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Welcome. I am also a noob here and to older Sea Rays. I bought a same year as you '98 230 SS bowrider mid-september. Since it was so late in the season that I didn't have time to procure any sort of parking or figure out what needed to be done I took the easy way out and dropped it off at a...

I'm not quite sure if I qualify as a boater. I have a boating certificate with my name on it. I own an 18 year old boat. I bought it in September after our season technically ended and just put it in dry dock this past weekend when it appeared that we were going to get a hard freeze overnight...

You could always put a few cubes of poison in the bilge so if they visit they don't stay long

I have a new-to-me '98 230 bowrider. While going over it cleaning everything I noticed the forward storage under the seats in the bow and the anchor cabinet do not appear to drain into the bilge or ski locker. They appear to just snug tight to the floor. Where does the water go? It must find...

Thanks! It's good looking from 20' away - and it's getting better every time I get a chance to spend an hour or two but it was pretty filthy inside and out when I got 'er. The bilge was caked throughout with oil grime that took me a full day to make presentable so I can see where the leak that...

I'm near Scranton PA... so Lake Wallenpaupack and Beltsville are where I normally would put her in the water but the Finger Lakes and Sackett's Harbor are on the todo list as well. They are easy day or weekend trips from here. Deep Creek, MD and anywhere else that looks cool, really. This is my...

Greetings... I just bought my first boat with a steering wheel. A nice '98 230 bowrider SS 5.7L mercruiser that passed a hull survey with flying colors. It's nice from 20' away but needs a little love. I've got 6hrs under power on it so far... and it runs very well. It's going to be a lake...