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I got a call from my in laws today to say they saw on the news that boats at our marina were broken into. There are only 30 or so boats and there are only a few larger than ours. I call the management and he told me that someone broke into several boats last night and that the old Sea Ray 260...

I moved last spring/early summer and with all of the chaos of starting a new job and buying a house and moving, the boat never got put in the water. So, after a year and a half on a trailer I was finally able to launch her the other night. Got her floated off of the trailer and noticed my...

I was cleaning my boat yesterday and was reminded of a problem I have. When the latches that secure my cabinet below my cockpit sink and rear hatch get wet, black water or whatever runs from them and is tough to get off... is the gasket deteriorating? Should I replace it? Anyone else have...

I got my boat all cleaned and discovered my batteries are dead. I am relatively inexperienced when it comes to marine batteries... I read some information on the differences and I believe I need a deep cycle battery, but I am not real clear how I determine what size I need?? Can anyone give me...

This past weekend was our annual guy's weekend. For 9 years we have been taking a long weekend to get away on the water. In the past we used kayaks, but for the last two years I have been gladly using my 260. This year we ran both. We had 8 guys on Kayaks and 4 on my boat. The idea was to...

Anyone ever been to this general area? I've been looking at it for a kayaking destination for a couple years, but a boat makes it more practical... looks pretty shallow. Anyone?

Don't know if this belongs here or in another area of this board... but here I am anyway! I bought my boat last spring. It didn't have GPS, so I had the dealer install it for me before I took delivery (Garmin 192C Chartplotter). It worked well most of last year. One night when we were...

My water has that funny smell to it... :smt009 How do you sterilize the tank or get rid of the odor?? Thanks!

My wife and I want to get away for a night for our anniversary in a couple of weeks. I was thinking of heading up to Rock Hall... any recommendations? Thanks

At the end of last season, my chartplotter was having a problem. It will not acquire satellites. I called Garmin after my boat was up oin blocks and they told my it probably had a hiccup, and if I didn't mind losing my stored waypoints and such that I could reset it. He told me how, and I...

ahhhhhhhhhh.... :grin: Finally. Launched about 12:00 today. Party sunny, 65 deg, moderate wind, a little chop. Conditions were great. Boat ran better than it did all last season. Must be the newly applied bottom paint :wink: It gets even better... when we got to the yard, my boat was on...

Is anyone willing to share how much they are paying for their slip? I am paying $3000 for a 30' x 11' wet slip with electric and water. Marina has a pool which they charge non slip holders $500 for a season pass. Don't know if this was ever covered here or not. Just curious what everyone...

I spent the weekend taking care of the rest of my list before spring launch... bottom paint, outdrive paint and new zincs. The marina was a buzz of activity, people washing, waxing, vacuuming, painting etc... Boy did it get me excited. This week is going to drag on forever. Supposed to splash...

I have a Garmin 192C Chartplotter. I want to add the Garmin GSD21 or 22 remote, black box sounder to allow the 192C to act as a fishfinder. This will require the addition of a transducer as well. Has anyone had any experience with this? Did you do it yourself or have someone do it for you...

When discussing summer vacation ideas with my wife, she suggested that we take a week and explore the bay on the boat :thumbsup: I would like to get some input from all of you on great bay stops. We would like to stay south of the bay bridge and our port of call is Deale, MD. We plan on...

Has anyone here added rod holders to their "sport cruisers"? If so, where did you place and how are they holding up??

It's like walking back in your front door after you've been gone for a year!! I can't believe it took me this long to find this site... i can't believe that I had to get through winterization without you guys! It's good to be back among familiar faces. Bad part is, there are alot of post to...