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It seems perhaps with the new motors top speed would increase. However, YOUR motor which is the same displacement as MY motor will not push your boat to 48. In a way it is meaningless to discuss a new motor on the same boat when one does not own the new bigger motor is it not? I would love to...

parthery is right. There is no way the 228 will do 48 on the water, unless maybe you are in the bay of fundy on an outgoing tide with a 20 knot wind to your back, then maybe it would. I switched to a 4 blade prop and I turn 15.5 inch x 17 pitch wheel. I dont know jack about how to calculate...

Thanks Guys. Dave maybe we could meet in person when I am over your way in a few weeks.

I need some help from you guys. I am a Florida boy through and through and while I have fished out of Charleston a couple of times and my brother use to live in Wilmington a decade and half ago, I am not familiar with fishing off the grand strand as it were. So, I am going there at the end of...

I vote switch as well. The nav lights - port and starboard are wired together. The mast light is wired separate from them. Since you have power to the mast light in the anchor position it tells me no bulb or bulbs are blown and it says you have energy going from the switch to the light. In the...

Went and checked out the boat today. Turns out the Battery 1 leads were all loose. It looked to be a big brass nut or brass colored at least and I turned a wrench on it and tightened it up. No more freaky voltage jumps and what not. I inspected all the major connections on the boat and made...

I am using AGM batteries from West Marine (dekka), group 27. Battery 1 is new because I killed it over the winter when I left the switch in the on position and it got really cold this year like -5 F here in the Smoky Mountains. Battery 2 is 2 years old. It could be a shorted cell. I am going...

Thanks Guys! Will do that.

Hey Yall: Last week we had some friends out on the boat and doing some water sports. I went to trim the motor down and the entire thing - everything including the motor shut off. I switched the battery to battery 2 and everything was fine. I put a meter on the batteries when the motor was both...

Some key specifications are left out of your original post like the size of the boat ( Pursuit), the horse power of the motor and how big or small you guys are. Grady made dual consoles from 18 feet on up. We had their 19 foot model, a 192 and it was powered with aF 150 Yamaha. We used it from...

Lets say you get rid of the boat and buy a Key West. How long do you plan on owning it? If it is less than 10 years then perhaps getting a 94 or newer 192 is something to consider over a newer Key West. I had a 192 and that boat was great. If I had to make a choice between the two boats I vote...

Perhaps there is something blocking the ports? I have been in water where I had to idle and picked up some fillamentus algae and got this alarm. Come to think of it my 2008 F250 had this issue and it would warn over heat at low rpm. It was a faulty sensor.

Wahoo, you live in one of the best places to fish. I wish I had only to go 5 miles to catch dolphin (lol). All y ouu south Florida guys have it made. You can almost pee in the ocean from the beach and hit the gulf stream. Lol.

Sounds about right. I get those numbers. I had 4 on the boat yesterday and 4300 rpm we we crushing around 28. I turn a 4 blade prop with my 259000.

My dad always had the Rude on the stern of his boats. I grew up liking the brand and my brother's 190 had a Rude on her. My initial response to the look was wow, they hung an AlienWare gaming computer on the stern and attached a prop to it! (lol). I like my Yammy's look and then I like the new...

Congrats on the new Marlin. I want a Marlin. Maybe one day I will get a Marlin.

I dont know about anyone else, but I am going fishing with JSea. I typically fish between 25 and 50 off of Florida's east central coast. I carry an EPIRB along with a handheld VHF waterproof radio in a ditch bag with other visual aids for rescue. I also have a handheld gps unit as well. I can...

I have a 250 as well. I would think the boat should go a bit faster. I will share this. I hung a 4 blade prop on my motor and it really helped her get on a plane and out of the hole. It adds some stern lift. My fuel economy went up some but my top end dropped by about 1 mph. The prop is key...

I read this entire thread and something odd strikes me. If the exhaust is dry and flushing has zero effect on the exhaust side corrosion, then why would running in saltwater or freshwater make a difference? Sure the engine burn fuel using good ole fresh salt air of the sea. So is this the...

I have been following this saga of aslerp. I am sorry you are going through this. The pics of the gunwale are hard to make out what cracked? Is awlgrip stuff cracked or is the gunwale cracked under the coating. I have no substantive advice here. I am wondering though how hard your stern hit...