Official 290 Sundancer Thread

Sold it. It went to Florida last week. I'm sure I'll miss it but right now I have to admit I am loving the feeling of having one less thing I need to take care of this winter. So, going to take a break for this year and re-evaluate my boating desires next fall and go from there. She was a great boat but time to have some fun doing other things. What's your new boat??
 
Cincy Aquaholic said:
Sold it. It went to Florida last week. I'm sure I'll miss it but right now I have to admit I am loving the feeling of having one less thing I need to take care of this winter. So, going to take a break for this year and re-evaluate my boating desires next fall and go from there. She was a great boat but time to have some fun doing other things. What's your new boat??
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We did the same... took a little time out to ponder the next move. There's so many boats to choose from. The 290 was a great boat however, with 5 of us on board more often than not... we needed more space! After looking at hundreds of boats and shopping through an entire season... this suits us best... a 2002 3788 Bayliner sedan bridge. It sleeps 6 and has all the amenities for all year round boating (which we do).

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... and suitably named for my gang!

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Cummins 5.9 270 hp x 2 keeps 'er scootin' along...

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Sorry for posting in the 290 thread fellas.
Not really the right place but I thought maybe if some of you make a change it's interesting to see what others do.
Cheers.
Cincy... just shy of 200 hours this year!
 
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Has anyone put Tek Dek in their boat? Any advise or suggestions? I have to replace the carpet this year and wondering if it is worth the extra cost.
 
Just here to say hello. We just upgraded to a 07, ray 290, twin 5.0's, BIII's. 5.0 k Genny, Lowrance HDS chart/3g broadband radar/depth and fish + Humminbird down and side image sonar/ backup GPS and chart. Fridge/ice maker and blender topside. Best of all it has my fav...Blue gell hull option!! This is our tow vehicle (did I mention we limited ourselves to the ability to tow it to all of our fav lakes!) and our "other" Second home http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt350/Texas_Train/new house/SANY0316.jpg I will post pix of Ray soon as I get some uploaded to the photobucket! Here's our new to us baby http://s626.photobucket.com/user/Texas_Train/media/20131114_150243_zps3b12ac86.jpg.html
 
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blu-ray. where did you put the ice maker top side? Good luck. It is a great boat.
 
Just a few more months until boating season... who else is ready?

This will be my 3rd full season with my 2007 290. The boat is *really* growing on my. The funny thing is that the main reason I went w/ the 290 was the "convertable" front berth, but now I wonder if the more traditional v-berth wouldn't have been better. It would certainly allow more seating below decks. Still, it's a wonderful boat.

FWIW: my list of upgrades: Updated to all LED lighting; Vetus Bow55 bow thruster; auto-level trim-tabs; Intellian Sat-TV w/ LG digital flat screen; replaced all batteries w/ AGM. How have you treated your baby?
 
I'm ready, but have a lot of work to do as soon as we get some warm weather. How do you like the auto-level trim tabs?
Question about inverters on 290DAs - does anyone have one installed? I just happened to notice last season when on batteries only my TV does not have power. So I got curious and looking around and don't think there is an inverter on my boat (seems odd). This means if my kids want to watch a movie when on the hook, I have to run the generator.
 
Bay B's said:
I'm ready, but have a lot of work to do as soon as we get some warm weather. How do you like the auto-level trim tabs?
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They work quite well... To be honest, I hardly ever needed to adjust trim, except when I had a large group of people on board. I also plane a bit faster, which is nice.

Bay B's said:
So I got curious and looking around and don't think there is an inverter on my boat (seems odd). This means if my kids want to watch a movie when on the hook, I have to run the generator.
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A TV and a small DVD player draw little enough that you could get by w/ one of those plugable inverters, from Radio Shack/Amazon/etc... They plug into the 12v plug and have a 120V output.
 
ptallen said:
Has anyone put Tek Dek in their boat? Any advise or suggestions? I have to replace the carpet this year and wondering if it is worth the extra cost.
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Just in the head... It's a small enough space that the cost was negligible. To replace the carpet, well... replacement carpet is ~$550 (+shipping).
 
jimjag said:
A TV and a small DVD player draw little enough that you could get by w/ one of those plugable inverters, from Radio Shack/Amazon/etc... They plug into the 12v plug and have a 120V output.
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I used a 400 watt inverter that plugged into the 12v accessory outlet (ciagrette lighter outlet) for a season. It works and powered the 15" zenith flat panel that came with my 05 300DA. Last season I changed out the TV because the 15" zenith also only had an analog tuner (also powered the analog to digital signal converter box off the 400w inverter).

Here's a link to the install and parts that I did for swapping out to a modern tv that operates off 12v and also has the internal digital tuner... so much more simple now. Turn it on and it works!

http://clubsearay.com/showthread.php/458-300-Sundancer-questions?p=710084#post710084
 
Nice work and thanks!
 
ptallen said:
blu-ray. where did you put the ice maker top side? Good luck. It is a great boat.
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it usually sits on the deck just behind the helm seat / makes a good little stool when just sitting around at hook or beached. has a pretty solid top hatch to sit on but I put a folded beach towel there to soften it ?!?!? (this also puts me closer to the blender / wet bar for refills!!! ;0)
 
I just watched a video on the Lenco auto level trim tabs - what an amazing product. I wonder if it really reduces fuel consumption?
 
Some of the Sundancers had a "double" cabin door; it had a screen door along w/ the regular cabin door. My doesn't and I'm looking for something I could use as a screen door during the spring and cooler summer days. What have other people used, if anything?
 
That would be a tough one...probably easiest thing would be to make a frame to the dimensions and fit (with the door open), then add the screen. Could do it really basic or high end. Pine vs. teak....
 
jimjag said:
Some of the Sundancers had a "double" cabin door; it had a screen door along w/ the regular cabin door. My doesn't and I'm looking for something I could use as a screen door during the spring and cooler summer days. What have other people used, if anything?
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jimjag. There is a door with screen for a 290 DA on ebay. They are asking $2,700 obo. I can tell you - being not far from you geographically, that we use ours at best 3 weekends a year. You may find you will use it more than us . . . but my two cents - not worth the trouble.
 
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