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Two 943xsv's are usually the same price, or sometimes even slightly less than a single 1243xsv. Currently on the Garmin website they've got a sale, I'm assuming for Black Friday, of which a single 943xsv is $1,299 and a 1243xsv is $2,799. Their normal MSRP, at least for the Garmin website, is...

I've got the same setup, it's a Garmin 943xsv on my 2004 Grady White 228 Seafarer and I really like it. Some on here seem to think a 9" MFD is too small, or that you need dual screens, of which I honestly don't think you do on a smaller 22' boat. Especially when you've got an iPad that you can...

I've gotten mine from my local Grady White dealership in the past, though you can also get them on Amazon for considerably less money. My local dealership usually has the Perko brand, I believe they're 1.5" in diameter and are typically around $10 a piece. I've got a 2004 Grady White 228...

I actually did snag something a year or two ago. I was trolling for silvers at only 40' or so on the downrigger and around 80'-90' of water when I thought I had a bite. Went back and realized the line on the downrigger was slowly spooling out. Pulled up my line on the fishing pole, put the boat...

No idea what that is, but probably not as my motor is 20 years old now. That being said, I can also bench press 500 lbs, which I'm guessing the average person cannot do. So, I'm going to assume it's likely a bit of an apples to oranges comparison in that regard.

2004 Grady White 228 Seafarer with a Yamaha F225 and SeaStar hydraulic steering unit on it... at any speed, I can use the steering knob to turn the boat into a very sharp turn using one hand with extreme ease. In fact, I'm pretty sure I could use a finger or two and do the same thing at speed as...

How tall is your tow vehicle and tow hitch? If your tow vehicle is lifted, and/or have a level/elevated tow hitch, if you only need another 1”-1.5” of room, couldn’t you likely get that from an adjustable tow hitch? The one linked below has a 5” drop, and they make them with a 9” drop, or maybe...

You can either use picture editing software/website to reduce the size of the pictures, or what I simply do is email the pictures to myself on my iPhone and then it'll ask you how big you want the pictures to be. I'll typically hit the "medium" or "large" size, which oftentimes will be less than...

So is paying tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars for a boat, motors, trailer, electronics and other accessories. Spending $500-$1,000 on fishing gear that will be used every time you go out, as well as only increases the value of the boat itself, seems like an easy decision to me. But...

I added the Burnewiin brand downrigger mounts to my boat as well and love how they turned out.

If I'm looking at the invoice correctly... it appears as though they charged you 8.66 hours of labor with a total of $1,861.90 for just the labor itself? That's $215 an hour for labor, which to me seems quite high, though maybe that's what other places in your area are charging as well? On top...

Go back and reread your post as you quite literally said… “Someone didn't proof-read their article, that is actually 2.35 MPG.” You’re confusing yourself with the numbers here… I’m guessing that you divided the 20 MPH by 8.5 MPG and is I’m assuming where you got the 2.35 number from? That being...

I’m not sure where these numbers are coming from… are they from your boat, or where?

I agree on the top speed, which is why I was a bit confused as well as my questions come from, as the OP has been quite vague as to his intentions/needs and why he wants to potentially upgrade to a new motor. Grady White’s aren’t meant to be speed demons or known for their fuel economy. That...

Per the performance data sheet, it gets around 3.1 mpg at optimum cruising. I figured it would be better than the F225 on there, as the F225 is what some might call “underpowered”, though it is still getting close to that 3.1 mpg at optimum cruising as well. But definitely not the 2.35 mpg...

You're incorrect. Both the F250/F300 are going to get around 3.40 mpg at their cruising speeds. Hell, even my F225 hits 3.03 mpg at optimum cruising, and it's what some would consider to be as "underpowered". Of which an F250/F300 are going to get even better fuel economy than I will. Also, how...

I typically like to cruise at around the 4k rpm range while doing 25 mph and am burning between 6-8 gph of fuel in ideal conditions. If it's choppy out, the conditions are a bit less than ideal or I'm going into the current, it might creep up to 4,200-4,300 rpm and be burning closer to 10-11...

I guess my question would be why? I’ve got a 2004 GW 228 Seafarer with the same year Yamaha F225 on her and she does 45 mph in perfect conditions with around a half a tank of fuel or so. I imagine an F250 on there should make it a high 40’s to low 50’s mph boat. So, unless you want to go faster...

IF there was an issue and IF the insurance company did want to for some reason look at the fuel tank, you could always say that the boat came like that when you purchased it. It would be very difficult for the insurance company to prove otherwise and as Fishtales mentioned, I'd delete the post...

Over the years, I've found and purchased 3 boats back out on the east coast that were around half the price of what they sell for out here in the PNW/west coast area, sometimes even less than that. Cars, especially classic cars, and trucks also don't typically have the rust out here because they...