www.iFourWinns.com

Factory location is inside the helm. Just to the left of the opening for the chart plotter on the horizontal portion of the helm behind the dash. It's pretty easy to get at if you pull out the chart plotter. There's a flashing amber LED that gives you status on the radio link.

Ben

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2001 Cruisers 4450
Volvo TAMD-74P 480hp Diesels

Thanks Ben!

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And today's question for '08 V358 owners...

Is your salon table leg adjustable (up and down) or is it fixed?

Thanks!

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The one in the cabin down below? It's adjustable, with a spring inside and a set screw to allow choosing a specific position. We've never adjusted it lower than the tallest position. The position of the table is such that it wouldn't work as an extension to the sofa as a bed, so there's little point in lowering it "a lot". The height of the sofa cushions are such that the tallest position is pretty much exactly right. I could see it being an inch lower if you had kids sitting there by themselves. But for adults the legroom wouldn't be enough with it lower.

Is yours the adjustable type or fixed?

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-Bill Kearney, 2005 348 Vista

The boat came with a fixed leg but the floor model I saw had an adjustable, gas-shock leg. My dealer just sent me the adjustable leg, but it's not a perfect fit in the floor socket. So I'm interested to hear from other 2008 owners about which leg shipped with your boat...

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None,they forgot to send it. Rhe one we got is fixed.
Anyone with an 08 have SIRIUS ISSUES?

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2008 Four Winns V358 (T 6.2L Merc Bravo III's with DTS and SeaCore)
2006 Sea Ray 340DA
2006 Sea Ray 320DA
2005 Maxum 3100 SE

Steven - If the radios say "Linking..." and the antennas have full exposure to the sky, there's a chance the antennas are not connected to the back of the receivers (my Sea Ray shipped with that issue). It appears my Sirius weather antenna is not connected - something I have to investigate next time I'm at the boat.
What issues are you experiencing?

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I have had several Sirius radios and never had a problem with any of them including the one on our Vista. Once you get the radio ID number it’s a phone call away. Over this past weekend ours on the boat did say “LINKING” but worked fine. In the past I have noticed that the one in my Durango would occasionally say “UPDATING” when Sirius was making changes to their channels and felt that this maybe the same thing.

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“Growing Older, But Not Up”
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2008 Four Winns V248
2004 Stingray 220CS

Sierra - ours came with the fixed leg.

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"Foursome Fun" 2008 V358/Volvo 5.7 GXi Inboards
Lake Erie - Ohio

Previous Boat:
2003 Sea Ray 280 Sundancer

As you likely know, our boats' Raymarine VHF radios are DSC equipped which means you can (and should) acquire and program an MMSI number for it which makes it much easier for your boat to be located and identified in the event of distress. It also functions kind of like a 'phone number' for your boat which can make it easier to communicate with fellow MMSI equipped boats that you know.

You register your boat and get all the info is at http://www.boatus.com/mmsi/

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My radios say "antenna" and that is it. My guess is a connection issue as well. I will not likely get the Sirius Weather option, we do not do any open water boating.

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2008 Four Winns V358 (T 6.2L Merc Bravo III's with DTS and SeaCore)
2006 Sea Ray 340DA
2006 Sea Ray 320DA
2005 Maxum 3100 SE

Anybody with a new 358 see the tags that say "Dryclean only" on the sheets? What did you do with them? Well, I washed and dried them and they don't fit the V-berth at all. Not sure what we are going to do about that.

Also, just a quick mention. I have always been told that one of the chief reasons to go with V drives was for the lower maintenance costs associated with them. They also handle somewhat better. I have heard a good argument about I/O's is the performance and the fuel economy.

Well, I observed through my smartcraft gauges that I was burning 24 GPH doing about 27-30 MPH on fairly calm waters. In my SR that had V-drives and bigger engines, I would use at least 32 GPH to go 27-30 MPH. The way I figure, if I run the boat about 100 hours a season which is realistic for our type of boating, at $4.00 a gallon I will save roughly $3200 bucks in one season alone. I doubt gas will be getting cheaper with $200.00 a barrel getting closer and closer! Looks like the fuel savings will more than make up for the I/O maintenance issue.

Steven

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2008 Four Winns V358 (T 6.2L Merc Bravo III's with DTS and SeaCore)
2006 Sea Ray 340DA
2006 Sea Ray 320DA
2005 Maxum 3100 SE

I am having very strange intermittent problems with the Sirius radio on my new 278. The radio initially worked fine when I picked the boat up. Once I got it on the water my son said the Sirius and CD changer were not working. I had other issues so I didn't pay much attention to it at that time. The next weekend I went to the boat and turned on the radio and everything worked fine. I called Sirius and activated the radio and all was well. The very next time out no matter what I did the Sirius wouldn't even show up as available on the display. On top of that neither of the two remote controllers showed any display. I worked all afternoon trying to get the radio to work to no avail. We stayed on the boat that night and when I got up in the morning I turned on the radio and what do you know the Sirius showed up. Later that morning the radio went off and I asked my wife why she had shut it off and she told me she hadn't. I went down below and sure enough no Sirius. Very frustrating!

I called the dealer and they gave a few suggestion none of which I feel will work. I also called Fourwinns and they were very helpful and did assure me they would resolve the problem. I'm going to pull the radio this weekend and reseat all of the connections but I really don't believe this will resolve the issue as I have tried this previously. What sort of issues are you having with the Sirius radio?

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2008 Vista 278 Volvo Penta 8.1 Gi 375 hp
1999 Horizon 220 5.7 GSi

Steven - sounds like great performance numbers! That's clearly one of the benefits of having a shorter 358
If both radios are giving you the same 'antenna' message, yeah - I'd say it's a pretty safe bet that someone forgot to plug em' in.
Don't know what to tell you on the sheets - I'm actually using different sheets than the ones that came with the boat.

Flyer - your radio woes definitely sounds like an issue for your dealer to tackle. Glad to hear FW stepped up.

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Steven what kind of load did you have to achieve those impressive numbers? Full fuel, water, how many people on board? What rpm were you running? Not much info out on what the boat does with stern drives in terms of performance and fuel economy.