape and I swear that it never seemed to happen. There just are no words 911 BTW

After a couple of weeks of turmoil in my marriage, we finally sat down and had a break through in the area of communication. We got to the root cause of problem and decided that it all pointed to the boat. We spend almost every weekend on it and told ourselves and each other that we really enjoy...

There are dozens of electric VTOL start ups out there trying to replace cars as a viable soluton for urban transportation. Does anyone actually think these vehicles will come to fruition and become available to the masses? I think the idea is cool and for the uber wealthy to have as a toy, is...

I looked around a little bit and did not find a dedicated thread to share boating goof ups. This came across my feed and it caught my attention because the boat in the clip is a Sea Ray. I sure hope it is not one of our members. Not that our members are all perfect skippers but this is a pretty...

A friend sent me pics of a 400SD with a failed coupler. This could ruin your day. Seems like a good thought but just another item to inspect regularly or replace periodically. (I just figured out this is on a gasser version)

Canada adding new tax to private jets, luxury yachts to curb dirty energy use: ‘It is fair’ (msn.com) This should have a cooling affect on the boat market in Canada. Is there a a sales or VAT tax already and this 10% will be an additional tax? This is projected to only raise 463 million over...

Video Shows a 40-Meter Superyacht Sinking Off the Coast of Italy (insider.com) Sad to see one of these lost and it is hard to imagine what could go so wrong as to sink one short of hitting a mine or reef. This was out in open water and the seas don't look so bad as to cause a sinking.

I need a 12 volt motor for a PN 81120 pump type 1 pump assy or will take the entire pump. Thanks

31 foot Sea Ray catches fire while owner is doing maintenance. Boat catches fire in Dana Point Harbor (msn.com) Just wondering how this happens? Carpe Diem

I have a Raymarine auto pilot on the 506 on a NEMA 2000 backbone. The display shows NO Pilot and has no values showing for heading or the tiller position. The associated 127e display shows NO Pilot in the icon bar at the bottom of the screen as well. I checked all of the connections, The lights...

SO... I know its not a Sea Ray but, I replaced the cheap halogen flush lights in my Salon with some new LED light assemblies. They are solid aluminum bodies and bezel linked below. When I first put them in they worked great from full bright to off with the dimmer switch. Last night I left them...

Every once and a while I will run into a Sea Ray owner on the dock and usually, I bring up the topic of forum interest. Every so often I find that they are CSR followers, but I don't recognize them due to the handles we use. I now can think of getting close to a dozen CSR members here in the...

Meet Freya, the 1,300-pound walrus capturing hearts, sinking boats and irking mariners (msn.com) What a major pain this would be if she climbed on your boat! The embedded video of her taking a shower in the bilge pump discharge of the boat she just boarded is priceless! I have seen pictures of...