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Hi, Have tried searching but haven't found the answer. Considering moving from the 48DA to a 500 or 52DB as it probably suits how we boat better now. Is there much involved in lifting the lounges & saloon floor for good access to the engines? Access to the outside of the engines looks like it...

Hi, I've had the 48DA for a couple of years now and it has been a great boat. Having said that I've been thinking about moving to a flybridge for a while as it will probably suit the boating we do a bit better. Just wanted to know from the guys with experience in the 55-58 Sedan Bridge boats if...

Hi, Was just hoping for advice on what RPMs are safe to run on my tender. It's a Caribe DL11 with a 2009 40hp Mercury 3 cylinder EFI. For a run yesterday, the most comfortable cruise was 26MPH at 5,000RPM but I wasn't sure if those RPMs were safe for longer runs? The tender's probably a bit...

Has anyone with a 48 Sundancer or similar added additional batteries to boost capacity? At present I've got a 210AH 8D battery per engine with the port side feeding most of the house including refrigeration and lighting. Last weekend I was out and after 5 hours on battery I needed to use the...

I'm looking at a January 2005 build 48DA and am unsure on a few things... 1. From what I can gather these do not have coring below the waterline? This boat sat an inch or two lower on the stbd side which could be explained by the 40hp outboard on the tender and the stbd fuel tank having maybe...

Just wondering if any of the members with MAN engines have had issues with the LCD displays blacking out. I have emailed MAN direct to see if reconditioning is available. If not it sounds like ours will need to be replaced with new ones at a ridiculous price. Thanks! Paul

Was just wondering if it was necessary to completely re-wire a new depth transducer all the way to the dash or if I could cut and re-connect the wires in the bilge. It looks like a fairly big job to get the new wire up to the dash in the 400DA. Thoughts? Thanks, Paul

This may be a stupid question.. How do you go about upgrading a stereo and adding an amp on a 24V boat. I assume most stereo equipment is 12v and on our new (second hand) boat there is probably some sort of transformer to reduce the 24v feed to 12v for the head unit so I can simply rewire a...

Our new to us boat came with a 2004 Avon Seasport 320 DL Jet Tender. It's had a fair bit of use and I was just wondering what was involved in servicing these things? They are two stroke so I was thinking just spark plug / clean filters for the engine. How and what should i check in the Jet...

Just ordered all new hoses, clamps, orings, temp regs, radiator caps etc to re do everything on the sea water side of the cooling system. What's the best way to clean the fuel coolers, heat exchangers and transmission oil coolers? I was thinking that soaking them in a cleaning product and...

Was hoping someone might be able to give some advice on which style of Aetna Tacho would suit a 400DA best? Not sure to go the LED or LCD Display - wondering which would work best with glare etc.. Thanks!