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So can you, or others, teach me about Seastar seals? That's what I have on my 3 year old boat. I'd like to get out in front of that, I thought that I had bought a brand new problem free answer for 5 years, I just completely rebuilt my braking system from the spindles out, new rotors, new...

I have decided that my 228 is it for me, I'm sticking with that boat. So I want to make it as pleasant as possible. Right now, I don't have the kicker tied to the main engine, so trolling I can steer with the main engine but not in a cross wind. Power steering will let me tie those two...

Idle when you get your 228, look me up. I bought a 2020 new from the factory and I've done a bunch of stuff to it to make it nicer. At one point, when the stock market was very good to me, I was looking to upgrade to a Marlin but I backed away from that because even the mighty Marlin is not...

I have Garmin, the other guy went Raymarine. I want power steering because my steering is more sluggish than I like and I have a kicker and would like to link that with the main engine so the steering wheel steers both.

I've been nudged toward Garmin because, in theory, you tell it to navigate to a waypoint and tell it to stay over water at least 50 feet deep and it will route around stuff. The guy who told me said that that only worked with all Garmin stuff. The other reason for Garmin is he has Garmin and...

My guess is you are younger and more fit than me. I'm 60 and I'm an old worn out 60. My 228 was bought new from Grady because my first boat was used crap. I spent 2 years on my hands and knees trying to make it right and it beat me. So I shelled out the big bucks for new because I just...

Hi all, been a while since I've been here, been fishing (140 pound bigeye tuna, 23 20-30 pound albacore, and a 70 pound bluefin this year. And I was a tuna virgin, so I didn't catch all of those and I was with a much more experienced buddy who put us on fish. Crazy good year!) For the most...

I've just been going through my 2020 228 and fixing stuff that I didn't know enough to get right the first time. I'm putting in Airmar thruhull B175M & B175HW transducers after looking and reading a lot. You might look at those though I dunno where you will fish, those are good for 0-1000 feet...

Thanks Ky, you are correct, I dumped water in there and it is (slowly) flowing out. Clean tank now I hope.

It's a 2020, I opened it up, it looks pretty good in there.

I've learned that I'm supposed to open up my hatches and wash the gas tank a couple of times/year. So I'm looking into that and have a question. All the way aft in the compartment with the fuel tank, there is a pipe (metal I think) that runs under the fuel tank. Curious as to what that is...

Just catching up, in my 228 the batteries are on the port side so I put my kicker on the starboard side and I'm happy with that choice.

So I have not got my boat weighed, I'll do that, but I've done a few trips with the dodge. That little 3.0L is a beast, it is fine. The 1500 is a pussy truck compared to my chevy 3500 flatbed, very different trucks. But the dodge does the job, the after market air bags lifted the rear end and...

Yeah, I can do it at the local quarry. Good idea. I'm pretty sure I'm under 7K though, I tend not to run the boat with a full tank of gas.

It's a dodge ram 1500, it has disk brakes on all 4 wheels as does the trailer. I'll be upgrading to electric over hydraulic on the trailer. The truck has a tow mode button, if that works like the same button on my duramax then it engine brakes when the tow mode is on. My personal feeling is...

I'm looking at a dodge crewcab 4wd, the towing rating is 7610 pounds. My notes below, if they are correct, say boat + trailer is about 6500 pounds. My plan is to pull the brakes and replace with tow truck rotors/pads. I live in the Santa Cruz mountains so I go from 1800 feet to sea level, I...

First, trim your engine all the way forward, if your engine is like mine, all the way forward is more than straight up and down, so the cavitation plate will work like a little trim tab. Next, use the tabs. You need to be aware of your conditions, as Magic Bill will say, you can't do both the...

I have a fairly new 228 (2020) with the F250 on it. Maybe on a lake, with a tail wind, no water in the water tank, very little gas in the tank, and one light person you could see 2.91. I've *never* seen anything like that. I've got about 2000 miles on the 250, I average 2.2 mpg. I run the...

58-59 at the surface in the Monterey bay yesterday. Warm enough for halibut.

I'm right there with you. The pacific wants the walk around, super pleasant. I think what the boat people have figured out is their market is warm water. All those party boats on the sandbar in Miami. Lots of hot girls and beer. Us on the west coast, it's rough. The walk around is perfect...