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Well finally found some time to get to the boat today. Lowered the engine in the water turned the key and started right up. I think I have it fixed for now or until the next issue. Only item to figure out is the garmin had a hard time finding the bottom. I had to clean the summer slime of the...

Nice boat congrats and enjoy.

If I had to repower my Seafarer tomorrow it would be with an Etec G2. No scheduled maintenance for five years, winterize the boat if you have to in less than 10 minutes. Just the cost savings for me would be worth it in the long run. Plus my Yamaha f225 has to have an expensive mid section...

I have been talking to a Yamaha dealer that I trust, he suggest that I do this over the winter and it isn't a matter of if it fails but when. While mine doesn't look all that bad I would rather do it while it hopefully is still only the exhaust and not creeping into the power head. 2k is better...

Just going to replace the exhaust over this winter and be done with it.

My f225 is starting to show signs of the corrosion issue, I am going to have it repaired since the engine only has 975 hours. I will not repower with Yamaha because of this issue. Why would you give a company more of your hard earned money when they ignore an obvious design flaw in their engines...

I dropped my lower unit last spring and took a pic, what does everyone think?

I hope so as well. The negative cable that connects the two batteries is brand new. The other one was short and had oxidation on both sides. Figured just as easy to buy an already made cable from West Marine than chopping it and putting new connectors on. I also took the positive and negative...

Yes always turn the battery switch to off when not in use. Multi meter said 12.7 and 12.8 volts on batteries. Off the switch there are what looks like switches or small power supply's one was Loose. I push the connection back in and did that with the other two and it started. Has to be a loose...

Re: F 225 Dry Exhaust Corrosion Issue/ repower If I were you I would look around and see if there is something other than Yamaha to repower with. Why feed the machine that cost you 50k?

Wow, what a day to be on Long Island Sound, less than 1 foot waves sun minimal wind. Only problem is when I get to my boat and turn the key all the engine does is click. Replaced all the terminal connections to the batteries and nada. Kind of stumped at this point, getting ready to haul the...

It is a dual mini just like in the pic. Looks like Defender.com has it for the same price. I can pick it up as they are close to me.

I found several issues. I found where the battery cables and main power cable are attached to the transom was loose. I cleaned all connectors and tightened down real good. Took battery switch off and cleaned all of those connections. Also reinstalled the cables to the 40amp circuit break from...

Was out Saturday all day, ran the engine on idle allot but also moved from place to place. I noticed after a few hours when I adjusted the throttle from idle to about 3500 RPM and tried to trim the engine the engine would start to cut out. So I didn't so that anymore, we were fishing thirty...

I was able to fix it myself, the ribbon connector for all the buttons was disconnected. Once I put that in it worked. I did go to the Raymarine forum and actually called, got zero response on the forum and when I called they basically told me they can't fix it, won't find parts, look on ebay for...

Need to replace my horn on my Grady. I have the twin horn model and don't know how old it is but just died this season. Currently using an air horn but would like to have the ease of the horn button instead of reaching for the air horn. Any suggestions? Thanks.

The SL72 soft keys work but the range, gain and tracking pad etc. do not. Did a system reset to no avail and now since I can't adjust the range or gain the display is so small I can't see it. I know it is old but for what I use the boat for it still work well, I don't want to and/or can't afford...

I will check it closer and take pics next time I am at the boat.

The axles are starting to rust some and it seems a little short for the boat. But I only row it about 5 miles from the house to the marina.

I am looking to upgrade my trailer for my 226, have tide water dual axle now but it is getting old. Haven't really looked at much but was maybe looking for suggestions. Thanks.