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Stripers are really wet boats. The SV2 226 is about as dry a ride as you can expect from a 22' boat. I never use canvas and find that the shape of bow, cabin, and windshield direct most spray over the top of my Bimini when I have things trimmed right. I'm really impressed by that design...

There is too much of a tendency to trim the bow down in a short chop with the smaller Gradys. They are just going to get you wet in a short 2-3 ft chop. We see that all the time in the GOM. Slow down to 20-22 mph. If you go faster with a following sea, you'll launch from short 3 ft waves...

I have so much crap coming up into my electronics box that I needed to use a Dremel to enlarge the hole when I installed a Furuno autopilot along with a Simrad Evo 3 and totalscan transducer. It really wasn't hard to do. Everything is protected from the elements, so you can make the hole as...

If only you could have seen that ramp back in the day! I remember shoveling snow to get down to it and having my friend bust an axle when we pulled the boat over the broken end of the ramp. We had to change the axle on the spot since no tow truck service would go down there. That was when...

Ethanol gas can suffer from phase separation and lower the octane to a point of damaging your engine. It only takes about 4 teaspoons of water per gallon of E10 to cause phase separation at 60 degrees. The saturation point is temperature-dependent, so if the temperature drops, separation can...

They must have improved the ramp since I lived out there. There was a dropoff of a couple of feet when the water was low in winter and early spring. There was no way that a boat the size of yours could have gotten in and out. Donner is a beautiful lake for sure. I always had trouble getting...

If it is like my old Raymarine system, there should be a clear hose that runs between the helm and the pump. You turn the bleed screw on the pump that lets fluid flow through the clear hose. After you loosen the bleed screw you turn it so that the flat spot faces the starboard side of the...

Well I may know the answer but wondering if Grady pole holders can handle Scotty electric downriggers with 15 lb balls on gimble mounts? The answer is no. I'll sell you one if you don't believe me. :)

Summertop511 covered the difference between the 226 and 228 perfectly.

I fished with a guide out of Alder Bay on Vancouver Island who put a pilothouse on an old 20' overnighter. It was unrecognizable as a Grady. It kept us dry, which was impressive for that hull.

This is the noise: Harmonic Balancer Whine

They have done numerous balancer updates. I replaced one on a 2004 F150 in 2009. Each update seems to have been a little better than the previous one. They generally don't grenade on you prior to getting the whine. Since you have twins, if I were you I'd wait and see if you get the whine in...

I use the same setup as Ky Grady. An FX-7 with 15' of chain and a dedicated wreck anchor. I've lost a few over the years. But sure to send in the warranted on the Fentress or they won't replace it. I sent just a broken shaft back to them once and got a new anchor. Whining on the part of...

I once got 18.5 mpg on 395 towing a boat with a truck camper loaded as well. Of course, we had a 50 mph tailwind. It took both of us to close the door on the truck after stopping for a pee break. I sure miss that scenery!

A stuck open poppet valve can cause that. As long as the boat isn't moving there is enough back pressure to force the water out the exhaust relief port. As seasick said, you should get an overheat condition if you continue idling for a long time. If you run the boat at speed the overheat...

Maybe I used to be a genius, but not anymore. o_O ;) I still use Humminbird PC for waypoint and track management even though I now have Simrad and Raymarine units. It's a little clunky, but pretty simple to use and anybody can download it for free. You have the option to load Garmin or...

Your Humminbird stores waypoints, routes, and tracks in the industry-standard Lingua Franca .gpx format, which can be read by a Garmin. However, when you export your Humminbird data onto an SD card, it puts the information into a folder called "Matrix" and changes the filename suffix. To get the...

Here's another picture. I took a grinder and removed maybe 1/8 inch off of the top inside of the jack plate so that it does not come into contact with the bang plate. With aluminum, that was very easy to do.

Here are a couple of pictures of my Honda with the jack plate installed. They don't show very much but you can see that the plate doesn't take up much space. I improved the fuel economy at least 10% by adjusting the engine hight correctly. You need to use a jack underneath the skeg in order...