Recent content by Ike

A lot has happened since my last post in 2020. In 2020 due to the pandemic I had to take the boat out the lake and put it in storage. It has been there since. In Dec 2021, due to unforeseen circumstances, we had to move out of our RV and into an apartment in Seattle, 50 miles away from the...

Take a look at Fiberglassics,com They have brochures for 1969 Sea Rays in their Glassics library. https://www.fiberglassics.com/library/index.php?title=Sea_Ray

OMG it's the sand bar. I thought that was only popular on the Hull Truth https://www.thehulltruth.com/login.php?do=login That's where I first saw that video of Haulover inlet. Been there, but not on a boat.

Keep in mind, if you come across an unlit marker that is supposed to be lit, report it to the Coast Guard. Usually, as has been said before, some aids to navigation are not lighted, but that should be indicated on your charts. Unfortunately some buoys such as mooring buoys, private buoys...

BTW did I mention that the 100 footers are only the baby ones to these people. The Limitless was at the time the largest private yacht in the world (not any more) at 316 feet. The Coast Guard ships I served on were 327 feet to provide a comparison. The largest on now is the REV, 597 feet...

Nothing really new. Millionaires have always being buying big Yachts. Malcolm Forbes had Highlander, Lesley Wexner had the Limitless and so on. The only real change is there are more millionaires and Billionaires that there were 30 years ago. I took a photo of Lesley Wexners yacht limitless in...

yes. The Coast Guard recommends you replace all hoses periodically. It used to be every five years. But these new hoses are warranted for ten. However. You should inspect your fuel, fill and vent hose every year when doing your spring fitting out. BTW the same goes for exhaust hoses. They...

That's why I stopped wearing my USCG Retired ball cap. Too many strange people coming up and asking questions like that.

There are similar threads on several other boating forums. It's not a scam (not in the legal sense), but it is deceptive because of the URL and the site looks official, but if you look carefully you will see that the seal shown is not the Coast Guard seal, the boat is not a Coast Guard boat...

So do I. Far more often than I like to admit.

Sounds more like a faulty start-in-gear switch. There is a switch that prevents the boat from being started when the gears are engaged. Only allows the boat to be started when not engaged. If that switch is faulty or not adjusted properly it can cause the engine to die when the throttle lever...

If it's a 71, it didn't have an Hull Identification Number. They weren't required until late 72 and Sea Ray started putting them on 1973 models. My 72 190 doesn't have one either

Back in the early sixties my Dad said, lets build a sail boat. it was a 13 foot sailing dinghy. Building it included making the sails. Mom taught me how to use the big treadle sewing machine she had. (she didn't want me messing up her fancy sewing machine (don't remember the brand, probably a...

Welcome from Olympia.

190 refers to it's length which is a little over 18 Feet.. The engine is a Mercruiser 165, which again does not indicate the horsepower which is really about 135 at the prop. The reality is the engine is a General Motors 250 (GM250) a six cylinder inline engine. I was a very common engine in...