Recent content by SamF

And the winner is……..WD40. For starters at least. Finally made it back to the boat and just had a short time to work on it (time was better spent cruising). WD40 cut through the goo and got most of the stain out. There is still some dark stuff down in the crevasses of the vinyl but I think that...

Yeah, I spoke to the marina about the problem immediately. They said it happens sometimes in the stacked storage situation and that they would talk to the owner of the boat above. We put a rag over the spot (about 12 inches wide!) and there has been no further leakage. A friend said 'no' to the...

Just wanted to be sure the mineral spirits won't harm the vinyl before I tried something that strong. Thanks.

It's more than just a stain at this point - it's really tacky nasty goop.  Thanks for the suggestions. Maybe if we can get some of the mess up the eraser might work. I am not sure about insurance. Will be looking in that direction if we can't get some improvement.

Looks like the boat above ours in storage was leaking something nasty out of its lower unit, leaving a really thick and ugly stain on our rear deck vinyl. We have tried Simple Green to no avail. I use that as a degreaser on my bikes and it works great. Did not even make a dent in the stain on...

We are in the Jupiter, FL area. We never go too far. Short motor out, throw an anchor, have lunch, watch for pelicans, sea turtles, dolphins, manatee....

Thanks for this thread. I found the one on radios to be a great eye opener. When we had our center console boat and went offshore, we always had a portable VHF onboard. But when we started pontooning we are inshore (Intracoastal Waterway) always have phone reception so we never considered: 1...

Update: The dealer was great. Contacted Bennington and got a new one built and got it to us very quickly. They delivered it on Tuesday. Big thanks to Ingman Marine in the Pt. Charlotte, FL area for bending over backwards to make their customers happy. And we are.

TomS - Can you describe the seagrass flooring? Alas I fear it is too late to change my order but would love to know what I am missing :lol: Thanks!

That is one beautiful looking boat! I would have to rob a bank but I already am dreaming about a bigger better boat in the future! Please post pics when you get her in the water. And good luck trying to concentrate today!!!!! :P

Sorry to hear about your mom cwag911. We are making the most of our time together. She is healthy except for her cognition and memory - trying to enjoy what time we have! Thanks all for chiming in on this. We did not want to feel like we were compromising on the boat in the long run. The...

Man. We ordered a new boat and have been so psyched waiting for it's arrival. Unfortunately it came in wrong. We ordered it with the X rails right before the new models were introduced - essentially making it the SLX . We really like the look much better than the standard SL (and cannot...

Thanks Bamaman! I will forward this and hope it has what they need.

Hi TB! We have a boat on order - just a little 20 SLX :D In the meantime we are having a rack/cradle built by Float On for storage at a dry stack marina. They need some measurements in order to build the thing. Who can they contact at Bennington for the info they need? Thanks! Sam

Thanks AWK - that is just what I needed! Enjoy your new boat. We are waiting for a build date on ours. Sam