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In previous years I have removed my GPS and VHF prior to covering the boat for the winter. This year I flush mounted my GPS which makes it a bit less removable. At least removing it would take more than disconnecting the quick connect cable and removing the unit. What do you all do...

I am not quite sure how I got talked into this one. Seamus is a 3 year old Sheltie that was rescued from an abusive home by a local rescue orgainization. He is a GREAT dog after being with us for only one week.

Well my non skid deck is officially skid. It is as smooth as my hull. I am going to start researching products now and thought I would see what others have used. I know I have seen several posts over the years so if you could remind me of what you all used it would save me from searching...

So I fueled up a few weekends ago at a marina fuel dock, something I rarely do as I trailer and opted for the cheaper fuel prices on land. My decision to pay more on the water was intentional figuring I would avoid E 10 and hopefully avoid any fuel issues. Pay now or pay later was my thinking...

So last night around 9:00 pm we are coming in after a late afternoon of boating, dinner and fireworks. A 24' Grady flies past us and into the marina running at top speed. Boats were rocking and folks were yelling. By the time I pulled up to the ramp the guy was sitting up on his trailer with his...

So I have this whole week end down at the shore house working on the boat. No wife, no kids, no schedule. One of the things on my list is to paint the bottom. Here is what I have now: Boat has black bottom paint- It has been on since I purchased the boat- 5 years ago, and I have no idea what...

After reading a post here a few months ago I added a helm restoration project to my list for this year. I assume it once had three small 1.5" gauges. They were replaced with my nice digital Yamaha ones when the boat was re-powered in 2004. So with a piece of off white starboard from WM as...

So for the last four years my anchor line has been secured to my chain via a bowline. Not too secure or too pretty. It has been years since I did any rope weaving so putting a thimble in myself is almost out of the question. I have no memory of how to do it. Short of buying a new anchor line...

If you go to the parker web site to "Proud Owners" then owner photos picture one is my oldest. THANKS ROBIN! I am not going to post a link cause I think that causes problems here on CP. He is thrilled. 8)

So I am bringing the boat from PA to Delaware to cover it and store it for the winter. About a two hour drive. We leave on a Friday night at 9:00. About half way down I blow a tire. I have no spare but it is a tandem axle so I decide that I am going to keep going. After getting pulled over...

Due to the powers of mother nature and the fact that the old 2110 leaks a bit I was cleaning rust off of a few boat tools. This is what I had: crappy plastic tool box standard sized #2 Phillips and a standard slotted strait drive a pudgy of both a right angle screw driver wire cutters wire...

So does anyone have any information on any Parker History? How old is the company? What model boat was their first? We could get into when specific models came out but I was just wondering how old the first Parker is and what it was.

So I was waxing my boat today- first time of the season (it will look nice and shinny under the cover this winter). When I got to my Parker decals a bit of dirt got into my wax. The dirt showed the old decal shadow- I knew the boat had new decals put on right before I bought it. Well the old...

This is the last thing that we need to be discussing here on the East cost. It is HOT. I was cleaning up a bit and found two packs of Ultra Warmers- a bean bag type one time use hand warmer for winter. Is it feasible to make a blanket out of this type of technology that you could keep on your...

So good news and bad...... I changed my fluids today and put on my reconditioned prop. Splashed her at 5:00 and did a quick cruise before the "big" Memorial Day WE. All seemed fine but the more I ran her the more she bogged down at high RPMs. By the end of the 30 minute cruise I couldn't get...

Summer 2009

Well I have been wasting money buying new switches and putting them into my old panel and now I am finding that the old glass fuse holders are failing. I think it is time for a whole new panel. Does anyone have any leads for panels? Should my new panel have just the switches with fuses...

After spending a few hours on the water on Saturday night watching the fireworks I began to question the wiring/switching of my running lights. I have a three way switch for the nav lights on- off -on. I have a light mounted to the top of my windshield that has two bulbs, one facing aft and...

So I have had the boat out twice this season back on Memorial Day. Both times had their issues. The first time out we got stuck in some mud, actually make that muck- really stuck. Then the tide went out and we were REALLY stuck. 5 hours later the tide came back in and off we went. The motor...

I want to erase all of the tracking lines from previous trips. How do I do this?