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I've seen a few Sea Rays over the past five days. Would be nice to see if there are fellow CSR-ers in the vicinity. Jackie J V is currently in Little Current. We've been in the Bad River and Killarney. Over the next week and a half, we'll probably be visiting The Benjamins, Baie Fine, Gore...

Has anyone installed the Sun couch product that is advertised by one of the forum sponsors? Looks like an interesting option and wanted to see if anyone had experience with this solution? Paul

My inverter bank died at the end of last season - the very last weekend in fact. Three of the four 8D's pooched and they started venting gas... So now I'm trying to find the "best solution" to replace rather than simply replicate what I had before. I had started a similar thread last summer...

I've got a bank of four 8D batteries running through an inverter to power the house - boat came that way. House batteries have finally died and am looking to replace with a better solution. The default that I'm thinking is a couple of (or four) 6V golf cart batteries (a set-up I had in my last...

Always beware of statistics and epidemiological studies... :smt021 Link to the article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikaandersen/2012/03/23/true-fact-the-lack-of-pirates-is-causing-global-warming/ Paul

First a warning - this is a picture intensive post! The pics are all reduced size (800x600) but it may still take a while to load on a small connection.OK, with that out of the way - I'm bored and desperately missing my boat. I alway go stir crazy as we work our way into March, with another 6...

I have Raymarine electronics, 2 x E120's, HSB2, etc. with a Raymarine HD Open array radar. From time to time, I can't get the radar to come on and the only solution is to climb up on the hardtop and do a cold reboot by flipping the switch on the back of the unit. This is a pain in the hoohoo...

Listening to certain news outlets, you'd think his execution was a war crime. Clearly, "beyond a reasonable doubt" was established before NATO got involved. I think it was better to put an end to it quickly, rather than drag it out with a show trial... Paul

I’ve had a couple of PMs requesting some additional photos of Georgian Bay and surrounding parts, here is: “My Summer Vacation” by JJ V. :grin: We typically do a number of smaller trips during the boating season and take a larger 2 week trip sometime in August. More often than not, this...

I had NuTeak installed on the JJV before launch in the Spring and this post is intended to provide my observations after a season of use and abuse. There have been a number of posts showing installations on various boats and through these threads there have been a number of questions that have...

It's that time again! The excitement in palpable in our house, not because we're looking for a boat, but rather because the boat show marks the half way point of the off season. :smt038 We'll be heading down today. Any other forum members heading down? Anyone looking for anything special? Paul

Around this time last year, I started investigating custom tables to replace the fiberglass tables in cockpit and on the bridge. The bridge was the principal focus as I didn't find the OEM table to be very functional for my requirements - eatin' and poker! :grin: Just too small and all of the...

I'm sure many of you caught this story of a distressed cruise boat caught in bad seas in the southern ocean off Antarctica. http://www.soundingsonline.com/news/dispatches/712-dec-17-2010/273182-cruise-is-stopped-cold She lost engine power and had to limp bak to Argentina at 5mph in 30 foot...

Has anyone successfully upgraded to System 4.2 and seen the benefit of the alleged new features? When I first tried to upgrade, I received error messages (unknown Error 11) which were not in the Apple knowledgebase. I managed to upgrade this morning (v4.2.1 - maybe my previous experience...

When I was prepping the boat for hibernation, I pulled up the mattress in the master stateroom and found a few large "soft spots" in the board supporting the mattress. When I took up the board, this is what I found: For whatever reason, there are cut-outs in the support board. The white...

I've been meaning to post this for a couple of years, but well, better late than never. In my 10 years of boating, this has to be the best, cheapest, easiest, most-bang-for-the-buck upgrade ever. One rainy Saturday afternoon at the marina, I decided I was bored and went to Home Depot to find...

When I got my boat a year ago, it came with a very usable, but somewhat dated audio video setup. I decided that I would upgrade the set-up myself and thought that I’d post my project here in case it had some use to someone else. For those 560 owners looking to upgrade from the original tube TV...

OK, after a delay in the international launch, I should be getting my iPad by the end of this week. For those who've been at the front of the curve, what apps have you found to be the most useful? I'll be looking for a good PDF reader, productivity apps (Word and Excel-ish), weather, basic...

Does anyone have any other experience/recommendations for non Raymarine cameras? I'm looking at adding a couple to my E120 set-up. The RM cameras are expensive (I know this is boating). I saw "Speco" recommended in another thread. If you have experience with good quality alternative brands...

I am planning to be in the Orlando area for a couple of weeks in March and was delighted to find out that space shuttle Discovery is scheduled for launch on March 18th, in the middle of our stay. My kids and I would love to drive out to Kennedy to see this and I'm looking for tips from those...