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Lee, My hat's off to you for fixing up that ailing wing window. Repairing things one component at a time is what keeps these old gems from becoming a junkpile. I am like you in that if there is an item on the boat it needs to work. That wing window is a great feature and I am impressed that...

The way I dealt with that problem when I had a boat that wanted to run off the trailer, was to mount a small boat cleat near the winch on the winch stand. I used one of my dock lines from the boat and made it up on the small cleat with a couple of quick turns. I would slack the winch and the...

Next time in shallow water like that , rig a crown pendant using soft line and a small float like a crab pot float. Then if it gets caught you can get it back.... usually. Hind sight is great ain't it.;)

You should have a range of calibration available in the "settings" section of you MFD.

That looks as though there was a hell of an explosion!:eek::)

I own an older Power Winch. My model # is T2400. Back then there were two models the T2400 and the T4000. Those numbers indicate their max single line pull. As most things they change them over the years, I guess because that made too much sense and the numbers didn't look impressive enough...

Bill, There is not much traffic here on the Gulfstream Grady Group. If you would post your question in the "General Discussion" forum I'll bet you get lots of suggestions.

Some guys I have known that ran for tuna for multiple days offshore in recreational boats used chill plates in their fish boxes to keep from losing their ice. Not sure but I think it is a bit costly to just keep the beer cold but if you are catching fish to sell then you must keep things...

Every Shurflo pump I have had on a saltwater boat has developed external corrosion but continued to perform well. My present boat has only 2....and as you can see, are getting corroded but working fine. You can see on the first picture, they are from 2004. I can't figure why yours would puke so...

Lieutenant, You and I think alike. I have been using Marvel Mystery Oil since the '60s. It's the best. I don't know why it isn't more widely marketed. It is good for so many things. It is good in a crankcase, in a fuel tank, great penetrating oil, a very good general purpose lube to put in...

L. T. Welcome aboard. Thanks a bunch for that part number. It's always good to bypass irresponsible companies that think it is OK to gouge their customers. Beckson has always made good products but in my opinion their exorbitant replacement parts prices are inappropriate. I used your same...

Get a "fake-a-lake".... https://www.amazon.com/fake-lake/s?k=fake+a+lake

Thanks for that Dennis. Maybe the old-school way I have done things for the last 40 years might be a good tradition to maintain. It does seem that the more "automatic" things we have taking care of important functions for us, the more we tend to get lax in our attention to the components...

Thanks Skunkboat and Ky Grady. I will get that charge wire and study up on where it goes.

I still am doing the switching from "Batt 1" to "Batt 2" to keep them both charged as you have been. I recently repowered with a 4.2 liter 4stroke Yamaha, so if it has that auxiliary charge wire hid out somewhere, then I should be able to route that through a breaker to #2 on the Boston switch...

When you wrote "The scuppers are now below waterline" , does that mean that earlier in your ownership they were not underwater, or have you just bought the boat and find that that is the way it rests? Of course when the boat was originally rigged with an approved engine the scuppers would not...

Marine tex...

I guess I can't quite grasp the orientation of that tab on the boat by that picture. When you figure out what it is causing it. I would be interest to know.

To continue with Fishtales thought.....You say there is always a minimum of 3 feet of water but if you are slipped and the boat is near piling or other structure, could there be an obstruction such as a bolt or a piece of timber protruding into the path of the hull as it rides up and down on the...

Do you have your boat dry stacked? Kinda looks like forklift damage if that's what has been handling your boat.