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Good afternoon all. First time Sea Ray purchaser (and overall boat purchaser) here looking for a little help in the purchase of a 2004 Sundancer 280 in St. Augustine. I'm principally looking for a suggestion on someone to do the pre-sale survey as well as a standard P & S. This is my first boat...

Hello, I will hopefully be closing the sale on a 2010 370 Sundancer in the next few weeks once Survey and Sea Trial are successful... I'm looking forward to contributing and learning alot from this forum. I hope to meet some other 370 owners! I've been away from boat ownership for about 20...

Hello, newbie here. Just bought my boat end of November, 2022. Had, (and still have) lots of questions, as I'm learning about the boat. Doing lots of service, maintenance and upgrading. Signed up a couple of months age to the Sea Ray Owners Club but have found it seriously devoid of any...

Hello all! I'm new here but not new to boating. I just acquired a 1989 Sea Ray 220 OV (as the title implies :D) that is in desperate need of a hull up restore. It has been sitting for 7 years and I'm pretty sure not very well cared for since 2012. I have been referencing the restoration project...

So I just bought a 2004 420 with 450's and Need some help. I have read so many threads in this forum and I am so very impressed with everyone's knowledge. As a new owner I want to change/fix/update the beast and need to know where I can source the following. Any help would be greatly...

Kevin and Kelly here, We are in the final process of purchasing a 2000 Sea Ray 270 Sundancer. Getting antsy to get the girl on the water, been jumping through hoop's with the finance company. The boat survey passed with flying colors. Hoping to close and have her on the water by the end of this...

Hello All Recent purchase of 1988 SeaRay 305 Sedan Bridge and I am working my way through it's various systems. In the bilge area on the bulk head forward of the engines there is a pipe approximately 1 1/2 inches in diameter that appears to lead to a forward section of the bilge. I have...

Hey there, I just bought myself another Sea Ray 5 months ago, a 345 sedan Bridge with twin 7.4 454 engines that were rebuilt 40 hours ago. Since it's new to me I have some questions... What oil do you use for the engines? And can it be synthetic? The engines have red coolant in them now and...

Hi everybody! Doug here. Just bought a 1987 268 Sundancer yesterday and am excited to get her in the water soon. She's got twin 4.3l V6's with less than 40hrs on both! I'll be trailering and launching at public ramps. I have one specific question and then I'm open to everything I should, but...

I have just made an offer on my First Sea Ray. This would be my 5th boat. I currently own a 30' Bayliner 3055 Ciera. I have made an offer on a 1997 400DB Sedan bridge with CAT 3116 engines. I would love any input anyone would have on this boat and the following issues: - Water leaking...

Just checking in as a proud new Searay owner. I recently (yesterday) purchased an '89 420 which I've been involved with as Captain and caretaker for about ten years now. The boat was corpoprate-owned with principles living off-island. Between taking care of this boat and my full-time job as a...