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Ultimately, back in 2008, the repairs to my boat proved insufficient as the below-the-waterline crack returned. This is one of the very rare times that an entire hull was replaced under warranty. My boat was taken to the Knoxville factory and all the hardware, appliances, tanks, instruments...

My Fisher winter canvas is on its 7th year. It paid for itself in a year and a half compared to shrink wrap. I will never go back to shrink wrap. Search other threads for "Fisher canvas".

I put the irridiums in my 6.2. Must've made a difference. The idle speed doubled when it was first started up, until the computer recalibrated.

Sounds like a good time for a limerick. There once was a newb from New York. Whose boat made him feel like a dork. He saved night and day To buy a Sea Ray Now he's ready to pop the cork!! Dennis

I'll ecod dat.

It's the neutral switch.

A buddy of mine bought the Chappy 24 and has had no new boat issues or problems with it. That's more than I can say about my SR.

I'm interested in what "officials" find bowriders or five people in the bow unsafe. " State and federal maritime officials view that as unsafe, he said, because it subjects those passengers to ejection and blocks the driver's view." And, I agree there is no precedent value in a settlement...

Re: Who has made the trip starting on the St Croix to Davenport IA area or vice versa I've made the trip from LeClaire (just above Davenport) to Lake Pepin and on to Stillwater three or four times. We take two days to do the 11 locks between LeClaire and Pepin. That leaves little to no time...

Great boat. I have an '05 with an '08 hull. Some '05s and '06 270SLXs had a weakness in the hull that resulted in recurring cracks below the water line that allowed water to enter and soak the foam. Mine had that problem and SR stepped up and replaced the hull after a failed attempt to...

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/weekly.php?wfo=dvn&gage=rcki2&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1&toggles=10,7,8,2,9,15,6 Probability graph at above website says it all. I'm here in the Quad Cities on the Mississippi and have no doubt we'll see a historic flood again this year. The graph doesn't take into...

Whilst at The Onion, I noticed a touching article . . . http://www.theonion.com/articles/dead-teenager-remembered-for-great-hand-jobs,19356/?utm_source=recentnews

I like your plan and prefer the polymer polish (I use Pro Polish) to waxes as I found wax tended to yellow my white gel coat somewhat. Not much, but a little, so I stopped using Meguire's Flagship (which is a very good wax if you want wax). To avoid the problem of stripping your wax when...

You guys are easily entertained. That's all I've got to say. Dennis

A message can be inappropriate in one context an OK in another. Playfully assaulting another person's beliefs, political, religious or otherwise, in a thread about spark plugs would generally be inappropriate. The same comment in the Tiki bar where people expect the topics to wander might be...

My blue hull always looks great BUT I dry stack and that gives me the opportunity to wipe it down after each outing with Griot's Speed Shine and microfiber towels. Twice a year I polish it with Shurhold Pro Polish. If you're not up to that level of maintenance, you'll have to put up with water...

I said goodbye to shrink wrap 4 or 5 seasons ago when I bought my Fisher Canvas cover. It paid for itself in a little less than two seasons and has served me well since. Fisher didn't have a pattern for my boat when I contacted them so they went down to the local SR dealer and measured a...

I used to have a Crownline and every time I took it north of Dubuque on the Mississippi, the depth gauge would go haywire and give crazy readings. Otherwise it was fine. Figure that one out. Dennis

My local plater refused to chrome plate my anchor. Said it wouldn't hold up. I can't afford or am too cheap to buy stainless so I paint mine every spring. Dennis

The McMaster Carr and Grainger catalogs sell sound absorbent materials in sheets and in trowel-on forms. When I do my boat, I'll use an octave band sound level meter to determne the frequency spectrum of the engine noise. Then, I'll select an oil-resistant noise absorbent material that will...