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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...

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...

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...

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

The Buffalo News photographed me tying up my boat at the boat storage place for the end of the season. 44 degree weather, and I was sad to call an end to the season...

with a 125 foot beam! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1217180/Hermes-design-luxury-90m-yacht--wheres-half.html

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/03/a-little-bigger-than-a-cayenne-porsche-designs-135-foot-catama/

...on my '04 260da? Is there a way? Also, how do I check my waste tank level? I know there is a display in the head (empty, 1/2, full), and I've seen it lit before, but I don't remember what I did to light it

I'm sick of wiping up all the hundreds of tiny dead bugs off my dashboard with a paper towel every time I get on the boat (do they go to my boat to commit suicide??). I want to get a little handheld rechargable vacuum. Anyone else have one on their boat and want to recommend a brand/model?

I'm still learning my 2004 260da which I got at the beginning of the season. Today was the first time I've had seven adults on the boat, and we probably averaged 200 lbs each... Plus a full tank of gas and more than 1/2 tank of water... so definitely a very full, very heavy boat. I expected...

I'm getting used to my newly bought '04 260da. Any tips to get it on plane faster or at a lower speed? I'll typically have my trim tabs mostly down, and my engline trimmed all the way down. I'll push it to 3,000rpm and eventually get the boat up to about 26-28 mph, where she comes out...

Like I start all my posts, I'm a newbie to boating this season, and I'm still learning the ins and outs of my boat, an '04 260da. I've noticed a mildewy smell from my head. I'm pretty sure it's coming from the drain in the floor. When I enter the boat, it often has a dirty, damp green ring...

I'm a newbie at boating and to my boat, a '04 260da which I've been out on 10 times. The instruction manual isn't very helpful for understanding the basics of the electrical system, so I'm hoping someone here can help educate me. First, how are the batteries wired? Let's say I'm out anchored...

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I have a '04 260da, and I don't like the cockpit table - the white plastic round one. It looks too cheap, and the shape prevents any easy travel from the port aft entry to the center of the cockpit. I'd like to upgrade to a rectangular table made out of a nicer material - maybe teak? Are...

I'm learning my new '04 260da... I'm not totally sure how the vacuflush works. There's a three-position key that (i think) turn it on if in the center position, and operates the macerater and empties the waste into the sea if you twist it all the way to the right. That right-most position I...

Here is an excerpt from the owner's manual for my 2004 260da on trim tabs: "To trim the bow of your boat down, push the top halves of both rockers down in short bursts. If you hold the rockers down, you will over trim the boat and the bow will dig in. ... To be sure the tabs are full up in the...

Hi all. I'm new to my boat, a 2004 260da, and new to boating in general. While inspecting my boat today, I noticed the circuit breaker for the sump pump had tripped. I re-engaged the switch, and soon, a significant amount of clear water started flowing from a through hull drain...