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Do you have trim tabs? I ask because my 205 came without them and these hulls do not perform unless you have them.

Man that is not good. Not sure if I am sold on these style cleats to begin with.

Probably the result of someone sitting on the end. It is the aluminum scissor mechanism you mentioned I am concerned about.

I am talking about sitting on the end with the seat extended in the down position.

Does anyone have any idea on how much weight one of these seat ends can hold when fully extended? I am talking about sitting on the very end, I had to tell someone who started to sit down there not to do it but it is not designed to support that much weight.

This works for me. I stand on the platform, grab the bow cleats and pull myself putting one foot on the winch post step.

My 2011 205 Freedom has wood in the transom.

Thanks for all the advice. One thing I did notice if I moved it forward it would lower the bow. The V support location and decrease in deadrise would require that to be adjusted also. It is already difficult enough to drain water from the bilge. Anyway taking the easy path and leaving it as is.

Mine is also for a 20-22'. By looking at your setup from the best I can tell, your boat is sitting a little forward of mine. Anyway I pretty well made up my mind to just cut the boards. It tows and launches fine and my rear truck tires stay dry.

Come to think of it though, by having the long tongue and the boat sitting further back it keeps my truck higher on the ramp. My previous boat sometimes you had to just about put your rear tires in the water.

I guess I will just leave well enough alone and cut the boards. This thing tows and launchs flawlessly, I picked it up this spring in the mountains of North Carolina and drove to the Gulf Coast with no problem. Thanks for the advice.

I am in the process of installing trim tabs on my 205 Freedom. The boards on my trailer extend out about 15 inches from the transom. I was just about ready to cut them off even but now I am thinking if I should move the boat forward some before doing this. Now this is where I need help. Is the...

Does the white plastic tool work for the "Lift the Dot" snaps? I may purchase the other one for the few button snaps I have.

I just have the full front and two side curtains, no aft. Where I have a problem is installing the side curtains, should I zipper them first or snap them in place first. They are quite tight and are easier to zipper first but the snaps are harder to get to.

Hello looking for someone who knows the correct sequence for installing the front and side curtains on a bimini top enclosure. I have installed in my yard but see it might be very difficult while in the water.

It is a 205 Freedom. All the water is drained, removed all the deck access covers and the bilge is dry now. Just prefer to have it dry when not in use and put up in storage.

Man I was thinking my new Grady sure is watertight when I would remove the plug and no water would drain out. The other day I removed the deck access covers and noticed quite a bit of water in the bilge at amidships but none towards the stern. OK I did a big DUH, seeing the variable deadrise...

Thanks to you all, I will try that. It probably wouldn't be a bad idea to pop the access plates and inspect to fuel tank connections anyway.

This spring I bought a new to me 2011 205 Freedom. The first time I used it the fuel gauge was reading full, ran guessing around 40 miles and and it never moved. Good thing the tank was full because when I refueled it seemed about the right burn. I have the square Yamaha Command Link gauge and...

No help now but in the future, remove the cushions and store in a safe place.