We don't have our own thread like all the other losers... So now we do. Let's try and collect all the 480 DB specific posts over the last few years and put links here for them... and we can bash all those low-life Sundancer owners...

ha ha ha ha, just try to beat the 370DA owners thread, You wont even come close to it.

 

that is a b-e-a-s-t. i'm in.

first weekend I've missed since first of May and you go and do this to me. stupid job.

i've seen bow mustaches before, ...but that one looks like her mascera is running. howd ya get those? new lines?

 

There's a coal-fired steam plant about a 1/4 mile from my boat... ridiculous.

 

OK... Some 480 DB stuff I wrote:

Ditching the Clarion XMD1:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34125

Flare holder in back cockpit:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32202

Front stateroom TV replacement:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26502

Salon Audio/Video/wifi network stuff
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30047

Onan generator raw water pump and other maint:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12183

Sunbrella fabric on outside seats instead of white vinyl:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7609

110v outlet in engine room problem:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28023

Using a Mac for a movie server:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26615

Stainless split ring on transducers:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27867

Seacock leak/replacement:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27443

Cruisair raw water circulation pump replacement:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16055

Transom rubrail rust:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25599

Dogs eating turds:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25427

QSM-11 coolant reservoir bracket cracking:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5036

Sub Zero sucks:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9965

Wolverine engine heaters:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13780

Racor petcocks and why you need the bolt:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13317

Rusty Cruisair fan on bridge:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12160

QSM-11 new fuel coolers:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9487

Cruisair triggers:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3687

AGM Batteries and the PD 2050 charger
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10005

I'll post more later....

 

OK... Some 480 DB stuff I wrote:

Ditching the Clarion XMD1:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34125

Flare holder in back cockpit:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32202

Front stateroom TV replacement:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26502

Salon Audio/Video/wifi network stuff
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30047

Onan generator raw water pump and other maint:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12183

Sunbrella fabric on outside seats instead of white vinyl:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7609

110v outlet in engine room problem:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28023

Using a Mac for a movie server:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26615

Stainless split ring on transducers:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27867

Seacock leak/replacement:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27443

Cruisair raw water circulation pump replacement:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16055

Transom rubrail rust:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25599

Dogs eating turds:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25427

QSM-11 coolant reservoir bracket cracking:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5036

Sub Zero sucks:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9965

Wolverine engine heaters:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13780

Racor petcocks and why you need the bolt:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13317

Rusty Cruisair fan on bridge:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12160

QSM-11 new fuel coolers:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9487

Cruisair triggers:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3687

AGM Batteries and the PD 2050 charger
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10005

I'll post more later....

did these posts expire? The links seems to be broken.?.

 

ouch...and thats typical after a few days away I assume?

if all my "friends" that have taken pics the last 3-4 weeks would ever give me some files I'd post some up n' running. right now i have nothing--other than pics of new comforters, towels, rugs and--yes, pillows. lots of pillows.

 

Some more:

Exhaust pipe rust through:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3506

QSM-11 raw water stainless pipe leak:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9488

GHS hydraulic swim platform lines:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9606

QSM-11 intake broken bolt and blowby:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4846

Hydraulic steering line failure:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5206

 

Some more:

Exhaust pipe rust through:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3506

QSM-11 raw water stainless pipe leak:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9488

GHS hydraulic swim platform lines:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9606

QSM-11 intake broken bolt and blowby:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4846

Hydraulic steering line failure:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5206

some good posts... are they still available somewhere?

 

Interesting and valuable information, but try again...
Do you have a 370 DA oicture site ?

http://www.370sundancer.com/

 

I thought I saw a pic in one of his threads that had a 370 on his lift...

 

I don't think so because the boat would go backward.

 

Anyone hear that mosquito buzzing noise?

 

nope, maybe it's in your head ?

 

Hey, hey, hey...your official photographer owns a Sundancer there fella!

We don't have our own thread like all the other losers... So now we do. Let's try and collect all the 480 DB specific posts over the last few years and put links here for them... and we can bash all those low-life Sundancer owners...

