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it is a Beckson 6" pop-out plate. (its a 6" opening so they call it 6". Do not get 8" it will be wrong) They come in a screw in type also. They come in white, beige, grey, black and clear. You can get cheaper brands also. For decks, the pop-out type are best. They don't have an indented...

They are 3/8 bolts, 1/2" hex head...and a washer... The bad sketch was to show eventual welded 3/8" verticals along the edges of the plate. The added part goes both over and under the plate(once it overhangs the pulpit) The added part can be under the Kraken all the way to the far end. The...

As I said, just doubling up the plate would be easiest but not ideal. It would raise the Kraken by another 3/8" and I would also need longer bolts thru the pulpit. And doing it now, in the water is not going to happen. I have some L bracing that I could use in the way you describe the C...

Ya, dont change the 15A breaker. Breakers protect the wire not the device. it is stranded 14 wire (because its a boat) You will need to crimp blue fork terminals on the wire.(or get an outlet that has back wire clamps) If you are mounting to the pulpit like I did, you should beef up the...

Forget the moisture meter. A 20 yo boat is "wet". You want to know if the wood is separated from the glass, if the plys are separating from each other, or if the wood is mush. The best way to see that is at holes in the boat...scuppers and motor mount bolt holes. (or bracket mounting holes)...

Wow, been a few months without NJ Fishing post. July/August/Sept saw some poor and mediocre Fluking at Axel & Sea girt reefs. Lots of "Just short" fish. Best day was mid Sept in the Manasquan river at the RR bridge on incoming tide. 7 keepers. The KRAKEN is paying off. The trolling motor, not...

There's already a 265. The best Grady ever built. :p Why would they use the same number? I don't like it. 265 Bowrider:mad:

You would cap the cold IN. You would not connect the cold IN to the hot OUT. There is no real need to cap the hot. The faucets have separate hot and cold valves so you will not get cold flowing out of hot lines. If you had a single hot/cold blend valve that would be a problem.. I replaced the...

It could be something as simple as the way your boat is sitting on the trailer

So you have a screwed down and caulked deck lid. No channel & drain. Adding a hinge to that is going to leak water to the bilge. The PO of my 265 had done that and it was not watertight. Creating a channel and drain will be exceedingly difficult to pull off. It only took Grady 50 years to...

You still have original euro-oval switches? Uuuhg. They are problems waiting to happen. https://www.greatgrady.com/threads/oval-euro-nav-anchor-dpdt-switch.25677/ https://www.greatgrady.com/threads/265-mods.25902/post-196921

It should be screwed AND sealed with silicone. And get rid of that pop out deck plate. It will do exactly the same thing that the hatch did. If you get swamped and the deck plate pops, you are done. That "motor well" always gets water on it. its 2" above the waterline. if things are not...

Change the pop out beckson piehole to a screw type.

I have DF200APs on my 265 express. Heavier, wider boat but here is some info to read thru regarding the 4 blade props which were a great improvement. Also, I recommend raising the trim tabs so they don't do anything while you are trying to dial in props. Only use motor trim...

A boat may not sink in 8 seconds but you probably don't know its sinking in the first 8 seconds...