Recent content by Mustang65fbk

When you say "needs the exhaust system upgrade" I'm assuming you mean that the motor has the dry exhaust corrosion issue? If so, why not just repair what you've got, especially if the parts are available to do so? I believe the kit itself is around $600 and then labor I've heard can be anywhere...

Congrats! Post a few pictures when you get the chance!

I used to be on the Vintage Mustang forums and it would happen on there all the time. Most of which I think was because at the bottom of one thread, it would have a "Similar Thread" section where it would be threads of essentially the same topic. People would click on those links and not realize...

Dang... reviving a 17+ year old thread...

If the one dude with the 258 is near you, maybe reach out to him and see if he would be willing to take you out for a ride on his boat? I've also got a 228 Seafarer and have no complaints with the boat. That being said, I'm trolling for salmon and checking crab pots in the Puget Sound, which is...

Happy Thanksgiving fellas, safe travels, enjoy the time spent with family/friends, God bless!

I don't always have that luxury as my boat is on a mooring buoy for months on end during the summertime. I don't like filling up my freshwater tank as I don't want to deal with, and/or forget to, drain it out before the winter freeze. So, they usually just stay on the boat for the season and...

I like the picture as well as the boat... but for the life of me, I can't figure out why Grady White would decide to keep that horrid looking WSU Cougars flag in the picture. I'll have to send you a purple/gold colored UW Huskies flag instead :p:D

On the Grady White website

For years I bought stainless steel pliers and yes, they still only last a season at the most before they start rusting and corroding. Most of the time, as mentioned above, they're the cheaper 304 stainless steel and don't last long at all when exposed to saltwater. Titanium I've heard work...

The title of the post says the boat is a 2006 GW 228 Seafarer, which only comes with a single outboard, I imagine it's likely a single F225-F250. As stated above, if the boat is wired up similarly to mine, it should have two Group 24 batteries on the port side rear of the boat underneath the...

I believe he's looking for recommendations as to what batteries he should replace his current ones with. To the OP, if your current setup works for you as is, I'd just replace the old ones with the same size/style of new ones. I bought my boat back in October of 2021, ran the batteries that came...

I was going to say, I thought that Port of Egypt had a pretty good reputation. Glad to hear that they told you about the issue over the phone before you made the drive out there to see it in person.

$25k for a boat that needs a new outboard, has very old electronics, no radar and doesn't come with a trailer? Yikes. Also kind of odd that they don't mention anything about the outboard on the Boat Trader posting or on their website. The only things that the listing talk about are essentially...

What happened with the 2004 in NY that I linked before?