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    Tampa Bay Boaters-QUESTION. Is it a good idea to take my boat out to watch fireworks

    in downtown Tampa? My nightmare scenario... 10pm, been on the water since 3 pm, kids are tired, wife is tired, fireworks show just ended. We are making our way out the shipping channel to the ramp on Davis Islands. The whole thing is backed up like crazy, and it takes three hours to take my...
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    Scalloping out of the Steinhatchee River on July 4th weekend

    Is this gonna be a madhouse or is it reasonable to think that this can be done without much stress and huge crowds, etc?
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    Can my boat make it safely and comfortably to Egmont Key?

    I have an 18 foot 1999 Sea Ray bowrider with a 130 hp I/O. I took it out of Ft Desoto today and started to head out of Bunces Pass, with the intent to take my family to Egmont. I don't have a GPS or anything, just a simple depthfinder, so I can't chart the way, but I know that the areas off...
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    Possibly a dumb question about GPS/Garmins

    My recently purchased boat came with a Humminbird depth/fish finder but I want to get a GPS, probably a Garmin. My question is....do I need a marine GPS specifically or is there some sort of portable multi-purpose GPS that I can use in both my boat and take it in my car, etc as well? I'd like to...
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    Well, I bought my first boat...thanks to all forum members who helped me

    I'm not a regular on this forum, but about two months ago I was looking for a boat and posted a few times in here asking for help. Got some good replies so THANKS to all of you who posted and helped me out. I was looking for a used bowrider in the 17-20 foot range and ended up buying a 1999 18...
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    Negotiating price, etc on a used boat

    I would like to thank everyone for answering my stupid questions so far...this forum is fantastic and it's great to have found such a resource...THANKS.... I'm the guy who has posted about buying a bowrider....was looking at a Regal, then was looking at either a Sea Ray or a Stingray...I think...
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    Two boats...which to buy?

    I posted in another thread about possibly buying a Regal bowrider...I'm now not as high on that boat, but have found two others that I'm interested in... Boat 1-05 18' Stingray bowrider 3.0 I/O with about 130 hours on the engine. Very clean boat...dealer is asking $8k and would provide a one...
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    Thinking about buying a used Regal Bowrider...what do you all think?

    First, I am new here, so....hi! This will be my first boat. I grew up with friends who had boats but never owned my own. Now I have a young family with two kids and want to get out on the water with them. I live in Florida and have access to both fresh and salt water to put a boat in. I'm...
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