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So it's that time of year again, to start planning on our annual raft-up in Zach's bay for the air-show. This year the USAF Thunderbirds will be there. The 2017 Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach will take place Memorial Day Weekend, Saturday May 27th and Sunday May 28th from 12 P.M. – 5...

Last year my exhaust riser was leaking so I installed a new one. It was the end of the season, so I didn't get to really sea-trial it. Just took the boat out and noticed the brand new riser is also leaking. Could there be something causing them to leak, or did I just get a bad riser? Also...

Anyone see one of these? http://www.hammacher.com/Product/11838

This is interesting for those that can't hold a lot of weight on the platform. http://www.boatingmag.com/news/sea-doo-charts-new-territory-revolutionary-spark Just over 400 pounds and just under $5,000. That's a lot lighter than my dinghy.

So my Father-in-Law just bought a 1993 270 Weekender with a single 7.4L / Bravo II. It needs a bit of work, it sat uncovered for a few years. No sea-trial. I know, but he got a good deal. One thing he is trying to get fixed now so he can run it is a trim manifold ?. I have not seen it, but he...

So I sucked up some sand / small pebbles / seaweed etc. The strainer filled up and now my starboard engine has a cooling issue. It is fine up to about 1200RPM's then it starts to climb above 165. It never goes above 162. I back flushed the engine from the gear cooler to the intake, checked the...

We went out this past weekend, and when I got back to the dock I noticed that one of the end caps on the RADAR antenna had fallen off. There are no fasteners that attach it, just some silicone looking material. So now I am in need of an end cap. I called Raymarine, got a part number, but they...

Attention all QSM-11 Owners I came across this: ...cummins has a service campaign to replace the gear cooler mount and clamps on qsm 11's..this was mandated by the U.S. Coast Guard back in September of 2010.....it is supposed to be no charge to replace the angle bracket on the engine and...

Anyone planning on going to the Air Show this year? We went last year and it was a lot of fun. No Thunderbirds this year, but The F-22 and A-10 Thunderbolt II will be there I think our plan right now is to go on Saturday if anyone wants to raft-up.

I'll be heading to the Chesapeake this year for two weeks and am looking for the places I 'need' to see. I'll be coming in from the bottom of the bay, and working my way up to the C&D. I've searched and found a few posts about some different areas, but thought it might be good to have a...

Now that the boat is getting ready to be put away for the winter I figured it was finally time to write about our boat vacation this year. We took two weeks and headed from our home port on the Hudson River and went up to Provincetown. This is a really long post, but there are a lot of pictures...

While sourcing Oil filters for my QSM-11's I found out that there will no longer be LF9001 filters. http://www.cumminsfiltration.com/pdfs/product_lit/americas_brochures/MB10087.pdf The new filters have been designed to be compatible with pre-2010 Cummins engines, including the Cummins ISX...

I just had an issue where my port dipstick came loose and popped out of the tube while underway. As a result it sprayed oil all over the place. It probably is only down about a quart or so, but imagine taking a quart of engine oil in a spray bottle and spraying it all over. I've only had to...

As I lay here in bed, moored right next to the USS Massachusetts, I feel rope lighting around the bed. The problem is, I never knew it was there. It does not light up with any of the switches by the door. The indirect switch only lights a small step light on each side of the bed. Should...

What does the ECU use this parameter for? My port sensor went last week, along with my battery charger. Although I don't think they are related. The engine still seems to run fine, all parameters seemed the same on both engines. It gave an error code, and if you display the intake...

While poking around trying to figure out where to mount my new bridge PC, I came across this box. Does anyone know what this thing is? It was powered on (The green LED on the rocker switch was lit). It had cables connected, I removed them for the picture. The wires run into a big bundle and I...

While hard at work I came across this. http://www.captainforhire.com/products.htm Anybody have any experience with this? There are some funny lines on there, like: WARNING: IMPROPER USE OF THESE ITEMS WILL CAUSE DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY. WARNING: PROPER USE OF THESE ITEMS WILL CAUSE DEATH...

I went to the boat Saturday and had no voltage on either battery, DVM showed 0.0 volts. They were probably like that for a while (1 week maybe). What are the odds that they are now junk? I just bought them last year. They are standard 8D, wet cells. I checked the fluid levels and put a...

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Since I don't really use the SeaRay Navigator I was wondering about the hardware. It still seems to work fine, But I have 2 Raymarine displays. I've never had it out, is it a panel PC or is there some way the LCD could be interfaced to a different PC? I was toying around with the idea of...