Boating Tips & Safety Resources
Looking for hints to your boating needs?
Because of the constant changes in product design, and because many safety practices and boat operational procedures are under continual change, Ray's Marina staff, strongly encourage you to familiarize yourself with current boating safety and operational procedures. Ray's Marina is a family business and promotes boating safety and urges owners and operators to pursue additional resources and training.
The following are links to some of the agencies and organizations that offer boat safety training and additional information:
Boating Tips
- I have a 2004 center console with a 225 hp outboard. Every time I accelerate the boat, I hear a loud snap from the transom area. I’ve inspected it closely, and I don’t see any cracks in the fiberglass, the transom is solid and the outboard looks fine, but
- I’d like to install cleats on my sidedecks so I can use a spring line. What does this involve, and can you give me some installation tips?
- The economy has hit our household. I need to eliminate the middleman and start performing the service on my twin outboards. Is there any reason I shouldn’t?
- I have the option of putting an external fuel tank on the upper deck of my houseboat and connecting it to a 1992 Johnson 200 hp. The tank would be about 6 feet above the engine. Do I have to worry about too much fuel getting to the engine and flooding it?
- My VHF radio stopped transmitting, so I replaced it. But the new one doesn’t work right, either. When I hold down the button to transmit, the screen goes blank, and no one can hear me. I figured the problem was a bad ground or power lead, so I replaced bo
- I have a 26-foot SeaCat with twin 115 EFI Yamahas. As far as I knew, everything was fine when we packed up and went to Florida last fall. In the spring, I turned the ignitions on; the port engine started fine, but the starboard engine didn’t even activate
- I want to stay in touch with nearby buddies while we’re fishing, but if we talk on the VHF other anglers can listen in, and dialing a cellphone is cumbersome with a fishing pole in your hands. I was thinking about getting a couple of FRS radios. Would the