Recent content by Mustang65fbk

I believe the new Yamaha F350's are only available with the DEC variant. I don't think they even have an option for the mechanical controls.

Indeed.... I'm definitely a numbers guy and have been called "frugal" before, of which I don't want to be one of those guys who spends $35k+ on a boat, whether it needs work done to it or even none at all, to have the boat only be worth say $25k, because I bought it out of impulse, a lack of...

I was going to say the question of why not...? as it seems like that's the majority of what outboard manufacturers are selling these days, as well as they seem to be pretty well tested technology without having too many issues. Then, I looked at the updated price list on the Yamaha website, and...

I had offers on two different boats and ended up retracting the offers on both of them for more than a few reasons for each boat. Both boats were talked about in previous threads that I'll link below, but the first one in the timeline was in April of 2021 when I was looking for a 228 Seafarer...

You're welcome, I've helped several other forum members find their boats and I'm always happy to help others find the right boat for them. As mentioned, I think if you bought the boat at that price and then needed a new trailer on top of that, it's going to likely put you into the $70k+ range...

That's what I'm saying, if you weren't around the guy might not have bothered stopping, leaving his insurance information and so forth. If there wasn't video of the incident and there was thousands of dollars in damage to your boat... it would likely be on you to cover it, if you didn't know who...

Apologies in advance for the long winded reply, but I feel as though I definitely have a little bit of insight/experience on the topic at hand. In 2017 I purchased a boat called a 21' Arima Sea Ranger and owned it for about 4 seasons before selling it in 2020. The boat was great in the flat...

I can't imagine any legitimate marina would allow someone to moor their boat at their marina without having insurance on their boat, especially in the event of something like this happening, a fire, etc. There are tons of videos on YouTube about guys in marinas, docks, no wake zones, etc that...

Glad to hear you were able to sell the boat and for the price you wanted to get. Sorry to hear about your wife, I know what that's like as my mother has Alzheimer's and she's about to turn 75 this winter. She's not quite to that point yet but we don't allow her to drive, and I imagine it won't...

I'm guessing based off your previous replies that your boat is actually a 265 Express and is a 2001 model year? If so, it looks like per the parts catalogue that it should be a 10-675 pneumatic shock, of which I made a response in another post about shocks, but the information is attached below...

If you have a better source of reviews to go off of for those same batteries, then by all means feel free to share it with the rest of the group. Though, I wouldn't necessarily discredit something just because it's from a site like Sam's Club. Sure, if it was 1 review that was negative, or even...

Do you have your browser on private? If so, or perhaps on a shared account, it might bump you out or log you off? There's also a check box below your username and password when you log in saying "Stay logged in", of which you need to make sure that's checked, or it'll log you out after a certain...

I'm honestly not really sure where to go with your statement, as that was just going off the above links from batteries used/purchased by another member on here, and the OP really never said what Group number his batteries are. But if you'd like to I guess go with more "real world numbers", I'd...

I had an Optima red top battery for my 1965 mustang that lasted over 10 years and then started failing rather quickly, so I imagine it is still likely possible for AGM batteries to last that long. But I have also heard since I bought that battery, that Optima has since switched to a different...

I've got a 2004 Grady White 228 Seafarer with the hardtop and based off of memory, as well as looking at a few pictures of my boat, I'm about 99% positive that the wiring for both the upper electronics boxes, the rear speakers as well as the spreader lights all go through the aluminum tubing for...