Recent content by Bates

Where are you located? I know of a F250 with controls in New Jersey that was replaced by a F300 offshore. It has 600 hours, mostly idleing while drifting. Dealer has complete hourly printout.

Thinking of replacing my Yamaha 250 with a 300 or 350? Boat is a 2007 Gulfstream and I have received good and bad about both engines. Can any present operators of either engine tell me what they think about their boats performance. One Dealer is telling me the 350 is two heavy and puts the...

I have a 2007 Gulfstream on a roller and no problem. One reason you see more rollers up north has to due with the tide change. The difference between high and low up north is much greater and the ramps are steeper. Ever try to drive a boat on a bunk trailer at low tide, really hard sometimes...

I have mine mounted to the antenna and it does fine. The clips to hold it are sold right next to the flags and work fine. I have also used tie wraps in an emergency. If you billfish you can also fly fish flags at the same time.