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My choice would still be going with a Suzuki DF175AP/DF200AP, as both are the same weight and are under 600 lbs, as well as they both come with the fly by wire throttle controls.

I would say it depends on what you intend to do with the boat in that are you going to be out with one or two people max and light gear for the majority of the time or is it going to be loaded down substantially? If the former, then I don't see an issue with getting a 150 hp outboard, especially...

I guess my point, as well as it sounds possibly like what you might be alluding to, is that yes anything could potentially happen. That being said, it's a pretty rare thing to see this occur on a 228 Seafarer/232 Gulfstream because of the fully enclosed transom and transom bracket. It's not like...

There are a million different options on Amazon, and the ones Glacier mentioned are also on there as well. You can get cheap plastic ones for a couple bucks a piece on up to stainless steel for around $10 a piece. And unless someone is local to you, you'll probably spend a good deal on shipping...

Or for non GW specific, you could go with Gemlux or something similar.... https://www.tackledirect.com/gemlux-coastal-315515-15-degree-removable-drain-rod-holder.html

Are you looking for Grady White specific rod holders or what exactly are you looking for? If you are, they do have them for sale on Amazon, eBay and a few other places, though not cheap at $110 a pop. If you're not looking for GW specific rod holders, there are quite literally about a million...

Doesn't look like the OP has been on here since December of 2023. I'd call or text him if you're seriously interested.

I can't imagine that the bracket, even if it was completely full with water, would be the only or even the main reason for water intrusion unless there was some sort of other underlying issue in addition to it. If that was the case, I don't imagine they'd have a cap on the top of it, or a drain...

I would add a few more pictures to your Craigslist posting and/or ask for someone to help you out with the issue of adding pictures on here... which it usually becomes an issue adding pictures on here when the file sizes for the pictures are too big and have to be reduced in size. You can do...

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I mean I think one of the biggest parts of the equation would be the weather as well as the road conditions. If you're traveling in June vs December or January is going to make a huge difference with potential snow and ice on the ground. Trek number 2 for me had some snow and icy conditions...

I think a big part of it has to do with materials or products used on the bang cap. For instance, I believe some used a vinyl bang cap whereas others used aluminum? With the vinyl especially, or even the aluminum, and the extreme heat and moisture or humidity, the bang cap can expand or become...

Of course! Boat buying can be stressful even though it shouldn't be, it should be fun and exciting to know you're getting the boat you want, in the condition that it's supposed to be in. Lots of guys buy out of impulse, they don't do any research beforehand or they don't have a surveyor come out...

I'm no expert, that being said... Florida boats are much more susceptible to hurricanes, floods and even tornadoes. Of which the resulting damage would make me want to avoid most of them, as would heat/sun exposure and so forth. Whether that makes for a wet transom or not? For me, it's more...

I've done the trek 3 different times in I guess it would be 2 different ways. The first time was in June of 2017, I bought the boat from a yacht broker as well as went through my credit union and used a surveyor on top of that to act in my place essentially. Everything checked out on the boat...

Damn... don't know what else to say other than damn... sorry that happened and hopefully you can get compensated for their incompetence as well as find another boat. I've purchased 3 boats on the east coast and on all of them, I checked with shipping companies like UShip every time and each...

Indeed. My buddy went to WSU and I went over to visit him several times, as well as I personally went to CWU in Ellensburg for a couple of years. I played on the practice squad for their football team for two different seasons and you'd have negative temperatures with the wind chill, of which...

The only thing I "like" about the weather here is that you don't get the extremes like you do in the rest of the country. During the winter it's usually in the 30's with a little bit of snow, but definitely not 50-60" or more like other parts of the country. The winters are usually pretty tame...

There was a freakish week or so in January where it was 9 degrees in the mornings when I was going to work. Admittedly that is quite a bit colder than normal, but the average temperature in Seattle for January is only the high 30's to low 40's... oftentimes staying in the mid 30's with rain, and...

Yeah...so it's been in the high 20's to low 30's most mornings here over the last several months as well as even some of the daytime highs, oftentimes also with 10-15+ mph winds and/or rain, even a bit of snow sprinkled in there. That's going to be a hard pass from me on just taking the boat out...