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OK, so here I am on the preverbal soap box, please excuse my rant but I am angry and I think you guys need to know about this. The following is a summary of my current dealings with Raymarine. Before you spend a red cent with this company read this. When I purchased my 275 Tournament back...

I saw the new Freedom 255 today. My impressions of this boat for +/-$100K was in a word, disappointing. The 275 has it all over this boat for an additional $10 or $15K with a now proven, robust F350 vs. the 255 with a new 300 HP six cylinder with no track record and a number reasons to...

I did a search on the site and found a few references to my problem but nothing more than that. Does anyone know what the pink discoloration is that appears on the vinyl seats and bolsters? I have seen this before on one of my other boats and now it has attacked one of my seats this past...

I saw the new Yamaha 300 HP today for the first time. Boy does this thing look like a toy next to the F350. It looks about like an F250. If this thing proves out to be reliable and truly has 300 HP at the shaft it is going to make a huge impact on the market. It will most definitely kill...

I was just given two Penn 80W reels in absolutely perfect shape. My question, are these reels too large to use as stand-up gear (114 oz each). I will be fishing for Blue Fin Tuna off the Massachusetts coast, Stellwagon Bank and Jefferies Ledge.

I was just reading up on off shore gear on Shimano’s web site and came across this. To the liberal defenders out their try and defend this stunt. This was lifted straight off of Shimano's web site. DOES ANYONE KNOW THE STATUS OF THIS ??? Feds to 60 Million American Anglers: We...

I am in the process of looking for a tow vehicle to pull my Tournament 275 which with trailer and a full tank of gas weighs in at +/- 8,500 Lbs. I am looking at Ford F150 and GM 1500 pick-up trucks. From what I can read on the net all appear to have average gas mileage well below the...

Can anyone tell me what they do for fogging a fuel injected engine. I did my F350 today by running the engine and spraying fogging oil into the throttle body air intake. Then I shut it down and pulled all the plugs and sprayed fogging oil into each cylinder. Once the cylinders were sprayed...

In Massachusetts it was a great day to be out on the water (for most that is) one of only a handful of good days this year. So my wife decided to take a run out to Stellwagon Bank and see the whales. We get to the NW corner (26 miles east of home port) and no whales so we start making our way...

I discussed the issue behind the recall of the F-350 with the service manager of my dealer yesterday and was told the following. The flywheel on the F-350 is running hot, once hot it is vibrating at a frequency that is setting up a harmonic with the crank shaft that can result in the failure...

I understand that the economy has fallen flat on its face but this is getting a little scary as there is absolutely zero chatter this year on the site relative to new boat purchases. Last year this time it was reasonably active. Is this downturn a long term process, two plus years to...

Have any of you heard of putting Bounce fabric softener sheets into your boat during winter storage to keep rodents away? I have heard it twice now and since I am storing in a barn I have a concern about the little SOB's making my F-350 into their winter Condo. I put a box worth in the boat...

A note of interest regarding the F350 on GW's and the lower unit bullet and lower water intake being in the water 100% of the time. I just pulled my boat and winterized for the season. During the winterization I pulled the strainer off the lower water intake and found it packed with tiny...

I am in the market for a winter storage cover for my 275. The boat is stored inside in a dirt floored barn so there is no weather or snow to worry about just barn dust. Is there a canvas shop out there that might have the pattern readymade for this model? Given the application I do not want...

The Tournament 307 is up on the GW web site. Looks great from the perspective of a DC owner. I can't wait to hear what people have to say pro and con. Let it fly guys :lol:

I am in the process of purchasing a trailer to winter store my 275 on for the forseeable future. This trailer will in its life time see maybe 500 miles of travel. That is, it will be used to pull and launch the boat and to transport it from the ramp to my house (1 mile) then to storage (5...

Does anyone out there have a Tournament 275 on a trailer? If so would you mind measuring and posting the height from ground to clear on the windshield? I am considering a winter storage option that will require the purchase of a trailer however, the storage facility also has a 10' overall...

To all in the New England region and particularly those north of Boston. There are reports of several submerged steel support cables around the new off-shore Northeast Gateway LNG Terminal. These cables are reported to be only 8" under water and run for approximately ¼ mile. The cables are...

First attempt at posting a photo here goes. What am I doing wrong, the link comes up and works but how do you get the photo to display in the post??? [/img] http://usera.imagecave.com/tashmoo2/Inslip-L.jpg [img]

I am having a Raymarine C120 installed on my Tournament 275 with the depth, weather, radio and gps options. My installer is having considerable problems with the communications between the Yamaha F350 and the C120. The data from the engine is available via a NEMA 2000 protocol but the...