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Greetings : Hope everyone is safe and healthy. In a couple of weeks I am going to buy a new Garmin chart plotter. I have a 4208 that I damaged with my battery screw up two seasons ago. I have a 24xhd2 radome. The current sounder is GDS22 digital 50/200 khz sounder with airmar 1kw through the...

I don't have specific data for my boat . This is from memory. F250, 4.2 liter ...flat water best economy is about 3.2 miles per gallon . I have yamaha square smart gauges. I don't recall gallons per hour numbers.

I would buy a new antenna. They are reasonably priced as it is. The cracks could be just stress cracks. I don't know. Have not seen it. If they are just stress cracks fixing them with a gel coat repair and maybe epoxy isbtgd way to go. If the transom is wet or rotted , that's an entire...

Y'all know it's carbon monoxide which you want to detect in a cabin right? Carbon dioxide you exhale in every breath and your motors produce carbon monoxide which can build up in enclosed spaces and actually kill you. Then again based on some teenagers in the news lately we are going to die...

I called Grady when I repowered. Actually, KY visited my house noticed my motor was mounted on the top hole position by the installing dealer. I could never get it to reach more than 5400 RPM. KY noted to me his 3.3 liter 225 was in the 3rd hole. So, I researched it. When Grady installs the...

Hey Lt, I gained about 100 RPM on the top end. I also noticed slightly better midrange RPM and less drag. My motor keel is mostly out of the water when trimmed all the way up. Grady says hole 2 so it's what we did.

True, but if you're in the water and you see a boat or ship and you have a water proof handheld , you can hail them on 16. You're a tiny target in the big sea. The other thing is this. If you lose total power and your upright and in the boat, a handheld VHF radio again is better than no radio...

It's my understanding there are no requirements for boats over 20 feet to have floatation. I have been on 2 Contenders abd neither had foam. I am glad Grady does and it's partly why I own one. I think next spring I am going to upgrade my PFDs to type one. I only get a handful of days to...

I don't know how many of you followed the missing boat out of Port Canaveral and the plight of the two firemen. It was a 2001 24 Robalo and the USCG said it had no flotation. So, for those of us with boats 20 feet and over Grady claims basic flotation. One of the reasons I bought a Grady...

Grady gives the length of the mould as it were. They use the 22 foot hull in different configurations. They at one time 4 different boats with the 22 foot hull. LOA is 22 feet, 2 inches. Then slap on a pulpit and bracket with the walk-around config and you have the Seafarer 228. Change that...

Yeah, I know that guy you mentioned that did that from the 3.3 to 4.2. if you can swing it, go digital. Yamaha seems to have hit and misses on their big block motors. The 300 4.2 liter powerhead is proven to be a hit. The low end and midrange torque of the 4.2 is nice and honestly I like...

That's too bad. Good thing you did ignite the fuel with fireworks, an acetylene torch, or something like that. It's good that you caught it and no physical harm to you or your crew.

Man, this kind of stinks. Boat is in the water on the lake. I was hoping for a turn around in the same day. I was also hoping not to pull the gas tank panel ...one can hope.

Congrats! Sweet boat.

Greetings, When fueling my boat the past few times I would get a hint of gas smell. I had several discussions with KY Grady about it and when I was in Florida I pulled all the inspection ports for the gas tank and bilge . The gas tank is pristine. Zero corrosion , no signs of fuel leaking and...

Ok, you could go the natural route here and do these things. You could release chickens, red headed woodpeckers or starlings, Swift's or Weaver birds into your cabin. You could go with frogs, geckos or spiders or bring in the big guns of ardvarks, echidnas or anteaters. You might want to...

I dont enough about JB weld. I have used it once trying to fix a cracked radiator seem a long time ago. It was marginally successful. Is the corrosion. In the water jacket into the combustion. Chamber ? I would think the JB weld could tolerate say water temps and the moderate pressure there ...

You could always sea trial the boat and see if it has the power you think it should have.

I know my 228 is no Marlin. With that said, when I tow it long distances I rarely tow it with more than 1/4 tank of gas. I do my best to run it down as much as possible. My tank is 125 gallons. If I had a Marlin I would do the same. It's just less weight to haul and stop. The electric...