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Let me get the rest of my boat sorted and maybe. Alan Tani wants me to put infra red on it (already have radar). I'm thinking crabpots and puller and winders are my next buy. After suspension seats and a better prop. There is only so much I can spend before my wife takes the kids and leaves :)

I have a 228 which is a similar hull but decked in bow with a cuddy cabin. If you have anything but calm water nobody is gonna want to be in the bow, they'll get bounced around. I fish the Pacific ocean so I like the enclosed bow, it's safer. I'm a newbie so salt my words heavily, but if you...

Well, I'm doing something wrong because slowing down doesn't make it better, all it does is lengthen the period between bangs. Dylan and I were playing around and for some waters, faster felt less bad. Obviously, if I fall off plane then it doesn't bang but you are going crazy slow and getting...

Yeah, you have to have a solid plan for taking a whiz. I have yet to use the porta potty in my cabin but if it was rough, that's where I am going.

I appreciate your thoughtful reply. It was swells, windy.com said 5 feet at 11 seconds. I think it was less than that, the ocean laid down a bit in the afternoon (unusual). Following sea. Tabs were not fully deployed, I'm still learning those. I have had the boat try and "tip over" when I...

As a newbie who has never used an auto pilot, can anyone explain why it is great? Where I fish, there are lots of crab pots (in season which is a big chunk of the year, I think November through June) so even if I had auto pilot I'd have to be watching out so I don't get fouled. Ditto for...

You'll be jealous of this then. I can be over deep water in 10 minutes or less. The Soquel hole is 1500 feet, so is the start of the Monterey Canyon (it goes over 3000 feet but that is further out). I've heard you east coast guys have tens of miles of shallow water before it gets deep, one...

Well I haven't figured out the 228 yet then. I can't go slow enough that it is comfortable unless I fall off plane. It bangs at 20mph. I didn't see much difference between the bangs at 20 and 40, they just were faster at 40. I need to try a stern lifting prop, I'll call that prop god dude...

In the Pacific, just a little north of Santa Cruz, CA. By Davenport.

MrNewbie here, back for another question. Might be better on the Hull Truth but I've gotten better info here so trying here first. The little red coiled cord that you are supposed to clip to you is sort of a non-starter because you can't leave the helm. I've ridden in other boats and nobody...

As my kids get more comfortable in the boat (meaning we smash into the waves and it doesn't fall apart like a cheap suit), we're going faster. The ocean is never flat enough to actually open the boat all the way up, fastest I've had it has been 40mph. It beats you up, we did a 15 mile ride...

Well, great for me because I'm so new to my 228 this is only the second time I've put fish in the boat (first was a couple of days ago, we got 4 rockies). Against my better judgement, we went to the Santa Cruz harbor (July 3rd seems to be a holiday) and as expected, it was a zoo. Long line...

Blood, I'll give you beer and BBQ any time, no install needed. And I didn't mind paying those guys, part of what I was paying for was their knowledge about what to install. Vince at Johnson Hicks told me point blank that if you don't work in the electronics industry everything changes so fast...

That's a 1988 boat? Holy smokes does she look great! Nice job!!

If you are in the SF Bay Area I will happily pay you to come do that to my boat once or twice a year. I'm old and at the stage where I just want stuff done and will pay for it. It cost me $5K in labor to get my electronics installed and after I did the power outlets and the battery tender on...

Ordered, thanks! Bloodweiser, will post pics if that oil eater stuff doesn't work. It's tiny little stripes. I'm turning into Alan Tani and treating my boat like it belongs in my living room :) Going out for more fish tomorrow, the kid wants to go, how awesome is that?

I've got some gunk on my gelcoat, maybe from my boat fenders, maybe from the plastic bumper on the dock, I dunno. Suggestions on a cleaner to remove that? And suggestions on a wax product? And finally, somehow around the aft scuppers I've managed to scratch up the floorboard, or gunk them up...

I don't want to hijack this thread but it is making me want to do a similar thread about my 2020 228. I need to go out more and learn more, I can tell you I have learned so much in such a short time. I was starting from close to zero, 2 years as a ride along in a Triumph, GW is different, you...

Hi all, Just wanted to wrap this up. I got in contact with Luis at Pacific Trailer and he is a stand up dude. He was super sorry that this had happened, he took full responsibility (I think my dealer shares in that but whatever) and he sent me out replacement parts to fix it, including a 3700...