And post pictures of the best boat Sea Ray ever designed...

Here's some pictures mistercomputerman (mister shiny boat) sent me of the most awesome 480 DB in the world.

Cruising on the manly Chesapeake:

Always able to find a cold beer and some crabcakes:

Mine even came with some optional black sport stripes on the bow:

Heading out at o-dark-thirty:

Collecting sea grass and destroying a water pump in the C&D canal:

And off the Jersey coast in the North Atlantic kicking up some serious wake:

OK... I just wanted to post these awesome pictures... but we do need a thread dedicated to this most wonderful beast.

 

How do you guys like the DB's with the helm at the back of the bridge? I don't think I would like that. I'm not very tall (ok, very short) and it looks like I'd have to stand on the seat to drive - again.

 

I can see the bow and anchor sitting down in the captain's chair. I prefer the forward seating for two reasons... People are sitting in front of me so I can be part of the conversation going on and I can see the back of the boat and cockpit -> great for docking and fishing.

 

I shall contribute this:

My submission for the CSR calendar (October 2010):

Desolation Sound & The Broughton Archipeligo
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11800

The Broughtons - Echo Bay
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11861

Waddington Bay and Local Fishing
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11842


Sunset at Lund, BC
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11786

Just By Chance - Winter Mods Update (lengthy)
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15764

Just By Chance - Winter Mods Update #2
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16019

Just By Chance - Winter Mods Update #3
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16841

Fall Cleaning:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13331

should I install shaft anodes?
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16444

I'm still waiting for Gary's revised electronics box design.

Jacob

 

We don't have our own thread like all the other losers... So now we do......

What next, you gonna want a bail out plan from the gov'ment ?!?!

.. and we can bash all those low-life Sundancer owners.............

There's that same mosquito whine I keep hearing in other threads....

Anyone hear that mosquito buzzing noise?

Yeah, as a mater of fact I do....

bzzzz bzzzzz bzzzzz bzzzz

 

How about the guys with 50/52 DB's....the same boat....

 

I thought those of us who were fortunate enough to have more girth and length would not need a seperate thread to flaunt it. I figured we could just quietly sit back and bask in our hugeness. Gary has now let the cat out of the bag.

Jack

 

It is a great boat, I hope to own one of the iterations (480/50/52) some day.

 

I'm with you Tim - someday for us too. But for now all I can say to Gary is..."BASTARD"... With all due respect! Oh - and thanks for taking the time to put all those links together.

 

Is a braw standard fare for the 480 DB? ; )

The 480 DB is a fantastic boat, and definitly one of the nicest looking Sea Ray's out there. Also a popular boat, saw five of them in St. Michaels alone last weekend.

Gary - with the grand hard top on the DB's, why do you roll rather than snap up the canvas (ie. the pic in my sig)?

 

...with the grand hard top on the DB's, why do you roll rather than snap up the canvas (ie. the pic in my sig)?

I'm installing a couple snaps on the top this weekend for the fwd panel. Looked at the side panels but wasnt sure 2 snaps along the bottom edge would do it. do you have more snaps and are they installed along the bottom edge only?

probably a dumb question, how do you like the MANS? I have a buddy that just sold his '04 560 a couple weeks ago. it had the 1050s...cruised at 33, WOT topped 40mph. I couldnt get over how much the boat lurched when put in gear. if you werent holding on or ready for it, you'd go flying. loved the red night lighting on the bridge too.

 

saw gary's post on another thread to a gen problem. want to investigate a bit further as I've had a similiar thing happen twice now. Gen has quit twice for no apparent reason. first occurance, was on a trip so mains & gen had run all day--very hot ER as well as a 90+ degree day. 2nd time, went down on 95 degree Sunday afternoon, had ran atleast 9-10 hrs straight and darn near non-stop from Friday evening.

