Hello from not so sunny Scotland. Good to see a UK Bayliner site away from the usual "BAYLINER BASHERS". We're based on Loch Lomond with our 2004 602 sports...
Hi Clyde, A very warm welcome to this UK Bayliner group. Great to finally hear from someone who boats in the same area that i do!! Do you keep the boat in the ...
Hi Clyde, We have been at Ardlui with our cuddy for 3 years now, Slept on it most weekends, we class it as glorified camping.lol We now have our first baby on...
Welcome aboard clyde. We also had a cuddy a few years ago and like Al stayed on it every weekend. "glorified camping" is exactly correct and we had loads of ...
Well after owning my boat 8 months pretty much everything has been replaced or serviced so this was the weekend to finally put the boat in the water!!!!!! ...
Dave My god what a day you had. At least you were able to laugh about it. One thing is certain with boating, things never go according to plan. Hope everything...
Hi All ( greeting as a new member of BOC ) I have just purchased a 2000 Bayliner 2855 with 6.2ltr Mercruiser Petrol engine from Essex Boatyards and am berthed...
Welcome aboard Clive, I would say your calculations are not a million miles away, but I'm sure someone with a 285 will help you out here. I have a 245 which I...
Hi Phil, Thanks for the welcome note - the idea of some powerboat training appeals to me but I have no idea where to look for anyone in this area who would be...
Clive, Day Skipper is a bit advanced for a newcomer, as Phil suggested, a Powerboat Level 2 would be a good starting point. There are many schools running the...
Hi, Thanks for the information - I have checked the website and there is a training centre about 25 miles from me, the powerboat level one course looks like...
Clive, one piece of equipment I would recommend you buy is a colour plotter which I'm guessing you don't have. I have a Navman 5500i, which has an internal...
Clive, All the RYA courses build upon the knowledge obtained in the one before & with some of them you need to have taken an 'lower' course as a pre-requisite...
I totally agree Nick. Peeps should have to have some training before being let loose with a boat. I recently had to board a boat's bathing platform from my ...
Yip, i also agree, PB2 is a must. And i feel there should be some sort of compulsery training for anyone who buys a boat, after all you are not allowed to...
Alistair, I found that the PB2 course knocked some of the (cocky) confidence out of me ... I have also done the Advanced course, which I found really...
Hi again all, Thanks for the welcome - its good to be here :-) With regards to the training, I have now spoken to the local centre for RYA and they have...
Clive, If you are doing the training on your own boat, it might be worth asking to include family & others will go out with you on the course, when my family ...
Hi Clive, You want to go to Chatham by water as you get a completly diferent perspective on the area! I'm moored at Gillingham marina, live in Chatham and have...
Hi Trevor/Phil, Once again thanks for the info - What a coinsidence, my 2855 is 2000 as well - I checked with bayliner uk and was told that it is the 19th ...
Well its my first night in the group and hopefully tomorrow will see me aboard my, new to me, Bayliner... I have viewed several boats for what seems like...
Hi, And welcome - I have only been a member for a few days myself having bought my 2855 a couple of weeks ago - havnt used it much yet still getting used to it...
Hi All and good morning fellow Bayliner's a quick question - before I bought my 2855 I downloaded the manual and had a read through - it says under the battery...
Blimey I had never considered that. I'd be interested to know your findings. I thought everything got charged up no matter what the position of the switch. I...
Well I hope you are all out on the water this weekend. I don't know what the forecast is for where you are but for the South coast it is hot, sunny, no wind...
Hi, Yes I have a ships radio license - and my Prospective father in law is the radio operator until I have done the exam at least, he is the ex coast guard...
Hi Phil, I certainly will, as I am interested to see who is correct the downloaded bayliner manual for my boat in its year, the manual that was on the boat...
Hi Clive, Welcome to boating and to the group. I had a twin battery setup on my last boat (an old Fairline Sunfury) which originally had simple on/off battery...
