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  1. usmm1234

    2007 330 express repower considering 300 Suzuki

    If you are going to run heavy. Fuel, water, ice, tackle, crew, etc. 16’s. I would start with the 4 blade 16x17’s Because I can hit the rev limiter at 35% trimmed up Wide open throttle. Please let me know how you make out. I may order a set of 17’s.
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    Added a Bow Thruster to My 330 Express

    I ran the Boat back up the waterway today to our Marina This morning With my Lady. Side current and wind blowing. Wow does this make it easy holding the boat while she gets the lines secured!
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    Added a Bow Thruster to My 330 Express

    lith ion battery and Victron Blue smart charger installed up front
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    Added a Bow Thruster to My 330 Express

    Installed a Vetus Bow Pro 761 Bow Thruster. Had the hull sides wet sanded, compounded, polished and polymer coated. painted the bottom, changed all the zincs and lower unit gear oil. Ready to head back in the water and back to North Myrtle Beach.
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    2007 330 express repower considering 300 Suzuki

    I would get the 4x16x17’s If I had it to do over. I hit the rev limiter at 6100 at Wide Open Throttle and Trimmed up 30%. I’m thinking the 17’s would raise my cruise speed to 29 to 30 mph? Although, I’m getting phenomenal fuel economy which I don’t want to loose. You don’t want to go below 16’s...
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    AC Install in 282. It Works!

    Easy fix for mounting your shelf. Cut a large round hole in the middle. Then you can reach thru the hole and hold the lock nuts with your wrench. We do that all the time, if we are not glassing the shelf in. The hole will not effect the self strength much.
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    Grady's with older F350s? Anyone repower yet?

    They are Bullet Proof. The biggest factors are fuel economy and durability. The price and warranty length are just a bonus.
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    Grady's with older F350s? Anyone repower yet?

    They discontinued the 350's a year ago. They dont have a replacement yet. They jump from 300 to 425.
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    Two Week Vacation on Our 330 Express. 3pic is Edisto SC, 2nd pic is ThunderBolt GA, 1st pic is St Augustine FL

    We’ve been hanging in Hopetown for about 25 years. We usually rent a house. Then We like to island hop each day.
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    Two Week Vacation on Our 330 Express. 3pic is Edisto SC, 2nd pic is ThunderBolt GA, 1st pic is St Augustine FL

    My parents had a 24 weekender that they cruised in. They did all the bays of the Jersey Shore.
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    Two Week Vacation on Our 330 Express. 3pic is Edisto SC, 2nd pic is ThunderBolt GA, 1st pic is St Augustine FL

    Very true, but the central coast they are far and few between. And some of those are pretty damn sketchy in bad weather on the falling tide.
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    Two Week Vacation on Our 330 Express. 3pic is Edisto SC, 2nd pic is ThunderBolt GA, 1st pic is St Augustine FL

    if I kept going. It would be the Caribbean. We plan on migrating from Bahamas to Maine
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    Two Week Vacation on Our 330 Express. 3pic is Edisto SC, 2nd pic is ThunderBolt GA, 1st pic is St Augustine FL

    yes, your right about pushing it. We are glad we did it. But we would stay longer in some of the spots. We did 2 nights at Sailfish Marina. Singer Island, City Marina St Augustine, and 3 nights at Bahia Mar Ft Lauderdale. the rest were 1 night.
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    Two Week Vacation on Our 330 Express. 3pic is Edisto SC, 2nd pic is ThunderBolt GA, 1st pic is St Augustine FL

    When it was all said and done. We will probably not be as aggressive next time, as far as distance. The lack of inlets on the FL Coast forces you to make some key decisions as far as inside or outside. We made all the right choices there weather wise,, but the Flagler Beach area, has some really...
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    Two Week Vacation on Our 330 Express. 3pic is Edisto SC, 2nd pic is ThunderBolt GA, 1st pic is St Augustine FL

    PowerTech LPS 4x16x16. I could go up to a 4x16x17. I would guess you would be 18. Out engines are identical other then the ECM program. You motors redline at 6300. Mine at 6100. PowerTech is the only prop manufacturer that has the Suzuki double reduction gears figured out. I work in the...
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    Grady White’s Use of Wood In Transoms and Stringers

    I finally heard back from my friend at Grady. This info comes direct from their archives. Grady White switched from exterior grade plywood to XL Treated plywood called Greenwood in 1997 in the transoms and 1998 in the stringers and bulkheads. Grady went to complete use of composites in 2014...
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    Questions/concerns about possibly purchasing a 228 Seafarer...

    If anyone wants to know the deal on the XL treated Plywood (Greenwood). It went into use in July 1997 in the the transoms. Sometime in 1998, Greenwood was implemented into the stringers and bulkheads. Prior to that. They used exterior grade plywood. this came directly fromGrady archives.
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    Two Week Vacation on Our 330 Express. 3pic is Edisto SC, 2nd pic is ThunderBolt GA, 1st pic is St Augustine FL

    Sounds great! We love garlic as long as both of us eat it at the same time!
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    Two Week Vacation on Our 330 Express. 3pic is Edisto SC, 2nd pic is ThunderBolt GA, 1st pic is St Augustine FL

    Yeah. I don’t know if it is the Suzuki’s that are the reason, or the PowerTech 4 blade Props? Or both? I have never met any 330 owner that gets these kind of numbers. We were thinking about trading up to a 36/37 Express. We met a guy at our marina bringing his 2016 37 from FL to Cape Cod. He had...
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    New Moderately Priced Cockpit Shade for 330 Express

    We just measured it. 7 1/2 ft x 9ft . Fits our 330:perfect. We are sitting under it right now in St Augustine FL.