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So if you have seen my recent post, I tried trolling mode and it was not so much. Way too fast. As someone said, troll in the opposite direction to see if wind/current was part of the problem. I did that, turned around, no joy, same problem. I don't like the wind sock, smaller prop options...

MrIdiot here, back with another question. I tried to troll with my yamaha in troll mode (at least it said it was in troll mode). I managed to drop down to 600rpm but my GPS speed was 3+ mph and I believe it. With a 12 pound ball my line was not horizontal but it was way too close. With 300...

Pacific has stepped up, they were all over it, they were very sorry this happend. They are sending me a new post and they are sending a heavier duty winch, no charge, keep the other one as a backup. They seem like a stand up company. I know a lot of people hated on them, I have to see, but...

I don't think this is on Grady-White, it's on Pacific and my dealer. My dealer, so far as I know, picked out the trailer. What I know for sure is they did not catch the problem initially and then when I brought the boat in for a different problem they pointed out I had bent the post but they...

Yeah, I can do all that. Color me really grumpy because I went with Grady White because they told they were the best, the HQ is not happy until I'm happy. What would make me happy is if I spent all this money and had no problems. It's complete BS that you buy $7000 trailer and it doesn't...

So your roller is on arms that lift it above the metal tube that the winch sits on. The arms create a space for the cable to go the eye and the arms lift the roller up so it goes above the eye, where it belongs. Pacific has an inferior design where the roller is on the end of the tube, so if...

I'd call them back. I just talked to Luis and he is shipping me new parts. I asked if he could send me a heavier duty winch, he is and he said keep the smaller one as a spare, not worth it to send it back. I'm also reasonably sure I can copy what I've seen on other trailers, get some 1/2"...

I go by MrIdiot because I'm new and making all the mistakes there are to make. I'm not convinced that a 7K trailer is safe. I got alarmingly close to 6K for boat, hard top, curtains, 772 pounds of gas and water, electronics, downriggers, gear, etc. I think that trailer is about 1200 pounds...

Does anyone know what a 228 (2020 if that matters) with hard top, curtains, wet 250hp Yamaha, gas+water (I know that part is 772 pounds) weighs? I'm starting to wonder if I'm cutting it too close on a 7K trailer.

I just got off the phone with my dealer and color me unimpressed. They said the following: The winch strap can be angled down because that keeps the boat from bouncing. Horizontal won't do that. OK, I can see that. They are ordering me a new lower post and another ubolt. I asked about...

Yeah, I'm not a structural engineer but even with the brace they put in (which I'd argue makes it a little stronger than the one in your pic) there is no way I am going to slam on the brakes and not have 6000 pounds of boat in my flatbed. If I were building it, I would make two posts in an...

Bunks.

Indeed. Hauling around a boat that cost as much as a pimped out Tesla makes me nervous. But I'm getting better. Having a trailer that isn't a steaming pile of you know what would help. I can see that I'll need to be bringing a kid along to help with docking but I'm gonna try and do it with...

I know the deeper into the water trick and I do that. I had it cranked up tight but not tight enough, I pulled it up the ramp and there was a gap. I was trying to make my dealer happy and not do the stomp on the brakes thing, cranked it out of the water and it slide to where it is. Noice...

Well, I tried. Let me remind you, I'm Mr Idiot (in oh so many ways). I get on the water, first time with the new electronics, and I can't figure out how to turn the transducers on. Get on the radio, ask around, some smug types told me not to worry about it, just go home. Very welcoming...

Take a peek at this: http://www.mcvoy.com/lm/boat/.slide-2020-06-14-12.03.24.jpg That's my brand new Pacific trailer. As you can see the post that holds the bow is all messed up. It wasn't originally like that, it was more forward with the 2 ubolts spread out. It moved back today when I...

Took the boat out of Santa Cruz today, the fenders worked fine. Someone said you don't need the ball under the bow. Yeah, _you_ don't need the ball under the bow, but Mr Idiot here (that would be me) definitely needs the ball under the bow. Ask me how I know :) The size seemed fine but I...

Thanks, I didn't know if they were leather or vinyl. Now I do. Cheers.

I need to post more pics, there are a few at http://mcvoy.com/lm/boat but this youtube video is exactly like my boat except for theirs is 300hp, I have 250hp, and I have different electronics:

Hi, Mr Idiot here (that would be me) was using a drill mounted brush to clean some crud off the transom and of course I cut into the seat cushion. Not all the way through, just sort of grooved it. Is there any way to patch that? I searched here and was surprised not to find anything. Help an...