This is all great advice. I *do* agree that I need some kind of tow insurance/membership. However, I like the attitude of both being useful. I appreciate all of the responses and perspectives on what most people do... seems pretty clear to me that most people get town insurance, which is...
I see. Thanks!
Yep, this is another option. I like the idea of being able to get home on my own power but towboats is definitely on the table if there's no good outboard configuration.
Yep :) 5.0 w/ a b3. Seems underpowered, I agree...
Yeah, this is not ideal.... Luckily I tend to run...
Thanks! This is really helpful. Are the panther brackets retractable? And the reason I was thinking I would relocate the swim ladder is because I worry that an outboard would get in the way of loading or people using the swim platform. I figured that the swim platform could just go into the...
I see. Thanks for this. I guess I didn't really think it through beyond going.... well... one of my last boats was a 18 ft byliner capri, I think it was right around 2000 pounds with fuel/gear/etc. and I used a little 2.5hp kicker for trolling, and once I had to use it as a backup motor to get...
Thanks @alldodge! That makes sense, now that I'm looking back through this forum, I can see how more eyes would be on a general forum.
Maybe I'll just modify all of my questions to be more broad and more applicable to lots of different boats:
1) Anybody happen to have a searay Sundancer 250...
Hi all, new Sundancer owner here. Hoping that I can get some sundancer-specific questions answered from the community here :) Happy to be part of the sea ray owner's club!
1) Anything quirky I should know about the boat? Seems like a stupid question but asking things like this has saved me...