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In bright sunlight, I cannot see the indicator light when it comes on. Also, if you have your lights on, all the indicator lights on the switches are on anyway. Am I missing something?

Okay, new information. My dealer has information that the boat was not a 283 but a 257 with twin 150's. It is his understanding that they were coming out of the South Pass of the Mississippi River which has rock jetties on both sides for a long way out. These jetties are sometimes submerged...

The only thing I have been able to verify is that the boat was a 283 Grady White, like mine. I cannot find out the year or engines, yet. The story I hear is that one engine shut down and the captain pulled back on the other throttle. This caused the boat to slow to a near stop and water...

Ditto on Progressive. I paid $667 last year and that includes coastal coverage, off shore and replacement value. Great company, I never had a claim on the boat insurance but the claim we had on the auto was settled in a week.

I think the newspapers are mixed up on their reporting. I hear from some of the people that have condo's and slips down there that one of the engines were torn off. The thinking is that they cut across the rock jetty that is partially or fully submerged depending on the tides. They took on...

The following is a report from Venice, LA. It has been reported by some of the people at the Marina that it is a twin engine, Grady White. They are saying that one engine was ripped from the boat and that they probably hit the jetty that is submerged at high tide. VENICE, La. (Associated...

That must be the answer, I found mine in collage and by then she was completely unattainable. Just kidding, she has been along side me when I purchased all my boats and has never complained as long as they had potties and on the latest, a windless. I have never been to a boat show with the...

I think we all missed an important point here, CWOT was sent to a boat show by his wife with a blank check. How do you find a wife like that? Mine won't let me go to West Marine without an armed guard watching over my wallet. I couldn't go to a boat show without the Third Marine Division and...

Look at the topic on this forum about the 248 for sale. You can buy 3-248's for 85K and still have some money left over for repairs.

I think the market has changed considerably. I just sold the exact boat except it had a single 225 Optimax on it and the trailer was brand new dbl axle with breaks all around and was lucky to get $17,000. I had it for sale almost a year. The purchaser got a great rig that a year earlier would...

That seems to settle it. Thanks guys.

At your collective recommendation, I bought some Collinite #920 cleaner, Collinite #885 fleet wax and some Woodies Wax for the non-skid areas of my boat. I have applied one coat of the cleaner and fleet wax to the exterior hull and have some questions. Can I use the Collinite 920 and 885 on my...

Will do Grog, I don't know what people would do around here if we had to hunt for fish in open water. The oil rigs really concentrate the fish and help promote marine growth. The down side is the occasional oil spill but the plaintiffs don't blink at multi-billion dollar settlements.

I'm going to contact GW again and see what they say. No doubt, I'm electronically challenged and may be missing the point. The only thing for sure is that I had to cut the wire going from the battery to the float switch to stop the pump from running and at the same time, kill the power to the...

Larry: I may not be making myself clear. On my 283 Release, there is one orange wire that runs to the plus side of each breaker for all the switches on the panel. This wire jumps "in series" to each breaker. If there is any power in this wire, no matter what the source, all switches receive...

I do not have a three position switch on the bilge pumps, it is off or on. With the manual switch in the off position, if the float switch activates, it feeds power to the plus side of the manual switch. The plus side of all the switches get their power from one lead, so all the other switches...

Larry: I have two reasons to want more warning when the float switch on either bilge pump is on. First, the indicator lights on my switches do not show up very well in bright daylight. I want to know if the pump is running when I am out on the water. If my pump is coming on often, I know I...

Jekyl: I hope you and the others from Australia that post on this forum are okay and weathering that rain and flooding. I visited Australia for a month in February of last year and had a great time. Mostly stayed in Cairns, Sydney and Melbourne and I think all those cities are south of the...

Igusto: I think you might be right. I think I will try that first. I still have to drill for the LED's so if your idea doesn't work it will not cause any extra work. All this could be eliminated if the indicator lights on the switches were bright enough. I hope you are right. I think my...

I think all you need to do is unscrew one pump from the valve and screw the other on. The Amp ratings for either pump are close enough that you can reuse the wiring and switch. Raw water wash down pump has a pressure switch that usually is mounted on the pump itself so it should not cause a...