Recent content by Mustang65fbk

lol because it’s more AI crap, just like this picture that is minus a bow and has the wake shooting out the front of the boat, as opposed to behind it

I leave my boat on a mooring buoy in front of my beach cabin on Whidbey Island between from roughly late June until early October. I typically don't fill the boat up to much more than 1/2-2/3 of a tank, as I literally row out to the boat from my cabin, climb on, start her up and then start...

For the 208 Adventure that you're looking at/referring to, the hull switched over to a SeaV2 supposedly in 1993, or at least per the below linked thread on this website, and the 228 Seafarer switched over in 1992. I think what the guy might be referring to is a couple different things, but most...

I get it... the 4 stroke motors are quite nice and considerably less noisy/smoky than the older 2 stroke motors. About 15 years ago, my uncle bought a mid 1990's Bayliner Trophy with twin 2 stroke Mercury 175's on it, of which they were quite noisy and smoked considerably. He sold that boat and...

Agreed. With a mere 2k subscribers and most of his videos having less than a couple thousand views a piece, I imagine he relies on clickbait, AI and other false information to get more viewers/subscribers.

Why repower if the current motor only has 700 hours on her? I'd think a properly maintained HPDI motor would last at least 2k hours without much of an issue at all. Per the brochure located on the Grady White website, attached below, your hull is rated up to 250 hp. I've got a 2004 Grady White...

I would think at least $2k-$3k. If I recall correctly, when I first bought my boat almost 5 years ago now, there was a guy on eBay that had the OEM bow pulpit for my boat, of which I believe he was asking just under $2k and that was just for the pulpit itself. No railings included, no...

Where are you getting your quotes from then? I don't see how the Mercury's could be $10k+ more than the prices on the Suzuki's you quoted earlier after install, especially when the outboards are essentially the same cost? I mean, unless the other place you're quoting is including free...

It sounds as though you're trying to get every bit of performance/fuel economy out of the boat as possible whilst also trying to conserve as much weight as possible? Of which, if that's the case then I'd go with Mercury. I believe you said you're in San Diego? Here's a place called Sunset...

True... that being said, they do offer trailers on site for sale, of which I'd factor those costs into the total purchase price of the boat. So, if the trailer was say $6k, I'd say that I want the boat for $10.5k or something similar and pay $16.5k total for the boat/trailer. Pending a favorable...

Ok... well the DF200A's are about 75 lbs lighter per unit, for a total of at least 150 lbs less weight.

Saw this when browsing online for boats, might be a decent boat for a repower or just running it with the original motor. Doesn't look like it comes with a trailer though. https://www.boattrader.com/boat/2000-grady-white-adventure-208-10066840/

Well if this is really 6" like we all claim it is, then yes those extra 2" can really make a big difference... But getting back to the point, pun intended, I'm guessing Grady White must have a pretty decent customer desire for people wanting something like this, or I don't imagine they'd have...

I think that you're looking at the wrong model of Suzuki's. Per Google, each of the OP's 2006 ETEC 250's weigh approximately 516-530 lbs depending on the model, shaft length and so forth. Comparatively, a brand new Suzuki DF200A weighs 531 lbs for the 25" shaft with the digital/fly by wire...

I'm sure that Skunk Boat will be along here shortly, but he repowered with Suzuki 200's on his 265 Express and seems to highly recommend them to anyone doing a repower with the same or similar boat. Of which the 265 Express has essentially the same width of beam that your boat does and a very...