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    265 Express.. Time for a color change

    I have a 2000 265 express that I have owned for the last few seasons. Every year I try to modernize the boat and do upgrades here and there. Now that the boat hits 15 years old its time to paint the hull. Numerous offshore adventures wear down the hull sides over time. I have a few rouge...
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    A few from 2014

    I haven't posted in a while so I thought I would share some of my pics from last season on my 00 265 express. Looking at these make me want spring REAL bad. enjoy!!
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    "Rosstafari" a year in review

    I bought my 265 express just around this time last year and I love the boat. In the past year I have done a ton of upgrades to make it my own, so here are some pictures and an overview of my upgrades over the past year. THE LIST: 1. new 4 bank battery charger 2. 4 new deka marine group 24...
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    Black Fish

    Fun day out on fishers island sound
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    265 riggers

    I have the original lee outrigger poles that im sure came with the boat from day 1. The quality is not that great and I have decided to upgrade to the lee straight aluminum poles with the black spike. the inside diameter of the lee jr holder is 2" so im going to go with the 2''x19 poles. I...
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    Newport Boat Show

    The Newport boat show is back this weekend I think ill be heading up there this afternoon, its always fun to board new boats and see what kind of new features they come out with. If the weather holds I may take my grady!
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    HPDI OIL

    made a trip to block canyon friday night into saturday covered a a lot of ground and burned through about 190 gallons... When i got about a mile off mystic my oil alarms went off for low oil. i went through 4 gallons of oil during this trip. that seems like a lot of oil to me. i have twin 200...
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    tuna cup

    fished a small tuna tournament friday saturday out of mystic. Left friday night and went straight to the fish tails .. there were a million boats there so we trolled out into the deep. first light we trolled in the deep making our way back up into the flats. Picked up and moved to little tails...
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    BIG EYE BITE

    entered into the tri state canyon shoot out that runs out of block island and we had 3 days of outstanding fishing. Weather for monday tuesday wednesday was awesome!!! fish tails was loaded with big eyes.. we made the run to the 100 square and hit a nice white marlin, 65lb yellowfin and a 12 lb...
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    Sunday Funday

    Went out on the 265 and had a great day on the water... watched the morgan get dropped in mystic then went out for a inshore bass trip and capped it off with a nice fire work show at groton long point this evening.... On a little mini vacation.... Block Island bound tomorrow for lunch at the OAR...
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    Sharking?

    headed out tomorrow with my 265. First real offshore trip with the new boat. Anyone else making a run tomorrow? this is a little pre fishing trip for a tuna tournament in mystic ct next weekend.
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    HPDI ISSUES

    So here is the deal... I have been getting to know my new 265 express over the past few months and have been learning a lot of about these hpdi engines. So I had the engine cover off last monday because i was adjusting the idle screw due to the fact that the port engine was idling a bit lower...
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    HPDI QUESTION

    Im running a 265 with twin 200 hpdi motors and when i bring her up over 4700 the port engine starts to fall on its face... it drops back to 42-43 but the starboard pops right up to 5200. Does this sound like a typical VST filter issue? or should i be looking into the 02 sensor? At the...
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    What a night..

    Hey guys just thought I should share a story with you all so that maybe some of you can learn from my mistakes Monday night i took a ride out to block island to put the updated registration in my car out there and on my way home the fog rolled in quite heavy. Soon after that it got dark. So...
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    When will you splash your boat?

    hey guys! I'm starting to get the itch to get the boat in the water. I bought a 265 express this winter a few months ago and cant wait to get her in the water. I live up in the mystic area in Connecticut. Just wondering what everyone else's plans are this spring