Sea Ray Sundancer Sea Strainer Cleaning

Quick video on how to clean a sea strainer on a 2006 Sea Ray 300 Sundancer. There are two sea strainers on the boat, only two since this boat is a sterndrive. This is a very easy and simple process, I hope this works on your boat. If this helped please drop a like and subscribe for more boating and aviation related content. Down below are step by step instructions on the cleaning process.
Step 1
Close seacock to prevent water from entering boat.
Step 2
Unscrew the cap from the top of the sea strainer.
Step 3
Lift the basket out from the sea strainer and let the water drain out.
Step 4
Wash basket
Step 5
Put basket back in and close cap, if necessary you may have to re-prime the system.
Step 6
Reopen seacock.

[@carlschuster1987]

Quite possibbly the most educational video on the internet

[@12000Jetlag]

Would it not be better to use a wet vac to suck the water out of the strainer instead of letting it drain into the bilge? I just bought a 2000 340 Sundancer and will be cleaning mine this weekend.

[@kevg644]

What is the sea strainer for?

[@nicderkez3544]

Kev G This is for filtering out any contaminates that could be sucked into any device operated with water on your boat. For example. If you have your air conditioning or generator on and you didn’t have a sea strainer and you were to suck up sea weed or another contaminate, it could potentially clog that system up causing it stop working. So in summary a sea stratiner is just a giant filter. Take care! -Nic