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You know Brian part of my gig is the vacation rental thing and all that real estate costs money to keep up. Crap fails even in soft times and I have long wanted a 30 footer, but priorities between kids and business dictate my boating life. She is paid off now. I own it 100% , no bank...

My 192 was a 1998 and had a Johnson Ocean Runner on it. When I went to a 4 stroke fuel injected motor my fuel economy doubled. It went from something like 1.9 miles per gallon to over 4! Or was it 3 to 6,it's been 15 years since I did that repower. Either way, it doubled and having a motor...

I have been on that boat with 250s and 300s. The 4.2 liter 300s we're noticably better. I can only imagine 900 ponies behind that boat! Congrats . My only hesitation is Yamaha's first V8 , the 350 and I think the original 300 had generation 1 issues. As long as they stand behind you, you...

One day Rob we will meet up in the Keys and have a boat drink together.

Come April I will have owned my 228 for a decade! Long gone is that new boat smell of illustrious VOCs and freaking out about the first scratch. I do miss that new boat smell though. I have caught hundreds of pounds of dolphin if not close to thousand in her. I have fished the OBX,the IBX...

Thanks! When I removing the burned up lines I noticed they were kind of flimsy as it were. When you mention trailer brake lines I was like ding ding ding. That's what the stuff reminds me of for sure.

I had a 192 and repowered with a Yamaha 4 stroke F150. Loved it. You could put that 200 on it too!

Greetings, It has been a while. Last summer I did a bonehead move wiring batteries in parallel and nearly burned my boat down. In that event I melted my trim tab hydraulic lines. I have a few questions and maybe you guys have the answer. Boat is 2008 228. Tabs factory installed. I only...

Yes, be safe. Alcohol impairs judgement and excess puts others at risk. Boating is mentally demanding in assessing risks and hazards which are dynamic. If I was living close to a big busy body of water,I might be inclined to hang out at the boat ramp between 3&5 for the pure entertainment of...

Sweet!

I have on occasion traveled almost 1,000 miles with my side curtains down and done so without incident. I also traveled with my front curtains down, but don't recommend it. One time we did this , we traveled at night down 95 though Georgia. Stayed in a hotel room and woke up the next morning...

Tom, So I had this little mishap where I wired my batteries in series to the selector switch And nearly caught my boat on fire. The battery cables got super hot and melted my hydraulic lines of the tabs. A friend of mine suggested getting compression fittings and splicing into the line...

Follow up. Ran the boat today . Motor is fine. Tracked down some other fuse issues. VHF is back on, my Alpine stereo is still MIA and my Garmin 4208 works but the GPS section is intermittent. The radar and sonar work fine. Been wanting a new MFD anyway..;-) . I just put the inboard battery in...

I have a Lumar shoot through the hull transducer mounted in my 228. It is in the same compartment as the water tank. The dealer bedded it with 5200. Mineral oil works well with them but it is not compatible with 5200 as it is a solvent to urethane. Mine is filled with RV antifreeze. Holds the...

Hi Guys: Some of your comments are darn funny. This has been one of my biggest bone headed mistakes ever. So, with that being said, the motor is fine. I blew the 100 AMP main fuse. Replaced it and all seems normal. My GPS and radar are fine. All lights and pumps work as they should. I think I...

Doc, my dad was an electronics weapons officer in the Navy, a ham radio operator for over 60 years and worked in the civilian electronics world for 30 plus years. So, yes , he actually did teach me not to do this. I made a Tesla coil for high school physics project out of some wire and a glass...

Guys, I think I know why my trim tabs were acting up. I wired battery 2 in series with battery 1. I typically run my battery 1 while boating. I was cleaning my boat after my Florida trip. I wanted to hear tunes so I decided to run my audio off battery 2 which is an AGM. I turned the switch to...

Thanks Tom!

It's the same thing mine are doing. The Amber lights are supposed to be solid . Mine are going through this cycle where one side totally lights flashes to the other side .it will do this several cycles and then the bottom amber lights will blink. Then they cycle to the top amber lights and...

Hi Guys: Took my boat to Fla to fish off of Brevard County. On day two my LED trim indicators started full blinking left then right repeatedly. Flashing is more like it going back and forth. The tabs are moving up and down and I stumbled upon how to reset it but I don't know exactly what i did...