No oil p, exhaust temp, or water flow alarms either time. plenty of water pumping; no steam. lift pump vdc ok and 'clicking'. it would start but immediately shut down, just like fuel was being shut off.

on first occurance, 3-4 hrs later, it started and ran for another day and a half (again, was on a trip) like nothing ever happened. 2nd time, when I returned to the boat the following Fri prep'd to change filters, re-check fuel pump, check safety switches, etc, it started & ran fine. last 2 weekends, its ran nearly continuously fri-sun in some pretty hot weather but no more shutdowns.

I'm now suspecting fuel line from racor. again, no pressure/temps alarms, so it has to be fuel starvation...or air flow restriction (did change air filter)?

is there a situation that happens that may be temp dependant where the fuel system pulls more than the line can provide--a vaccum on the line--possibly collapsing it to a point a fuel restriction occurs? or getting air in the lines somewhere?

 

saw gary's post on another thread to a gen problem. want to investigate a bit further as I've had a similiar thing happen twice now. Gen has quit twice for no apparent reason. first occurance, was on a trip so mains & gen had run all day--very hot ER as well as a 90+ degree day. 2nd time, went down on 95 degree Sunday afternoon, had ran atleast 9-10 hrs straight and darn near non-stop from Friday evening.

No oil p, exhaust temp, or water flow alarms either time. plenty of water pumping; no steam. lift pump vdc ok and 'clicking'. it would start but immediately shut down, just like fuel was being shut off.

on first occurance, 3-4 hrs later, it started and ran for another day and a half (again, was on a trip) like nothing ever happened. 2nd time, when I returned to the boat the following Fri prep'd to change filters, re-check fuel pump, check safety switches, etc, it started & ran fine. last 2 weekends, its ran nearly continuously fri-sun in some pretty hot weather but no more shutdowns.

I'm now suspecting fuel line from racor. again, no pressure/temps alarms, so it has to be fuel starvation...or air flow restriction (did change air filter)?

is there a situation that happens that may be temp dependant where the fuel system pulls more than the line can provide--a vaccum on the line--possibly collapsing it to a point a fuel restriction occurs? or getting air in the lines somewhere?

My generator had similar symptoms last year but had gotten to the point where it wouldn't start. I had it looked at by the local Cummins service techs and what they found surprised me. The fuel supply line from the tank to the Racor had collapsed. The tech told me he had never seen such a high vacuum on the Racor canister. Line replaced, problem solved, genny has run flawlessly all summer (I probably shouldn't say that!!)

 

I've had 400 DB for 4 years and am now considering moving to a 480 DB. Has anyone made this transition and what are the pros and cons?

 

Here are the cons

Some more:

Exhaust pipe rust through:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3506

QSM-11 raw water stainless pipe leak:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9488

GHS hydraulic swim platform lines:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9606

QSM-11 intake broken bolt and blowby:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4846

Hydraulic steering line failure:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5206

Seriously, It's a great boat. I've seen Mad Dog's (haven't seen him post much in the last year) boat and it's great. I still think the 450DA is my style, but who knows by the time I can ever step up that far.

 

I had a 2001 400db with 430 cummins and in 2004 bought a new 480 db. Its been a great boat with next to no trouble. I do have monthly service by a local diesel mechanic and I keep it on a lift. It cruises at 31mph burning 45 gph which isn't to bad for a boat this size. I run it year round being in Florida. Advantages over the 400DB- Enclosed bridge with hard top and AC, 3rd stateroom, bow thruster and tnt lift. Cons-just going to cost you afew more bucks.

 

and I keep it on a lift.

You keep a 480 sedan bridge on a lift......wow. Got to see that.

 

450 owners don't need our own thread.

 

i too moved from 00 400DB to this 01 480DB. steve pretty much captured it in a few words. although "...a few more bucks" may be understating it a tad. everything seems to be quite a bit more $$...spares, maintenance, etc. plus, alot more to keep clean above and below decks so dont forget your time. but, wow, these big girls really run...its addicting.

c'mon turtle, i see the owners club envy here...you cant hide it.

 

No envy at all..........most 450DA owners know each other and we communicate when we need to.

 

...and a good band of brothers you are...