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I know many of you have missed Rusty from Club Sea Ray for a while. Part of his absence was due to a very successful business start up and a really busy year, but then in August, he noticed a bump on the side of his neck that required a visit to his doctor. Then, for no good reason other than...

Last week I took several oil samples by the Caterpillar store in Nashville TN. as I use Cat's SOS program for all of my oil samples. I happened to run to run into a Fluids Specialist in their fluids lab and asked about the current lube oil recommendation for the 3100 series marine engines. Here...

I am in Panama City Beach for a few days and stopped by to visit my friends in the Service Department at the marina we were in for 30 years. It is like someone dropped a bomb on Cummins owners. A late model 42 DB with 6CTA's is waiting on complete new after cooler assemblies, a newish 44DB with...

SIRENS' SONG 1996 Sea Ray 450 Sundancer After 24 great years with her, the time has come for us to make a change. Therefore, we are going to offer a member of our family, our beloved 450DA, for sale. So there isn't any second guessing, we are...

I have been asked to make CSR members aware of survey Sea Ray Marketing is conducting to help them with a new searay.com website design From Sea Ray Marketing: Sea Ray needs your feedback! We are always looking to improve our products and services to make your shopping and ownership...

For you newer members, please take a minute and go back and fill in your complete boat/engine/etc. data as well as your location info. We can do a lot better and quicker job of helping you get the information you need if we have specific boat info, know if you are in salt or freshwater and can...

Years ago I ordered something inoccuous from the mail order or online sales area on THT. They periodically send emails to previous customers referring you to threads on their forum. I got one today where one of their idiot experts (or expert idiots, which ever fits) was advocating building your...

We are working on a 2005 480DB. There is no power to the cockpit or bridge AC outlets. Obviously, an upstream GFCI breaker is tripped. We cannot find the danged thing anywhere. Can any of you help with its location ? Thanks,

For those of you who cannot find oil in the type/viscosity or container size you need, Keller-Heartt Oil <khlubes.com> has a Black Friday special on everything on their site.....15% off on everything (discount code COLD15) with free shipping and no tax in most locations. My UPS guy will hate me!

For those of you who use Power Service Diesel Kleen and get weary of running by your local parts house or big box store every time you need a quart, then this may be of interest to you: Power Service now has a concentrated version in a retail package. The regular version treats 100 gal for a...

Today marks another music business tragedy....... Kanye West was found safe at home taking a nap. Sorry guys...my wife saw this some where on facebook and I just had to share!

Sea Ray announced a new Sea Ray Owner's Club at the Ft. Lauderdale boat show. The new owner's club will unroll in January, 2016 and will have lots of new benefits, features and information available for all owners. It will be a separate website you will have to register to join and that will...

I have a Westerbeke 8BTD generator that has run flawlessly for a lot of years. It has required paying attention to the cooling water flow because it will run and cool itself well past the useful life of its impeller. Getting to the impeller is a real pain, so it is better to stay ahead of the...

I am happy to help CSR members get answers to their questions, however, I do not have time to waste responding to PM's with lengthly technical responses only to find that you are not a sponsor (which limits your space on the CSR system) or your mailbox is full. When a message is kicked back...

I use a second VHF radio on my boat. Its location on the panel exposes it to pretty much constant sun. The LCD display is now faded and is difficult to read more than the big channel number. Rather than pay for a repair on a 10 year old radio, I decided to replace it with an upgrade to newer...

Note: all photos and text contained herein are copyrighted and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the author. © Frank A. Webster 2014. Many of you know, but for those who do not, the first 650FLY embarked on an 11 week tour of various Sea Ray dealers and Gala events...

While stopped for the Wrightsville Beach leg of the 650FLY’s tour up the east coast, Capt. Rusty and the 650 had a surprise and very special guest this weekend. Some of you newer members might not know why this is so special for several of us. Here is the background: Back in 2011, one of...

I have a Furuno FCV-581 color video sounder for sale. This is a commercial grade bottom machine perfect for you serious fishermen. Specifics are: - 8” high resolution color CRT - 16 color - several background colors for day, night, cloudy, etc. conditions - ranges from 15’ to 1500’ -...

For Sale: Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, 8gb, 1 gig dual core precessor ; Samsung model # is GT-P3113TSYXAR, color is titanium silver I had a Furuno plotter die over the winter and there is no support for this model any longer. I replaced it with a Raymarine e127. The Samsung Galaxy was a...

I am looking for recommendations for a qualified marine surveyor to survey a 40'+ Sundancer in the Suffolk County area of New York. This is a pre-purchase survey, the buyer is out of state and we are looking for recommendations from someone who has used a surveyor in this area....not a list from...