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    Its been a while.

    WOW! I like the new forum layout! I havent been here in quite a while. I sold my Trophy Pro 259 a little less than 2 years ago and the itch to get another boat has been hard to ignore. I loved my old boat and had sunk alot of money into it re-powering, updating, and upgrading it. I didnt get...
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    My boat.

    1988 GW Trophy Pro with 2004 Yamaha 200hp HPDIs It started out 3 years (and lots of $$$) ago like this. New almost everything and fixing what was kept.
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    Teak swim platform

    I really want to install a teak swim platform on the boat this year. I was wondering if you guys can show some pictures of your boats platform if it has one. I would really like one on each side of the bracket but I will settle for one for now. Im looking for a heavy duty one that can hold some...
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    has anyone added a swim platform?

    I have a boat with a bracket, I have seen them on bracket boats but dont know how much trouble it would be to install one. I think I would put one on each side cause i like the way that looks and they would definatly be the teak ones! Any helpful tips? Measurements? Are all platforms a somewhat...
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    Repower or sell?

    Im in a pickel. The Yamaha 200s on my boat now are not worth rebuilding the engines run fine but the lower units are junk. I talked to a zuke dealer today and he told me that he could get my boat repowered with 2-175 zuke 4S rigged and everything for at the very most $30,000 but most likely...
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    Counter-rotating engines.

    I have twins on my boat, pretty sure the stbd one is the c/r. I have to go look again. My question is...has anyone ever herd that the c/r engine always gives the most trouble? My dad has been doing lots of long neglicted matainance on them and has noticed that the port engine (which always runs...
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    Another way to look at the weather!

    We all know that NOAA's weather forecast is usually wrong. Well the mate on my tugboat is a surfing fend and he told me about two of the websites he uses to look at wave hight direction and what the swell is doing. I though I would share them with you guys. http://www.wetsand.com...
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    Cabin Lights

    Does anyone know what size/type of bulb goes in the swivel lights in the cabin of a 1988 Trophy Pro?? Len are you still up here? What do you use?
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    outrigger ring guides

    nope cant find them anywhere...you guys know what im looking for the black plastic ring with the screw in it. They have them but i need an 1 3/16 or 1 1/4 cant find em...any body have some or know where i cant get some???
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    Didnt catch it on my GW...

    But on my tug in the James River at DTA coal peir. 40' on 12lb test with a small black and white bucktail.