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There are lots of posts about the earlier Conquest ride in chop and heavy seas. That may not be an issue depending on what type of boating you do. To me at my age, the lack of a transom door on the Gulfstream is a deal breaker. The 255 Conquest has a tuna door. Both boats have small cabins and...

In addition to the risk of explosive gasses , the new wiring has to be carefully planned. If you want the install to be ABYC compliant, not only do the batteries have to be moved but so do the battery switch(s), accessory feeds and main breaker and the fuse/breaker for the automatic bilge pump...

The hull would have to have added a lot of weight to the starboard side to make it sit like that on the trailer assuming it is centered as it would be normally. I think that perhaps the list on the trailer and list at the dock may not be directly related. That said, my initial thought was that...

How many sea cocks are in the aft bilge? Do the seacocks have hoses attached or does one or more have a pump screwed onto the seacock? If you have any pumps crewed onto a seacock, how many hoses are attached to it, one or two? When you say there is a switch for livewell or washdown, do you mean...

A survey is highly recommended. Do you need one? If the boat turns out to be worthless and the motor is shot but you don't loose sleep over the money you spent on the boat, you probably don't need a survey:) My advice to to look at as many boats as possible to get a better idea of what 'looks'...

Did you try to remove the tank with all the cables and hoses out the way ? I guess the photo distorts the reality but it looks like the tank would fit through the hole at least as far as the width is concerned if all the lines and cables were moved out of the way

Is that a Yamaha tank or a Mercury tank?

As a follow up to my earlier comments on cupped blades, I did go aback to the reference book on props and it does state two things about cupper blades; The first is that cupped blades will increase the effective pitch by an inch or so but more importantly the reference states that cupped blades...

Can you explain exactly what you mean by 'can't tri, up more than a 1/4 without slip"? Are you experiencing ventilation , blow out, or actual slip? If slip, how do you know that? Is trim up referring to the motor or the trim tabs? Does trim up mean what I like to call trim OUT? What model...

The Fulton in my opinion is worth the higher cost assuming you are going to hold onto the trailer for a few years or more.

Based on my readings, cup doesn't really help at low speeds ( actually revs). hmmmmm I think I should look that up again. I may be incorrect....

The actual load on the winch depends on not just the total boat and gear weight but more so on the type of trailer, bunks vs rollers. As well as the typical angles that you have at your ramps. Steeper ramps means more load to pull. All that aside, if your trailer shop says your current capacity...

Ditto on the acetone. Here are a few tips I've learned over time. Scrub the rail with boat soap and rinse well with water. Make sure the rail is 100% dry before using the acetone. Clean small sections of rail with a soft rag and acetone making sure to use a clean section of the rag as the one...

There is always going to be some water in the aft and/or mid bilge. It's the nature of the style of hull. Corrosion is more of a problem in salt/brackish waters. Is part of routine maintenance to clean battery terminals. There may be better corrosion inhibitors to use. Some are made...

The corrosion causes a high resistance connection. The voltage drop on a circuit is the current times the resistance Low draw loads cause a much smaller voltage drop than higher currents. So low current demand things may seem to work fine whereas others will basically cause the voltage to drop...

which terminal?

You didn't say how old the battery is. One possible cause is a 'dead' cell in that battery. If the batteries are not a sealed type you may have low acid level. If so the battery is shot. Of course the second battery may not be charging. With the battery charger on, the voltage at the battery...

A little taller is better than too short. . You want the guide to ride above the gunnel and rub rail. That handles the case where the boat loads on an angle side to side. What you don't want is the tip of the guide to get hung up on the rub rail when you back down to refloat to straighten the hull

What is the purpose of the holes on the underside

I don't know what it is but it is a beautiful piece of workmanship, The wood is beautifully grained. Definitely custom. The holes don't look like cup holders at all, more like a place to insert a table leg or foot (short leg) . If you look closely at the right underside, you can see that the...