Best to you in your future adventures Rusty! You have proven yourself to be (many times over) a rare true gentleman in this business and I'm sure that will serve you well as you embark upon your next journey. Lisa and I will hope to see you out on the water in the coming years! Best to you and...
Yes, last year. New owner loves her too. I joke that I sold her because I ran out of things to upgrade. So I have started the never ending upgrade cycle over again on my new boat.
And... I can be honest with this as a former MY owner... the aesthetics of the 48MY are, well, shall I say reflective of the compromises needed to get all that interior room. Hence my screen name, Converse48. Yes, I’ll say it: it looks like a sneaker. :-)
There is no doubt that there are a ton of steps. So much so that on my rather extensive list of criteria when I moved on from the MY was: swim platform, back deck, salon and galley all on the same level.
The 48MY has the interior room of a much larger boat, the trade off is that it’s on...
That’s a hekkuva wave! I’m certainly not going to get sucked into a urinating contest about windshield wipers. If you like not having them, that’s great! I simply mentioned it as something that some people might see as a plus. Everyone needs to do what works best for them. I simply prefer real...
Most sea ray sedan bridges don’t have lower helms, so obviously my comment doesn’t apply for boats with lower helms
As far as the “back window” I was referring to goes, it’s a roll up eisenglass window on the same level and roughly 8 steps from the helm. No need to leave the helm area.
And...
OK, vote for the MY model here... first of all, you do not need to go out the back door and up a set of stairs to get to the helm from the living area. This is a HUGE deal when cruising long term or in bad weather. Unless you like sitting alone and hungry and desperately needing to go to the...
The ferry boat that runs to that private island just to the west runs out of the top basin in your pic. That maniac comes flying out of there up on plane. Maybe he has special security clearance. I went around the cruise ship in my dinghy last time there and no one screamed at me. But taking a...
I have been down that canal (not all the way back to the plant, but the canal that the plant canal empties into) and I could not believe that the Sea Ray plant could be up that tiny, narrow, tree lined channel. It is truly a testament to Rusty's skills to get so many boats in and out of that...
We bought our current boat in Fort Lauderdale last June. After a one day shake down to West Palm, we jumped the 500 nautical miles to Morehead City and up the ICW and Chesapeake from there. Since then, we've gone back to the Keys last Fall and up back to the Chesapeake, by way of the Bahamas...
They are quite proactive and really seem to care about their customers.
P.S. I saw the boys out there in the skiff as well. I'm one in from the end of D.
Definitely be careful out there, ESPECIALLY the further north you are on the Bay. They opened 12 or so spillways of the Conowingo Dam over the weekend and the Bay is absolutely riddled with very large and dangerous debris. Mostly trees. Not branches. Not limbs, but trees. Run-offs like this...
Option 1:
2 levels of zoom on the chart. One showing immediate surroundings, and one zoomed out to show progress against current trip.
Option 2:
One chart. One radar (best to acclimate to radar blips on sunny/clear days so if you ever really NEED it, you are more familiar with what you're...