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We traded in our '07 52DB, Truly Blessed III, for an 07 58DB, creatively named Truly Blessed IV. We spend a lot of time on the boat and the full beam master state with queen bed that we can walk around to make is nice, as is the larger bridge and salon. Plus....our youngest is now taller than...

At my wife's urging I replaced all the brass-trimmed cabinet hardware and brass reading lights in the 03 420 DA with chrome to give the boat a freshened interior appearance. We swapped out the brass Cantalupi 12v reading lights for Cantalupi 12v chrome models, and went to the Hafele USA website...

Because we here in the mid-Atlantic are now snowed under, my wife decided that I needed to clean out the basement. With no football to watch, I had no excuse-so off to the basement I went. I came across the aft canvas section for our (now CJ's) 2002 320DA. We had a custom camper canvas...

This past Sunday we were one of ~30 boats from Prince William Marine (the Local SR Dealer) that participated in what has become an annual cruise to honor wounded Soldiers (and Marines, Airmen, and Sailors). A lot of planning goes into the event every year. It began with one Army Colonel taking...

This will probably seem like overkill to many, but this year we added a Revere Coastal Commander (purchased from Jim and BOE Marine) six person emergency raft to the 420DA safety kit. The valise fits next to the helm seat, and the raft has a canopy, onboard emergency kit, and requires...

This boat is identical to mine, except for the color. Great price if it surveys well...

Rather late planning on my part, but Truly Blessed II will be at Colonial Beach Yacht Center this weekend-arriving Saturday 1200 EDT and departing Sunday 1600 EDT-ish. All possible as my son's soccer game is cancelled for Saturday. If any of the Potomac or Chesapeake Crews are out and about...

I am moored next to a rather battle hardened 480DB and the owner appears to be blogging on CSR from his bridge. I will try to get a picture to see if the CSR collective can identify this guy. Thank goodness the boat is not moving while the Captain blogs- More to follow once we upload some...

When we bought Truly Blessed II in February 06 the Cummins had 107 hours on them; the Onan 9MDKAV generator had 89 hours. We are the second owners of the boat. The original owner bought it new in the Spring of '04 from the SR dealer in Virginia Beach, ran the baot for the 04 season, then...

I thought I would get this thread going now so we can settle on some dates, decide on the Marina, etc. This of course assumes that the Obama people will still allow powerboats after the election. We may all be American expats living in the Bahamas next year. Preferences on the Marina? Is...

**CAVEAT: This is a single data point, and uncorroborated by me riding with this Sea Ray Owner** Kristyn, the boys and I spent a week at Coles Point Plantation (aka 'Redneck Riviera") on the lower Potomac River this past week. We were berthed next to an '08 44DA with QSBs and Zeus Drives...

fwebster opined some weeks ago that there were some deals to be had on 03-04 420 Dancers with mechanical C series Cummins. Spot on...

My family and I will be ranging further on the 420DA this season than we have ever cruised previously. I have 4 and 7 year old boys, one aging, arthritic female black lab, and a six year old male golden retriever. And I am married to a lady who was an NCAA All American swimmer in college...

We cruised Truly Blessed II up to Old Town Alexandria for the weekend. Beautiful day yesterday-80 degrees, sunny skies. Sundancer weather. We were slipped next to an 06 44DA with all the bells and whistles. Beautiful boat and nice folks aboard. Had several friends join us aboard for the...

I am usually mildly entertained by the silly things I see at the beginning of each season. Examples: 1. Fishermen in a 12' jon boat in the middle Potomac, seas at 1', and nary a life jacket in sight. Water temp is around 50 or so. They would not last long. 2. Guy at Colonial Beach...

I just purchased and installed two new Acculift 24" inch lift, 500 Lb capacity actuators. These are the factory actuators for the engine room hatch on the 420DA. Not cheap. $360 each plus tax and shipping. Does anyone know of a vendor who rebuilds these things? Given what I suspect is a...

Boating season began for us about three weeks ago when the shrink wrap came off. We have probably put on 7 hours or so and plan to run this weekend, then go for an overnighter next week. 155 hours to go this season. All good. I note with some irony that the UN now admits that the planet has...

This past Saturday we loaded up and headed up the Potomac to Washington, DC for our annual Cherry Blossom cruise. This is the official start to our boating season. We will run the 420 now until the week beofre Thanksgiving, then do the winterization and shrink wrap drill. The weather...

We have gotten a lot of views of the venerable 420 thread, so I thought I'd start one on fall services and / or winterization of diesel boats. For grins, for the DIY guys, here is my dealer's price list for diesel boat winterization/annual services...

We often thrash about here at the old CSR marina regarding new vs used, gas vs. diesel, subharmonic distortion regression analysis, etc. etc. etc. Guys who want new boats and will never consider buying used may stop reading at this point. For those on the new/used fence, here is an...