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    Underwater Photography

    Does anyone have any suggestions for really cheap alternatives underwater camera set-ups? I am not paying $1000 to house my $800 camera underwater! I have a Canon Rebel-Digital and another very small digital camera (that I could put in a bag or something??). Any help is appreciated as the...
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    Free Diving vs. Snorkeling

    Where do you draw the line between gonzo snorkeling and move into free-diving? BTW- we had awesome snorkeling this weekend North of Tampa at a Shrimp boat wreck with lots of smaller fish, we had a blast. Just West of the Coty river out about 2 miles. It was about 11 foot deep with parts of...
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    Anyone ever have a boat lift cable break?

    Let me know if you ever had a boat lift cable break. We had one snap this weekend and we were lucky no one was hurt. I'm just trying to see how rare an occurrence it is?
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    Should cabin be sealed from engine bilge

    Is your cabin sealed from the engine bilge? We have a 24 foot cabin cruiser (SeaRay 240 DA) and the air conditioner intake is not sealed to the cabin and sucks in air from the engine compartment. Is this safe? It certainly adds to the oil smell in the cabin but we don't have a generator so...
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    Help! New Boat, New Boat Lift, Cable broke!

    The cable to our boat lift snapped, scared the wife out of her wits. New boat, new lift, cable broke (see pictures below). Dock Company came right over helped get the boat safely off the twisted I beams. Now they ordered new beams and cables but they say it is my fault as they could see...
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    Air conditioner not pumping water, needs Priming?

    Brand spanking New 2007 240DA and the air conditioner isn't pumping water so it shuts off after a minute. The dealer says I need to "run" it to get water into the pump but that sucks because we are on a canal and it takes 20 minutes of No Wake before I get some speed on to "Prime" it, and now...
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    Tampa Area

    New to boating, but one of the reasons to get a boat was to try scuba diving. Anyone from the Tampa area diving? I know it isn't the best conditions, cloudy and all. Plan on lessons in July. Looks like there are a few wrecks nearby that I can get to from the dock. Any advice is...
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    GPS Instalation Costs

    I just got tagged by my dealer for 9+ hours of labor at $95/hr to install a Garmin 498 GPS/Sonar. Does that seem reasonable?
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    240 DA Anchor

    We have a 2007 240 DA and the only thing I can see that it really needs is a way to pull up the anchor. Anybody solve this one, already?
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