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Previous owner used boat on north shore Mass, I am in southern Maine. I will check with local marina where I have boat serviced. Thank you for the reply.

New to me Grady 307 with bottom paint. Time to repaint bottom and I am curious what others are using. The paint on the bottom now is Interlux Primocon primer and Interlux Trilux 33 bottom paint. From what I have discovered this paint is primarily for aluminum boats. The boat does have trim tabs...

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I am quite certain the GW 258 Journey's swim platform/ transom is integrated into the hull where on the 248 Voyager it is not. The Voyager had what was often referred to as a Eurobracket type setup . The two boats from above waterline appear the same.

258 Journey is a great boat, loved mine.

View of ski pylon on the boat

Hi DennisG01, As you can see from this photo there is a large nut that is welded to the bottom of the plate. The pylon when attached to the boat screws into the plate and this nut. When the pylon is not attached to the boat, there is the bolt hole that leads directly into the bilge /hull. As...

The pylon and base are back from the machine shop. In the photo you can see some galling on the last few threads as well as some galvanic corrosion on the last four or five threads. To summarize my experience, to do over again I would go straight to cutting off the nut, purchasing a new nut and...

I do have an update. The machine shop decided to cut the nut off and re chase the treads on the pylon. During the process the anodized coating on the pylon was removed, presumably by the heat. The machine shop has offered to polish the pylon, not sure how to treat the aluminum pylon after the...

Hi Thank you for the replies. I think the problem is a galvanic reaction, caused when two different metals (stainless steel and aluminum) are subject to salt water. It could also be galling as mentioned by coastboater . Mustang65fbk, the nut is welded to the plate and the pylon, made of...

I have been working for a few weeks trying to separate ski pylon from its base. Initial tried with belt wrench while still on boat adding penetrating oil (Kano Aerokroil and Sea foam Deep Creep) did not move. Then took pylon off boat; after soaking in the penetrating oil I heated nut strapped in...

Spoke with my local Grady White dealer who is committed to looking into the issue with Yamaha. Will let me know what they find out in time for next boating season.

Legend thank you for the reply. "the engine would only tilt down to the top of the trim pistons". This is the exact problem that I am having, I will relay your post to my Grady White Yamaha dealer to see if they can find out more about "it is a known Yamaha issue and it is a relatively easy...

It would seem the weight of motors would push trim rods in and allow motors to fully go down. Many times they do not. The boat is new to me, I powered the boat from Mass to Maine. Motors worked fine. Starboard motor made strange noise going down when I first started out(but went all the way...

Side note I am trying to remove ski pylon. Does anyone have any tricks?