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I dont know where to start....The thought that the day you sell a boat could be a happy day does not apply. We are very sad to say the least. The whole selling procedure with the broker and potential buyers turned out to be a horrible thing. It was very hard to sell a moving target. As most...

I just discovered my oil change pump isnt working. Of course after I heated up the engines to change the oil. I removed the impeller cover plate and found two broken blades. One is missing all together. I hope its not in the oil pan. At first when it wasnt pumping I thought I had turn the...

For some reason I cant find the word wrap function. When I type, it just keeps going across the screen and wont wrap. Where the button to make it wrap?.It doesn wrap until I 'post it.

So here we sit in the marina getting blown with 20-35 mph North wind. Its raining and 35 degrees. The boat is rocking around a little too much. My Marquipt boarding ladder just fell between the boat and dock. Now I'm wet and cold, hands numb trying to fix this problem. My bow line snap in...

First let me say I dont have roaches. I listen to fellow cruisers and try to get ideas and advise. I dont know everything to say the least. Seems like everyone is trying to give their two cents and come up with different and strange ways of doing things, some good, some bad. Couch cruisers...

I'm still crossing my fingers, but after 30 years they both still work fine. We ran them today just keep the parts loosened up. They say the worst thing is not to use it, so here we go. The boat is for sale so here's proof the proof they still work. What's the oldest ones that you know still...

I bought some blue led lights for the fly bridge and sundeck. Now I am really the blue bayou. I bought them at superbrightleds.com. pretty good price too. I was worried it would look tacky but It makes a the boat look really cool. Looks more like one of those new sport fish boats. So what...

I bought this at a thrift store and love the atmosphere it gives our salon. It never gets old watching the lights twinkle. Listening to music, watching the light house. Who needs a TV.

I guess I Hi-jacked a thread and got off subect so this is to start a new thread to keep subject going. This is not to keep the "pot stirring" going. We stayed in Boot Key for 30 days and paid for a mooring ball which we loved. We shared the mooring field with over 200 others and 100 just...

I saw the ISS last night and it was an impressive sight as usual. The only thing missing was me at anchor in some really dark cove. I figure maybe somebody might be traveling South and get a chance to see it fly overhead. Just take the link and type in your location and you will see the time...

Am I missing something or just a cheap skate? I would like to go on the Down East circle loop up the St. Lawrence river to canada and around Nova Scotia and back around to New York. I looked on Active Captain to find marinas and stopping places. MAN !! they are super expensive with $3-5/foot...

So I figured I would show our cruising guest what a twin air horn sounds like. Any time you see a red neck say "watch this", get the video camera ready. I push the horn button and get a sick, weak, pathetic buzz sound. WHAT ? thats not good. So I push it again and hold it down and look over...

My rubber switch covers are finally cracking so Ive been reading about how expensive those galley maid covers are. WOW !!!. Then I was figuring buying the whole thing with the hard covers. I have had troubles with passengers stepping on the switches on accident while motoring. Plus hard...

I am so stoked I just had to tell yall about thursday we went from Charleston south to the Wadmalaw river and anchored in Church creek (a favorite for snow birds heading to Florida). There was only one sail boat there to my surprise. There was not a cloud in the sky. We watched the sun set as...

I noticed some water coming out the caps of the starting batteries. They are less that two years old. I have a dedicated charger that I normally keep on. The last couple weeks I noticed the water I thought the charge was over charging the batteries so I turned the charger off. Now I come...

I guess yall have read about all the rain we have had here in SC last week. Well my inverter stopped letting pass through 110 power through and I lost all my freezer items. I couldnt figure out why so I called Magnum and talked to several tech reps.(not all at the same time). I know its been...

My boat is in Charleston and we are in Lexington, near Columbia. I cant get to the boat because most roads are closed with curfew in place. I am on a floating dock but the bow is tied to a pole. If the tide comes up too much the bow will be too tight. The marina boys say everything is OK but...

This boat has been on craigs list for a while. I talked to the owner a few slips down and actually got a tour. It actually looks great. Theres a long list of new and upgraded items installed on the boat. The owner hasnt neglected it and is selling because of a medical issue. This model is a...

We were fishing off the coast of Charleston and saw a helecopter hoovering in the distance. At the end of the fishing trip (50 miles out) we arrived back the marina to find the coast guard had been looking for us all day. We had some music cranked up and couldnt hear the VHF radio (bad thing)...

Recently we have mounted a digital tv antenna and trying to watch local tv. I think my connector is faulty from the outside and thought I would trouble shoot this fitting. To do this I tried talking the whole cover off the side of the boat by removing the 4 screws. The whole cover assembly is...