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New Whaler owner, old boater here...
I normally drive a Malibu inboard ski boat on Lake Sammamish, but found a neato 17 Super Sport Limited, and just had to buy it...

A few questions:

- I plan to use it for local exploring; Lake Union, locks, over to the Sound, up in the San Juans, etc... What anchor type works best around here? I'm guessing around eight pounds, 15' chain, 100' rode?

- Rub Rail. I need to replace the rub rail. Any suggestions besides the one I see on specialty marine's website?

- I've got a Standard-Horizon handheld VHF, a new Lowrance GPS chart-plotter / fish-finder & one of those i-Phones. Any other must-have electronics?

- I installed a second battery & selector switch.

- The boat has a nice Johnson/Suzuki four-stroke 90. Opinions on getting a small kicker?

- Any recommendation for a good but reasonably priced upholstery shop to redo the seats?

- The trailer it's been on since new, is a roller trailer not a bunk type. I've read that these are not good for Whalers, because of stress points. Worth the trouble of switching it to bunks?

- Good places to day cruise to? We live in Monroe, want to explore Lake Union, locks, ship canal, etc. Good restaurants we can dock at? Stuff like that?

Thanks, see you on the water...

Ed