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    Red push button fuses in power box?

    Any reason you want to stay with the push button versions???? If those are for your CO2, shouldn’t they go to your fuse panel? If for your float, you typically have an in line fuse. Curious when Grady used those push button for floats Do those breakers face outward through a panel???
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    1999 seafarer 228 makeover/ flush mount for 2 nine inch screens.

    Looks good!!! I was going with your approach and planned to recess them in that groove/ lip of the lid with two GO7s. However, the GO9s were on sale and at the same price as the 7s so I had to change my plans. How hard was it to replace that top panel with the gauges? Can you share the steps...
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    NJ fishing reports

    I’ll test that out, exactly what I was looking for. West Marine in TR had their fishing stuff at 50% early last year so I stocked up on them after reading how well they work. After trying it out last summer, I realized it was not meant for what I wanted. That’s the speed I’ve been going at...
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    265 Deck Drain Replacement...

    Can’t help with your boat but if you want the SS cockpit drains, call Comstock. Their price was surprisingly good, think 2 for 103 or so. Cheaper than buying directly from the manufacturer and dealing with shipping Get in contact soon as I got lucky they had a shipment coming on and I got the...
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    265 mods

    Is that where your old one was installed? any concern with it being so close to your pickups?
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    The Official KY Smoky Keys Thread

    More days planned on the boat?
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    The Official KY Smoky Keys Thread

    Mainly caught snappers and small groupers using shrimp. Tried the gulp shrimp with no luck...
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    The Official KY Smoky Keys Thread

    Had a ton of luck using a bucktail and frozen shrimp by those bridges with my daughter. Depends on what you want to catch but it was nonstop action in a few spots... Just stay focused as any time I would take a break to unhook a fish, they would pull my line into the rocks and I’d have to get...
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    Grady Pleated Vinyl

    Sea white!
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    Grady Pleated Vinyl

    I’ll let someone with a better memory jump in, but I used the other Seaquest color. It was a perfect match for my 2000 228 but many of my cushions were stored year round in the cuddy.
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    Replacing horn on 2003 228

    I haven’t done this yet but I thought I could access the horn from the cuddy underneath. I believe there are 3 cutouts with screws. 2 are for the wipers and I thought the 3rd was for access to the horn. Maybe I’m making this up as I’m not by the boat, but I thought there was 3.
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    NJ fishing reports

    Saw lots of Birds working today in the Barnegat Bay and some fish smashing the surface but never near me even when I tried sneaking up on them. Caught another striper, first on my SP Minnows...can’t seem to catch one above 26in...Everyone has been 20-26 this year For those that use SP Minnows...
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    suicide knob / power knob for steering whel

    What’s the rationale for getting one of these knobs? Does it get in the way if you are standing in front of your seat?
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    Transducer location

    What boat do you have? Avoid pickups and trim tabs. I had my Marina install mine and I haven’t lost bottom yet
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    The Official KY Smoky Keys Thread

    Pinecrest Bakery (assume that’s the one you are referring to) is awesome. Stayed a week in Key Largo and would go there twice a day for a Cordato. Plus, their food is good also, especially their sandwiches. Also, went to the Cuban restaurant in a shopping plaza by Publix, think it’s called...
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    Repower

    Any experience or heard feedback on the FourStroke by Mercury. Keep thinking that it’s weight is ideal for older boats
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    Insurance question

    Agree with Skunkboat, Geico does not have one. Specifically asked them last year when I read a similar thread on here about their Marina kicking everyone out at a certain point in year...
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    Calk at outboard bracket/hull interface

    I used 4200 based on feedback I saw on here. Think there was a thread on the site last year with a couple of new 228 owners that were interested.
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    Leak in corner of windshield

    Any recommendations on a small tube black silicone??? I’ve been using a clear but will cut out and load up the black as the clear I used very lightly.
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    Seacock stuck

    Make sure you are pulling the seacock at the appropriate angle. When I first got my boat, I thought neither worked but it was because I was pulling up rather than the angle at which the rod was expecting. You may need to pull or push depending on it’s position