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Alternatives What to buy if not an I/O? Assuming my boat would be sold...... If I were to buy a boat that isn't an I/O, because I want to have a boat that requires less draft, what's the better choice? Jet boat or Outboard? I had a MUCH longer post here, but edited it and will flesh it back...

Just curious guys......especially those of you with a 270 SLX, but of course any model that may be of similar weight and size .... What is your 496 MAG engine spinning at it's top speed? RPM and WOT numbers are what I am looking for. Lately my boat seems to be slower, and it was just out of...

My dealer is having a hard time getting my new Raymarine A68 to use the new transducer (CPT110) to show both sonar and engine data from Smartcraft on the screen. I think this is a first for him, because he doesn't do a whole lot of this stuff. Any advice on what he needs and how to tie it all...

OK..... This is a follow-up to my lightning strike but I thought it would make more sense in the "Electronics" area of the forum since it's so subject specific, and may apply to boaters who haven't done it only because of lightning. My 2009 Sea Ray 270 SLX (496 Mag with DTS and Smartcraft)...

Guys, is it ME? Take a look at this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Low-Priced-Searay-290-Select-SLX-Bow-Rider-/162132682176?forcerrptr=true&hash=item25bfdc65c0:g:gHMAAOSwAPlXgt7o&item=162132682176 Is this a dealer with more than a touch of arrogance? Or is it just wishful thinking about his...

OK.....in a recent thread I discussed a problem with my boat's failure to start (nothing from the starter at all) and the "Lost Engine Com" message my Smartcraft guage was giving me. As I disclosed there, the tech who came out to my boat diagnosed it to be an ECM failure, a result of a nearby...

Haven't had a chance to take the boat out for a week or so. Finally got the time to get to the boat and plan an early morning ride. Got up and 6AM and the wife and I had our morning coffee, commented on how nicely the tide was coming in and how still the water looked, and were overall quite...

OK Guys, I have a spare set of props from the Carver boat I used to own. It was a 42 foot LOA Aft Cabin with Cummins diesels. When I sold the boat these weren't included in the sale. They need to be polished, and on one of them I found a nick that you'll probably want to fix. Not bad but still...

What do you think guys? Would YOU want to take this one on?? http://www.ebay.com/itm/2013-Sea-Ray-230-SLX-Complete-Hull-only-for-sale-Interior-burn-hull-VG-cond-/291791044417?hash=item43f019ff41:g:KkkAAOSwepJXXhnW&vxp=mtr (Just to clarify.....I found this on eBay...I have NO connection or...

OK, so my horn has tooted it's last toot. Pulled the old one out and as you know it's a 5 minute fix if the right horn is in hand. First of all, have any of you guys determined what is the best "drop-in" replacement? And any idea of whether this will fit...

Is it me?? I have belonged to more than one on-line community such as this one over the years. I even founded and still maintain a very successful, very active forum dedicated to Harley riders. When I join a forum, or someone joins my own Harley forum, it is customary and fitting to introduce...

WTF??? Yesterday, FINALLY, I got the dealer to come get my boat, so I drove up to meet him at our place in Tuckerton and none of us thought to look at the tide chart. (We need a lot of water to travel around here.) It wasn't exactly the lowest point of "low tide", so it actually got WORSE, but...

Hey, if you guys are anything like me, you know what B.O.A.T. stands for, so whenever there's a chance to SAVE a few $$$, you take advantage of it, right?? In the last few weeks, not once, not twice, but EIGHT TIMES, I have placed an order with West Marine for an item tagged "Limited...

OK......why this thread? (BTW, I did a search to see if a thread like this already existed and didn't find one.....if I missed it, maybe a Mod can just move this post into that thread.) I just finished reading the AWESOME thread about "What we do for a living" and it made for some FANTASTIC...

To the hardworking Mods and others who officiate this great forum: I hope I am not overstepping, but my thought in starting this thread is that when the original subject threads were laid out for the forum, the 270 SLX Model wasn't all that popular yet and the threads relative to the 270 could...

HERE is what flashed up at me with a loud audible alarm to accompany it just as we were finishing up a little ride today and heading in. It was an uneventful ride, everything SEEMED normal, than THIS. After a minute or so of this nightmare, the alarm stopped, and the fault went away, although...

Pulled the C-Map (or whatever you call it) out of my 2009 270 SLX and LO and BEHOLD! The map is dated "2009"! That's a long time ago for a map that will have charts that are 3 years Pre-Sandy for our area, and who knows what other differences. But the 550 chartplotter itself is VERY obsolete...

A couple weeks ago before we took delivery, I asked for advice about whether to buy these, and got positive feedback on using them. So, I went looking, and wouldn't you know it, I was fortunate enough to find a pair of the size my boat calls for, the 16' whips, for sale on Craigslist, complete...

Yea, I know, I know.....but PLEASE settle this for my wife and I....... My lovely lady thinks our recently acquired boat is missing the speaker covers that "belong" in the boat and stern seating areas, and that they would match the ones we do have in around the helm and head area. Those are...

I know.....kind of a dumb question but, here goes anyway! I have a crack in the handle of my shower sprayer handle, so I need to replace it. What's the right part? What thread size is it? I have found some with 1/2" thread size, some with 20MM thread size......etc, etc. My boat is an hour...