FourGone
New Member
- Mar 15, 2008
- 58
- Boat Info
- 260DA Sundancer 2001
- Engines
- 5.7 EFI w/Bravo III Drive
Hello from the slowly defrosting great white north!. Well actually its not that far north. But is was white this year!
And what a great resource this forum is for a new old Sea Ray owner. It took some time, but we finally landed on a name for her - FourGone - becasue they are! Well mostly gone, but boomerangs come to mind.
We bought this 2001 260 Sundancer last January '07, (only 130 hours on it and very clean) and had a great year cruising around the Vancouver waterfront, Howe Sound, Indian Arm and up the Sunshine Coast. And no green water over the bow on this baby! What I mean is that once you get outside the Vancouver harbour it can get pretty lumpy and the old boat often took a good chunk of water over the bow if we happend to be out in a blow.
I've made a few minor mods to the comfort and functionality - added rod holders for the downriggers, put a step in the bilge so I don't have to dance around the seacock and bilge pump, rebuilt the helm door with new starboard panel from SeaRay to accomodate my Garmin, VHF and relocate the trim tab switches. And a good coat of new bottom paint to keep the little creatures at bay.
Still on the agenda is running a power windlass - anyone have some good ideas on running the cable from batteries to anchor locker? (Sea Ray won't share the info - legal reasons they say)
And from reading the forums on anchoring, I'm suprised at how many go with such short chain - rule of thumb we are taught in Power Squadron is 1' chain per foot of vessel - I have 28' chain and 270' nylon rode. But then we often cruise in areas where its hard to find safe bottom in less than 30' to 50' and bottom depths can reach hundreds of feet.
Hey, thanks for reading this far. Looking forward to learning and sharing boating knowedge on the boards.
And what a great resource this forum is for a new old Sea Ray owner. It took some time, but we finally landed on a name for her - FourGone - becasue they are! Well mostly gone, but boomerangs come to mind.
We bought this 2001 260 Sundancer last January '07, (only 130 hours on it and very clean) and had a great year cruising around the Vancouver waterfront, Howe Sound, Indian Arm and up the Sunshine Coast. And no green water over the bow on this baby! What I mean is that once you get outside the Vancouver harbour it can get pretty lumpy and the old boat often took a good chunk of water over the bow if we happend to be out in a blow.
I've made a few minor mods to the comfort and functionality - added rod holders for the downriggers, put a step in the bilge so I don't have to dance around the seacock and bilge pump, rebuilt the helm door with new starboard panel from SeaRay to accomodate my Garmin, VHF and relocate the trim tab switches. And a good coat of new bottom paint to keep the little creatures at bay.
Still on the agenda is running a power windlass - anyone have some good ideas on running the cable from batteries to anchor locker? (Sea Ray won't share the info - legal reasons they say)
And from reading the forums on anchoring, I'm suprised at how many go with such short chain - rule of thumb we are taught in Power Squadron is 1' chain per foot of vessel - I have 28' chain and 270' nylon rode. But then we often cruise in areas where its hard to find safe bottom in less than 30' to 50' and bottom depths can reach hundreds of feet.
Hey, thanks for reading this far. Looking forward to learning and sharing boating knowedge on the boards.