Agreed. Our marina arranges a date for both state and Coast Guard courtesy inspections. I ask my kids (14 and 12 yo) to attend and comply with any inspection requests. The kids manage the inspection, and I handle any paperwork. So far, this routine has worked well for each of the last three...
I have a different boat, a 2002 300 DA, that has vent open/closed on the dash and in the breaker box, however it is for the small power window vent in the center bottom of the windshield. Are you certain it is for a stove vent in the cabin? I see you have AC too, and we don't, so that may be...
Oh, the lessons we can learn from others! Here's more on the story, found on another site:
"Brand new 29 hallett, i know the owner of the boat, & his fiance very well, also another 2 of my very good friends (another couple), were on the boat along with 3 other people i don't know (7...
Boquet for the beach; Barn Rock for the cliff jumping and a nice BBQ anchorage; Otter Creek/Vergennes for the free dock, a nice no-wake cruise and Black Sheep; Willsboro for the Upper Deck; Basin Harbor for the Mill; Van Sloot's for the Labor Day parade and street festival; Plattsburgh for the...
Serenity Now is berthed at Point Bay. We've covered the lake, from the lock at Whitehall to the Canadien border, but most often frequent Barn Rock Bay, Whallen Bay between Split Rock and Cannon Point, Converse Bay, and the Boquet. We were just putting the kids' summer schedules on the calendar...
I heard Dunham Bay lost its VT SR dealership (except maybe for Lake George, NY)... true? Marine Plus is in line, soon..? I've got a friend looking at 260s and he's been hugely frustrated.
Short run home last night in the dark from an anchorage ... anchor light and cockpit lights worked fine ... blower and engines fire right up, turn on nav lights and runing lights and dash and running lights illuminate fine, except for the speedometer which stayed dark. It was too late to...
At least 1 and 2! Not sure what the dealer's role is here without reviewing the contract(s)... but I'd be looking to kick someone's!
I know many surveys are done without buyer's presence, but as we stepped up from a 210SD to a nearly new but a few years old 300SD, I insisted on being present...
Growing up in Northern California, I was a moderately accomplished tennis player (good enough several years later to receive a D-1 Big-10 scholarship). At 13 yo, I was nearly six feet tall, had a serve/volley big forehand power game, and was traveling for tournaments. My father had been a...
Congrats! You'll certainly enjoy it! These words of Lyle Lovett come to mind, from "If I had a Boat":
"The mystery masked man was smart
He got himself a Tonto
'Cause Tonto did the dirty work for free...
But Tonto he was smarter,
And one day said, "Kemo Sabe,
Kiss my ass, I bought a boat,
I'm...
When we bought the 300 and moved up from a 210 Sundeck, we had a surveyor assess the boat. It was a few years old, fresh water only, and the engine hours were under a hundred. It had been drydocked for sale for 2 years in New York, and the seller had just purchased a larger boat, so he was...
Agreed.. But I caught landlocks off Split Rock in December for the first time this year, so my "off season" has already been shortened! See you on the water (hopefully soon!!)