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Another 260da owner here - welcome to the club. Great ship.

Re: need a new GPS/Fishfinder this season. Any suggestions before I go to Westmarine Thanks for all the recommendations everyone. I will definitely contact Jim at BOE. Is he a user here?

My boat, which I've had for three seasons (an '03 260da), came with a GPS/Fishfinder, but a battery failure last year fried it. I need a new one, and I was hoping I could get some direction from you experts before I go shopping... Any input would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

My Eagle Seacharter 500CFD bit the dust this season, and so I'm going to have to buy a new GPS Fishfinder during the off season. I'd like to keep my entire expense (the cost of the unit, installation, and any chart files I may need to buy) to under $1,000. Any recommendations before I start...

No, I don't... What product do you use?

So I just tie bounce fabric softener sheets to the lines?? really??

I thought someone would have asked about this already, but I searched the forums and couldn't find anything... In my area (Buffalo), the spiders start showing up in droves around August. In the two years that I've owned my boat, I've used it very little after mid-august because there are SO...

I arrived at my boat the other day after a couple weeks of not using it. I found the batteries to be dead. After checking the panel, I saw the AC converter was off. It was hot, and maybe something was draining the batteries, but shore power was not recharging them. I have no idea how the AC...

Ah.. But is it possible/likely that current can "leak" through the waterproof rubber exterior of a power cord? I don't know anything about power, so I really have no idea...

I'm guessing you mean this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXJpZUQc0jU

This may be a stupid question, but why can't the shore power cord ever dip into water? It's waterproof, right?

That tripped me up too in the beginning. Now I just equate them to airplane controls. Push the tops forward and the nose dives. Pull them back and the nose goes up.

Okay, thanks for the feedback. I just was realizing that in 50+ hours of boating, I have never once used the radio, either to send or receive. But you guys make a good point about being responsible for fellow boaters. Thanks.

I have been boating for a little over a year, and one thing I notice is that I never use the radio. Most of the time, I don't even turn it on. Yet when I was learning how to boat, everyone recommended I have a good radio and a good handheld backup radio to supplement it. What am I missing...

Just out of curiosity, is it considered a newbie mistake to have six lines? I have six lines (one on each corner and two spring lines), and I just thought I was being prudent...

I was a new boater last season, and I kept getting tripped up with my trim tabs because they seemed counterintuitively wired. In my mind, it would make more sense is pushing the rocker switches DOWN would move the trim tabs DOWN, but that's not how it works. Pushing the rocker switches UP...

I changed my boats name. It was "Priceless", and I hate those mastercard commercials. I don't have a superstitious bone in my body, but for fun we performed the ceremony and changed the name. Nothing bad has happened yet! :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibXVBRhWH2k#t=0m31s

and if you're a true Buffalonian, you'll pronounce it "wick"

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