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Be careful pulling from cleats. Boats have been sunk by trying to free stuck anchors, pulling from the stern cleats. If the rope is nylon, and remains stuck, the rubber band effect when you back off the throttle can pull the stern under. The more line out, the more stretch in the line. You may...

Is that hard plastic, like from the cabin, or rubber? I don’t think I have that on my boat.

Fresh or salt water in the bilge? Covered for how long?

Just curious, how deep are your pots?

You have already come a long way, from what you described as 'a real mess', back in May.

It was an incomplete thought at the time, but what I was thinking was to enclose the area over the green and yellow area with a thin piece of flat starboard, or plexi. The bulkhead would be replaced as it was, with four or five holes in a vertical line on the port side, to allow rod handles to...

That was this guy. https://www.thehulltruth.com/carolinas/1172321-fisherman-fell-overboard-37-miles-nc-shore.html

https://www.google.com/search?q=grady+white+tournament+225+hardtop&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjgutaDzNLxAhW4AZ0JHV_kDnsQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1393&bih=780

You might also start some 'interesting' conversations, cranking up that foam cannon, and hosing it all off into the water.

There is a thread on here, in the past year, where someone else was looking for the same.

JCB3, I'm with you on several points: 72YO, and appreciate comfort and convenience. Love the hardtop on my 228, hate the lack of room between the seats at the helm. Same hull as a 22 Tournament, but the walkaround steals a lot of your room to maneuver. I agree that a better top adds value, and...

Norcoastal, if you have not already replaced your bulkhead, it looks like you have some room on the port side to be creative and add some longer rod storage, by creating a pocket next to the port seat, extending into the cabin.

My oversized Bimini was just something I picked up on craigslist. I already had an arch installed, which gave it a lot of support. I never put it down, except for hurricanes. One thing to Consider, if you have enclosures, or any curtains, you have to stick to the original top. I had none.

How do you stay on the back of a wave, if you are going OUT a rough inlet?

I agreed that you would have a hard time catching up with a boat that was drifting with the wind, current, swell, but you have a 50-50 chance that the boat will be vectoring at some angle into the wind, current, swell when the engine cuts off. We all know that your chances of staying with the...

Dorado?

Picture of your bow deck, anchor locker?

OP reads like he already has a plumbed live well under the helm seat. Tee off the existing through hull, or change pumps, to get a second feed for a wash down pump. Extra points if he can come up with a way to have the wash down pump momentarily switch off the livewell pump, while being used.

I have replacement trim, just have not gotten around to it yet. Looking for tips.

Turn on the freshwater system, the pump should pressurize and turn off quickly. If it continues to run, you have a leak, or a faucet open, on the pressurized side, after the pump. If it turns off quickly, just keep filling. If it doesn't over flow, the leak is between the tank and the fill.