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Canadian Border along the east coast to Florida and the Keys and the west coast of Florida. Like new condition in their plastic covers. Take all 8 Chartkits for $500.

My Lab is a Service Dog and he loves boating about as much as I do. When underway, he insists upon sitting in front of the MFD screen as if to help me navigate.

Sorry, no pictures at this time but working on it. I am the third owner of this boat. It spent most of its life in a lake in Colorado until the previous owner moved it to Ft. Myers in 2018. He sold it to me at the end of 2019. It has been in Boynton Beach ever since. It is equipped with 2...

Well, it happened. Came to the boat one morning and the hydraulic swim platform was not level. I leveled it with the remote fob and thought that was the end of it. A couple of times during the day the platform looked as though it was slowly lowering by itself and when I pulled back into my...

My previous boat was purchased for the lakes near my house. It was strictly a day boat although we did do a couple of overnights in it. It's name: HALF FAST My current boat was purchased in my early 70's and its name is even more apropos now that I am approaching my late 70's: Sea-Nile.

I recently upgraded my boat (2000 460 DA) to all new Garmin electronics. The transducer failed. Now the installer is telling me that the transducer fitting has also failed. All is under warranty. The installer will not pay for the haulout. I feel that since the entire warrantied system failed...

Last November ran my 460 from Boynton Beach to Biscayne bay and got caught in a squall. 8 to 10 footers. Boat handled it well and was able to adjust speed to prevent boat from pounding. We couldn't prevent the rolling motion which was actually ringing the bell. A week later we were running...

My 2000 460DA was in the boatyard for bottom paint, new dripless shaft seals, repacking the rudders, new engine seacocks, fiberglass repair to the swim platform and some other minor stuff. It was out of the water for 29 days. Shortly after launch and on the way back to my marina, the starboard...

My 2000 460DA was hauled out of the water three weeks ago for some maintenance. When the boat yard hauled the boat, they pressure washed the hull which completely destroyed the water line vinyl stripe on the port side. It was already in the "need to be replaced" stage. I never realized how...

I had given some thought to doing this myself until I realized how labor intensive this job is. I have a bad back so this is definitely out of the question for me. I recently had some canvas work done on my boat and that company also does marine carpet. I have asked them on three separate...

The last time we took our 460DA to the Keys (from Boynton Beach) we ran oceanside all the way to the Biscayne Channel and came in thru Stiltsville. We hit 8 to 10' seas on the way down and was still able to maintain a decent speed. Spent two nights on the hook at Elliott Key. When it was time...

If everything went exactly as planned with nothing breaking, we may get bored. Although I have been know to say to my wife that I would like to be bored every now and then. We stay upbeat, enjoy the times, and try to make every experience a positive learning experience....we keep telling...

Thanks and appreciated. Good to know. Here in Florida, having air conditioning to combat the heat and humidity of summer is a must. Still summer here....hopefully only a few more weeks before we get into cooler weather.

Thanks for the tip. Ordering a Sea Flush today.

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That evening the weather had changed with a passing of a cool front. We gathered up a couple of fans, opened the cabin entry way and circulated cooler outside air into the cabin. Sleeping in the cabin was a little more pleasant for the first time in several days. In the morning, the latest...

Monday morning, October 12th we woke up early after not a great night’s sleep because of the heat and humidity. At least we had a very nice meal the night before at Ciao Hound, the Italian Restaurant on the premises of Post Card Marina. After some morning coffee and tea, we made preparations...

After nearly 6 hours of running the boat, we arrived at our planned anchorage. Ruth was up on the bow surveying the bottom for a good place to drop the anchor. We moved a couple of hundred yards north and little further east, closer to the Island, until we found a spot she was happy with...