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Hi y'all, the Admiral and are are spending a weekend in Cape May later this month. We'd like to split the return trip into two leisurely days and spend the night somewhere between Chesapeake City and Worton Creek. Any marina recommendations for us? I've heard good things about the Sassafras...

Hey there, in all my years of boating in the Chesapeake I've never been on the water for July 4th fireworks. This year the admiral wants to give it a try. I know there's a pretty good display from Annapolis Harbor on the 4th. Anyone have any suggestions? We're not big on sleeping on the...

Hello everyone, the admiral and I are planning a little cruise to NJ in mid-July and want to stay in AC for one or two nights. It will probably be Wednesday-Thursday, so we won't be there over a weekend. We'd like to be within walking distance of casinos/restaurants, preferably not a loud...

Hey everyone, my 390 Motor Yacht has four Groco strainers in the engine room. One for each Cummins engine, one for the genset, and one for the AC. My boat came with a Perko-brand spanner wrench with two sizes of pins which I normally use for the deck fill caps. I assumed it would work to...

Has anyone else had trouble logging in to Active Captain lately? A week ago I couldn't login to either Active Captain or the mirror eBoatCards site. Today I'm able to login to the Active Captain site but not eBoatCards. I understand that Garmin recently bought Active Captain, so I'm sure they...

Is anybody here doing the cruise or meeting us in Portsmouth? The Admiral and I are not taking our boat; instead we're going with an elderly couple on their 47' Mainship. For anyone interested in joining the fun, the southbound leg begins on 22 July: - Saturday and Sunday nights at the...

Previously all the dock and fender lines on our Sea Ray were black, and the dock lines were all 1/2". They were varying lengths of 15', 25', and 35'. The admiral is my chief line handler, and she doesn't exactly excel at this duty so I try to come up with ways to make it easier. No matter how...

Hey everyone, can you handle another TV mounting question? The forward stateroom in my 390 MY has a 13" Toshiba CRT TV/DVD combo that is destined for the dumpster. I don't have a good picture handy, but the picture below is identical to my setup. The opening for the space where the TV sits is...

Last summer when the admiral and I were taking our newly acquired Sea Ray to the Chesapeake I noticed a pattern of spots appearing on the windshield while wearing my favorite Costa Del Mar sunglasses. The admiral bought me a pair of Maui Jim glasses in the attempt to fix the problem, but these...

My 2005 Sea Ray has a Raymarine C120 multifunction display that uses CompactFlash cards for the chart data, and the card in mine says 2005 so I think it's time to update. Not sure what firmware version I have, but I'll update that as well if it's older than v5.16. If I understand correctly...

My Sea Ray has a Raymarine RAY240 VHF radio. I like to monitor Channels 16 and 13 while underway, but I find that with all the engine and wind noise it's difficult to understand what comes over the speaker. I also have a handheld West Marine VHF460, which I believe is a re-branded Uniden...

Fellow marine diesel owners, the last time I bought replacement elements for my Parker/Racor fuel filters I used West Marine and paid $18.99 each. I needed to restock my spares kit and decided to search online for a better price. I found this place called Southeast Power Systems in Orlando...

In a perfect world the admiral and I would leave our laptops at home and just enjoy an old fashioned book when we're on the boat. However, both of us work and sometimes we need to connect when we're at a marina. In my experience, many marinas have free wi-fi but in practice it can be a...

I have a 2005 390 Motor Yacht with twin Cummins 480 CE. Engines are a little north of 900 hours. This boat is used for bareboat charters so reliability is important, and I'm the kind of guy who likes to replace things at a leisurely pace before they break as opposed to having them fail at...

Hello everyone, my 2005 Motor Yacht has some ugliness that I want to fix. The laminate used to cover the particle board in various parts of the cabin is showing discoloration in several areas. See below for one example in the galley. I contacted John at Restoration Marine ("PlayDate" on this...

The admiral has some health issues with her back, and she complains there is no comfortable place to sit in the cockpit area when we're cruising. During our delivery cruise last July from Long Island to Chesapeake Bay we encountered really rough seas in Delaware Bay and she was miserable. I've...

I'm the kind of guy who likes to replace stuff before it fails. My Cummins engines have the common Sherwood P1730 (don't know if they're -A or -C suffix) seawater pump. I just bought the boat this year and have no idea if the current pumps are original or have ever been rebuilt. The engines...

How many of you pleasure boating types have experienced getting a captain's license? I live in the Annapolis area and I know some semi-retired guys who work for local boat dealers to deliver new boats to customers and give "driving lessons" to new owners. Also I've spoken to TowBoat US about...

Hi y'all, I have a frustrating problem with my 2005 390 Motor Yacht. The port-side fuel gauge must have a bad connection or a bad sender, because sometimes the gauge will read 'E' for a few minutes and then bounce back to the actual level. The annoying part is that it triggers a system alarm...

Hello everyone, I bought my 2005 390 Motor Yacht in July and one of the issues the hull surveyor pointed out was how rough the hull was, apparently due to multiple years of minimal sanding before applying bottom paint by the previous owner. The marina that is doing my maintenance is suggesting...