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Bill, Everytime we have crossed, we have left at first light. The winds are generally lighter in the morning. We have crossed with 2 to 4 boats each time, some smaller (and much less capable) that your Grady. Pick your day and be ready to sit tight for a day or so if necessary in order to...

Bill, Thought I would add my 2 cents. We have been to Bimini, West End and the Abacos several times. Ethanol in the gas is not an issue. But the one thing I always do is buy gas at a location that I know does lots of volume (the larger marinas and ones visited by the big outboard guys more so...

Things might have changed, but when we were there 2 years ago, we were able to anchor right off the beach next to the remants of the old docks. My stern anchor was probably 5' feet from the beach, and we could easily wade to shore. We stayed anchored there for 2 days with no problems. The first...

Larry, Looks like you have it covered. The only thing I don't see is spare fuel (adult beverages) for the two captains. :lol: Since you mention scuba, if you are diving and taking spearguns, be sure they are "disassembled" when in the park boundaries. The Rangers have no sense of humor in...

Larry, No help with the time of year. We did the trip two years ago, but in August. We could have waterskied the whole way there. We have been all over the Bahamas, but to me, the water around the Tortugas was the clearest, beautiful blue water we have seen. Great diving. One word of advice -...

The entrance to the "sleeping quarters" is on the port side and the entrance to the combo head/galley is on the starboard side.

Saw it today at the Miami boat show. Agree with the other comment that having the small galley and head in the same compartment seemed odd to me. Did like the side "dive" door, similar to what we have seen before on the big Intrepids, etc. Also really liked the motorized sun shade that extends...

Adding to what the others have said, when you are out practicing, center the steering on the motors and then don't touch the steering wheel again. You should find that you can do a 180 degree turn within the length of the boat (assuming no wind or current of course) using just forward on one...

Rob, Lots of no-wake zones along the way. Not too bad from Anclote thru Clearwater, but then a long ways at slow speed through Indian Rocks (an area called the narrows) that stays mostly no-wake almost the whole way to Johns Pass. A frustratingly long ride unless its a day trip on a nice day...

Rob, Be sure to call ahead to check the lock schedules before running the river to Lake O and then to the east coast. Its been a couple of years since we did that, but last summer (it may have been 2011?) when we were thinking about crossing, I checked and they had really limited the opening...

Wahoo, Besides what the others have said, be careful as you get to the ship channel off south St Pete, just north of Egmont. The edges of the channel are pretty shallow a fair ways offshore. I usually look at a chart beforehand and plug in an appropriate channel marker as a waypoint to make...

Frank, My 2 cents worth. We fish/dive our boat a lot, and also do family stuff a lot. When we are cruising/entertaining and have more than just the two of us on it, we put deck chairs (4 at times) in the cockpit as well as you can through a couple of bean bag chairs back there also. With the...

Buster, Taking the sending unit in and out is very easy. Just the 5 (or was it 6?) phillips head screws. Biggest challenge is not dropping a screw in or around the tank that you can't recover (they are stainless so a magnet is not an option). Also, if like mine, there are white plastic washers...

Buster, I just replaced the two WEMA sending units on my 330 Express. On the top of the sending unit there are several numbers/marks. One of the numbers will be the length of the sending unit - in my case I had a 25" and a 26". If there is no such number, you can take out the sending unit and...

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Never had this problem on my 330, but back when I had my Sailfish, holding tank indicator showed full but attempts to discharge via pump and even marina pump out station yielded nothing. Finally bit the bullet and pulled everything apart - the float switch in the holding tank had come apart and...

You will be very happy with your 336. Sure, you can't win the speed race with the THT experts on their YF's, CV's, etc., but when you get to your destination, you won't need a chiropractor to fix your back. A neighbor/dive buddy of mine has a 31' Bahama CC. He runs 50mph everywhere. Always...

Thanks for the offer. Will keep that in mind next time we are down that way. We do a Bahamas or Tortugas trip every other year, and usually make Sanibel/Captiva a stopping point. Conversely, if you are ever up this way (Clearwater/Dunedin/Tarpon Springs) drop me a PM and we will treat.

We didn't relocate per se, as I grew up in this area and have been boating these waters since I was a kid (now 54). But we did make a big financial leap and bought a waterfront house (for more than we really could afford at the time, and of course, for a few years looked like we were really...

Its funny - my wife says she feels bad that it takes me so long to clean the boats after each trip. I have tried to convince her that it doesn't bother me and in fact I enjoy it. Every time you wash/wax your boat, you are giving every square inch a close inspection. And I will admit, if I do a...