Recent content by Beyond A Wake

2019 335 Freedom with Bennett trim tabs. Starboard lower cylinder integrated link part cracked and believe the tab end also shows a crack. I rarely if ever use them so either it could be an age related crack or sun baked (for first year or two then always indoor stored. Real question is how to...

I had a problem with only one side moving intermittently and other one normal. So it got racked right away. Solution ended up being a break inside one of the Deutsch connectors to ECU. I only found it out after by passing wires seeking for a missing connection. It was not in the wire but inside...

What fish tales say. If you are at the bottom of the rack and have access to power, then be aware that all above you will not only drip but when they are put in or taken out the forklifts rusty forks will drip on you as well. I am on bottom in enclosed rack building (cat5) and it is annoying...

Ended up using 3M VHB tape. I just reattached the lose part of the decal, not removing anything just cleaning the surfaces and setting the tape. So far so good. Thx for all good info. H

My Grady-White decal at the side of the boat started to come loose. So far it is only the "e" letter on the stbd side that is off the hull surface. I've been thinking of 4200 or similar vs double sticky tape as thin as it gets. It appears like the decal has a "double sticky" surface to begin...

I have also used them for siphoning out motorcycle tanks but I have always had the benefit of the bottom of the tank being significantly higher up than the receiving vessel. One word of caution with all of these methods is to make sure you can stop the flow. Lift top of hose up from tank but...

Another possibility is the Sand Anchor Spike which you put down in sand / zilch etc above water line and then beat down with the weight on it. Like this https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71wKwPN-t6L._SL1500_.jpg It is easy to stow but it is not a real anchor so its only use is to be set on...

Dont assume anything is magnetic in the tank (or on the boat) . They tend to be aluminum or stainless but not iron. Only if you have a proper inspection hole can you see maybe with a scope or so and using pinchers fish something out. Of course a partially fidled tank is hard to penetrate with...

Thanks, have seen them at our marina doing some installation way back, when I already had one on the boat. I would have to cut open the forward deck as there only is a small round 6"? access right now. That's the least appealing part on top of cutting the holes in the hull. Using a normal frame...

my 335 Freedom does not have a thruster from factory. I find the joystick operation with triples is not satisfactory for docking and thus Considering installing a thruster but I see challenges in access for an installation. I suppose a new hatch would have to be opened/made up front to be able...

It is a very stable design compared with a deeper and sharper V like I had on my previous boat. GW is a great heavy steady boat.

And which one is less costly to make??????A sharp angle cuts through ex meat while a dull knife not so much. Water like jello. You are all making too much out of it, just enjoy boating as long as it is not "too" uncomfortable in 4 footers...................at moderate speeds. Or get a long...

Mine was never connected. The one in my cabin. I pulled out the switch panel and could see that the wires were not connected. The one at the helm stopped working, was a little harder to get to but removed the A/C vent and got to it that way and replaced with a newer version but still forgot to...

After Radio Shack disappeared all small electronic components got harder to pick out while browsing around. But yes that is possible to do and it certainly is less costly.

try to check by attaching a fish line to back end and pull forward and attach somewhere further up front and see how it follows the bottom, or shows air in between boat and line if there is a concave area. Easier said than done I'm sure but if yes then that can affect the direction water leaving...