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Congrats on your 228, I really enjoy my 87 226!

I try not to push her too hard, but I have seen 42 mph at 5,000 rpm with more to spare. Had her at 46 mph once just seeing what it would do, and probably could of trimmed a bit more out out of them. Certainly a little hot rod back in the day. The fun part is how she jumps up and goes, those...

I use muffs and mix the oil directly in the tank. Here is the boat picture.

This was the longest trip I have taken in my 1987 226, we ran over 80 miles total offshore fishing for Mahi here in South Florida. Now it's one thing to say a 33 year old hull is still going strong, but how about original twin Johnson 140 loopers that sport original power heads? They still purr...

Here is the link on my issue and the blueprint Grady White emailed me. https://www.greatgrady.com/threads/front-anchor-eyelet-problem-on-226-seafarer.25959/

I'm hating to see mine sitting while the weather and conditions are so good here. Just have to hold on to the memories and hope it all goes away soon.

This is what I did on my 87 226.

Upon reading up on the subject, not much is said about carbon in the rubber being the main problem. Tests show that rubber against aluminum in a marine environment where sea water can come into contact between these two materials greatly increases crevice corrosion. I believe electrolysis has...

As stated in my restoration post, replacing my tank in my 87, what really stood out was that everywhere the rubber strips contacted the tank is where extensive corrosion occurred. The rest of the bare aluminum had a light oxidation on it with no sign of a problem. The early design of my bilge...

SirGrady226 Steve 1987 Seafarer 226 1987 twin Johnson 140's :cool:

This is the information I used when replacing my bilge hoses. Bilge Pump Hoses Bilge pump hoses typically use corrugated polyethylene with molded cuffs because it is flexible, economical and resists oil, solvents and other waste that collects in the bilge. For better flow you should choose a...

I remember this process well, it was a long road but well worth the effort. Lucky me that a forum member had good bulkheads for sale from a boat he was parting out, which saved me a lot of trouble. I picked up some small starboard trim to apply along the bottom with marine caulking behind it to...

It could be something as simple as a nick in the wire when originally pulled through, corrosion finally made it a failed connection. I replaced both front and rear bilge pump wiring harnesses in my 87 just to be safe, along with my outboard power head harnesses.

Do a search for Jupiter inlet, some videos are pretty nice, and some pretty scary. It's a bit hard to bury the nose on my Seafarer compared to an open bow.

I spent a whole weekend cleaning out the below deck areas, first by spraying a heavy stream of water, and then a 50/50 mix of bleach and water. I had the boat parked on my sloped driveway which seemed to help flush everything out the back. Now after a week of airing out, I'm getting the smell of...

After having a few of the old fittings just snap off by putting just a little tug on them, it became clear to me that this problem could overwhelm a bilge pump in the right circumstances and sink the boat. I found that the black hose that was used to connect to the fittings in my boat had held...

I changed the hoses on the live wells and bilge pumps, the floor drain hoses were very good condition and still flexible so they stayed.

This is what I used for all but two, the two bilge fittings were for 3/4" hose and all others 1" hose. The two very front floor drains have a grey PVC elbow that the through hull fitting has to screw into, so the hose nipple gets cut off down to where the threads start. The threads on these new...

Here are some pictures, they show just how cramped and small the access holes are and how nice the new thru hull fittings turned out. I hope to never have to do that job again, proper access would of made it a very straight forward job. I guess I can't complain too much though, since some brand...

I'm letting the natural wiggly things do their work first. I have everything opened up and after a couple days it's already getting better. Flies have done their job, hoping to flush it out over the weekend. Crazy stuff!