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First off... if you look at the 1998 brochure, there's actually a picture of a 268 Islander in there with a Yamaha 250 on it with 3 people onboard. Which if they can do it, I don't see any reason why you shouldn't be able to. Second, there are other ways to get into that 350-400 hp range, which...

Definitely not a 1998 model year. 1997 and previous 228 Seafarer's don't have any cabin windows between the windshields and the pop up cabin hatch. As you mentioned, it's probably a 1995 model year instead. Or even still... I thought they made some of the older SeaV1 hulls with twins on the...

I wasn't aware of the factory ever producing a mid 1990's and later model 228 Seafarer with twins on it. That's got to be pretty stern heavy though with each Suzuki 115 having a dry weight of around 427 lbs per unit. Of which on top of that, you've got the twin batteries, a livewell and so forth...

You could try RNR Marine, I believe they're the original manufacturers of the tops from the factory when brand new. http://rnr-marine.com/gradywhite.shtml#

If you look at post #9 of the other thread, you'll see a picture of Don's boat which has a bow pulpit on it. Both your boat being 1993 as well as his year of boat as a 1999 have the same part number on both the Budge as well as Empire Covers websites, making me assume they use the same cover for...

It's kind of hard to tell from a picture that's 15-20' away, but it looks like it's a relatively decent fitting cover, especially for the price, and considering it covers both the bow pulpit as well as the transom bracket/outboard. My boat doesn't have the bow pulpit, which would allow even more...

As mentioned above, there are more than a couple of perks to having a trailer. Of which the major one would be being able to take it anywhere you need to for fishing or boating, service and/or if a hurricane or other inclement weather just so so happened to come up your way and you needed to...

I'd definitely make sure twin 16's will fit first before anything else. I have no experience with a larger boat like yours but they might not even fit. I'd recommend the Garmin Fantom X radar as it has the MotionScope feature that shows objects in color as they move towards or away from you...

Dang, that's one ugly looking fish. A little different out here, the deepest area of the Puget Sound is only about 930' deep. We have dogfish, cabezon, lingcod, rockfish and other fish that can oftentimes be down several hundred feet or more. But I've also caught dogfish quite often fishing in...

You've actually put your gear down to 3,300 feet in water depth? What are you fishing for down that deep? Also, per the Garmin website it looks like they have one 3kw transducer and that's likely because hardly anyone is going to spend almost $7k just for a transducer. Of which most people also...

Per the ad on Boat Trader, the trailer isn't included in the price, though it is available for an extra $9k, which would put the total at $109k.

A couple of things here would be that the Garmin 9019 isn't a 16" screen, it's a 19" screen and an extra 6" total of screen space added to the helm area might not workout out in terms of space. Second would be that one could add, though not that they necessarily should, a transducer for around...

I mean if you were on a bit more of a budget you could always go the less expensive route with twin Garmin 1243xsv's at $3k a piece and then get radar at around $2k or so. That would put you in the $10k range installed, instead of $20k, but it would also mean 12" displays as opposed to 16's.

I don't have any experience with boat covers, but it looks like this company has the exact same product that Budge offers and for essentially the same price. No idea if it's better or not though...? https://www.empirecovers.com/details/449-aqua-armor-boat-cover/btht-6/b1220g6

Twin 16" Garmin 8616xsv's run around $6,100 or so a piece, and radar is around $2k-$12k+ depending on which model and style you go with. Plus dealer install and depending on what else you go with... transducers, auto pilot and so forth. I'd say a very conservative estimate would be at least...

I did it just fine on my own a week or two ago with a pair of Group 24 batteries on my 228 Seafarer while the boat was still out on the buoy rocking and a rolling. The only issue I had was trying to replace one at a time and going from outside inward, yet there isn't enough room to do so. So, I...

Considering it only cost you $50 to buy, I'd do whatever you need to in order for it to work out the best for you, and especially don't worry about modifying it too much considering again, you only bought it for $50.

I think one of the biggest problems you'll face with a top like that on a walkaround boat is that, depending on where you mount it, you're likely going to smack your head on the tubing or old holders every time you step up onto the walkaround portion of the boat when walking up to the bow. If...

Another member on here had one for sale for quite sometime but has since sold it. I think even if someone did have one for sale, unless it was local to you, shipping costs would likely be quite horrendous. I'm thinking your best bet would be to look for a local shop that could fabricate one up...

That's honestly the exact same price that I paid for my boat in October of 2021 back in Maryland, of which my boat is a 2004 GW 228 Seafarer with a hardtop, Yamaha F225 that had just under 1k hours at the time of the sale, etc. Good deals are out there, people just need to be patient and/or buy...