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Thinking about moving up from my old 290 next year, and I've always been a fan of the performance & economy of sterndrives. The boat will be kept on a lift. I was wondering how many of the early to mid 2000's 320s & 340s came through with stern drives. Either of the 340's (bolt-on or...

My Kohler 4.0 kw quit on me last week. I suspect a major problem, but I am hoping for the best. The generator had been running great for at least 3 hrs one evening. I was running the A/C and 110v outlets. Suddenly, it started screeching and rpms dropped down some. This lasted about 5...

Looks like it will head north, just off the east coast. Just keep watching closely, I guess......

Moved her from the boat lift to the trailer today. C'mon spring. Before I pulled away from the pier: Looking back at the house from the boat: Heading down river: At the ramp:

I think about having a significantly larger cruiser someday with true liveaboard accomodations. But, being of relatively modest means, I also think about the huge jump in expenses. Has anybody out there bit off more than they could chew?

This is probably my latest favorite TV show. Entertaining and the 3 hosts are hysterical.

I bet that's a great performing boat. Are there a lot of them out there? What's the WOT speed? Although it's not much of a size upgrade, I was thinking about this for my next boat since I'm partial to stern drives. I'm not upgrading anytime soon, though.

I'm considering doing the removal/inspection/alignment check/reinstall of the outdrives myself this year. Many years ago, I removed and reinstalled the drive on my previous boat. I remember the removal being very easy, but the reinstall being somewhat difficult. I don't want to screw...

I'm considering adding a 93 180 bowrider with a Mercury 115 outboard to my "fleet". Anybody have any experience with this boat? How's the performance? Good watersports boat? Anything to look out for?

Finally figured out how to resize and load photos to the forum...... here goes!

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I believe that generally speaking, the newer the Sea Ray, the better it's built. Whether its the construction methods, hull/deck materials, hardware, or design, it seems to me that each generation is an improvement upon the previous one in terms of quality. I'm not referring to space...

I've currently got 13.75 x 21 Vengeance props on my twin 220hp 4.3 MPI Alpha One GenIIs. The boat is a 94 290 DA. I'm thinking about going to 15.25 x 19 Mirage Plus props. Overall performance is currrently what I would call "good". WOT with the boat lightly loaded is 42 mph (gps) at almost 4800...

I've currently got 13.75 x 21 Vengeance props on my twin 220hp 4.3 MPI Alpha One GenIIs. The boat is a 94 290 DA. I'm thinking about going to 15.25 x 19 Mirage Plus props. Overall performance is currrently what I would call "good". WOT with the boat lightly loaded is 42 mph (gps) at almost...

Anyone going to this? Has anyone been to the event before? Its on July 10, 10am-4pm. I'm thinking about going. This will be my first one ---- I was always out of town during past events. I've been going to Hart-Miller regularly for the past 12 years for swimming day trips, but I...

Last Sunday, I ran a friend's 05 320 DA from the Magothy River over to Kent Island. We went to the Jetty, and then to Red Eye's dock bar. It was a pretty calm day on the Chesapeake bay, but I did hit a few large wakes. This 320 has the 320hp Merc 6.2 V-drives, and has all options. Both...

Newbie here, stressing over my next boat. I'm considering a 1994 290 DA. The boat has 2005 220hp 4.3's with MPI, and 2005 Alpha One drives. The powertrain has 40 hrs. In 2005, the owner invested 30K in the new engines & drives. He's selling because he bought a bigger boat. The boat has a...

94-97 290 DA versus 98-01 270 & 290 DA Newbie here, looking for opinions for my next boat. I'm stepping up from my 89 220 DA to one of these 3 boats. I'm looking hard now, and hope to find my next boat within a month or two. Cabin layout? Cockpit layout? Midcabin functionality? Sleeping...