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We're closing on a new place in Clearwater Beach on the 30th. It has a slip but no lift. I'm trying to get educated about lifts as quickly as possible as I want to pull the trigger on one ASAP as I've been told there's an easy 3 month waiting list. I want at minimum a 10K pound unit to support...

I'm not sure many Sea Ray owners use high and dry storage facilities but would like to hear from those that do, or have. Depending on a possible move we may be making in SWFL it will become necessary to store my boat in a H&D. I see some pros and cons to this but have some questions on what's...

Sharon and I just completed our first mini-trip on 25' Sea Hunt. We left Port Richey, FL on Friday morning in glassy seas. Our first stop was Egmont Key, a well-known island in the mouth of Tampa Bay, about 55 miles south. We travelled there 'on the outside', meaning we were on the gulf side of...

Simrad has a great feature on their chartplotters where you can bring up the tidal chart for a given day and then move the vertical time-of-day line anywhere along the curve and get a numeric reading for the tide level at that moment. I'd love to find the same resource online. Everything I find...

Well, here we go again. It's looking like our place in Florida has good chance of getting hit. I 'think' the condo will be ok but I'm concerned about everything on ground level, which is my boat, truck, jeep and storage sheds full of bicycles and boat stuff, not to mention the sheds themselves...

I have a covered spot to keep my boat within my condo's security gates when it's not in the water. Overall the boat is pretty secure so I'm not too concerned with that aspect of my storage. That said, small stuff goes missing while I'm gone and sometimes I get to the boat and things around the...

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(Admin, if in wrong session please feel free to move or delete) I have a carport shed over my boat that is 14' x 14' x 30'. It sits on a very sandy base and only has auger posts into the ground to hold it down. That's the way I bought the spot in the park and appears to be how each unit is...

Coming from Dallas and watching our Dallas Boat Show dwindle to wake boats and bass boats it's really exciting to go to a boat show that has beautiful big boats in the water and tons and tons of vendor booths. We went last year and got invigorated. Our plan is to move up modestly in boats in a...

I must have missed this special edition SR 340DA. I love how they solved the cave effect in the cabin. Probably worth a pretty premium over an ordinary 340DA

I'm heading to West Marine in 45 minutes to pick up a sealer to seal a hole I cut in the foredeck to mount a windlass. There is now exposed core through the hole that I want to seal before securing the windlass. I was thinking 3M 4200. Am I on the right track? BTW, I want something I can pickup...

Visited Punta Gorda on our way up the coast today and came across this beautiful L650. Looks like PG is its home port. I haven't seen one of these up close before and was so impressed by how well done it was. Such a shame Sea Ray isn't making any big boats anymore. Anyone here own it?

We'll be spending a few days in the Naples/Sanibel/Captiva area next weekend. This will be a driving, not boating trip. It's been suggested to us that we MUST visit South Seas Resort while there. My understanding is that it's a restricted resort so how can we visit it without actually getting...

This weekend I was tied up to the public docks in Clearwater with a 25' Center Console. The wind was stiff and there was a significant wake in the area. They were fixed docks and the pilings were pretty worn. All this was pretty new for a long time lake boy. Tying the lines wasn't an issue but...

In April of this year I had a signficant dirt bike accident in the mountains of Arkansas. I was transported to a trauma center hospital in Springfield, MO by helicopter. I had no say as to where they took me. It happens to have been a facility that was out of network for my Cigna heath insurance...

I'm just toying with the idea of getting back into a 40ish foot express cruiser for Florida. I know I don't want the additional complexity and expense of pods so straight or v-drives are a must. Diesel is also a must. I want something built within the last 10 years but probably not newer than 5...

In November I'll be driving up to Charleston from Clearwater and going right past the Hilton Head exit. I'm always curious to see new places but due to some time constraints I'd only have time to detour to the island, grab lunch at a cool spot, and head back to continue the drive. So the...

I'm now considering our next boat for Florida but it's not as easy as you'd think. One thing is budget, I find a lot of crazy nice boats I'd love to have but they're just too expensive. Our objective is to find a boat that has these characteristics: Length between 32-35' Best cruise speed...

Anyone have any experience with MarineMax Naples and worked with a salesperson who was informed, honest and responsive? TIA

Well it's official, I am no longer a Sea Ray owner. It's been since 1988 since I've been able to say that. Multiple times owning two at a time while making the transition. I leave with a pretty heavy heart even though the future has the potential to bring a whole new level of boating into our...