Recent content by Bruinjay

Thank you! I’ll look into Budge. Got any pics? Anyone else have suggestions w pics? Again the boat is kept in the water

Does anyone know of a company who sells a quality product that fits well off the shelf?

Greetings- Im the proud owner of a new-to-me 2021 Seafarer, purchased from a gentleman in NJ who kept her in pristine condition. Had a blast on our maiden voyage out to Catalina Island yesterday. Boat handles chop very well for its size when properly trimmed. 2-3 ft short head sea motor...

Visually Isolated staining/corrosion to engine starboard side. Any suggested cleaning method(s) or grease to arrest the problem? Should I do anything to it at all? Motor is a 2021 Yamaha300 4.2 V6. Thanks!

Thanks fellas. I ended up setting it with an ever so slight rear downward angle as well. Found it super easy to adjust in the water with a Phillips and wrench…no sunken tools yet…lol

Thanks WS…I’m new to all this so don’t have all the answers yet, but after some dock diving and transducer adjusting seems ok now.

Thanks everyone for your input here. I ended up downloading the newest version of the Garman software. I then went into sonar and figured out it is the GT 56 UHD that’s reading incorrectly. My airmar through hole, 1875HW is reading perfectly. Now I have to get in the water and experiment with...

Hi Gan… I believe my transducer pitch may be off as it’s reading 85 feet in a 13 foot slip. For those of you who are currently running this transducer, do you have it oriented dead flat with the bottom of the boat, or with some pitch to it? If the latter, approximately how many degrees do you...

Thanks Seasick. The transducer angle is parallel with the water, and is clear of marine growth….I’ll head down to the boat in a bit to check things out. TY!

Hi Gang- while idling out of the Marina, my Garmin MFD sounded an alarm about not being able to read depth with my GT56 transom mounted transducer, which is currently my default… in contrast the thru hull Airmar HW175 produced the crisp images. I ran the boat for about an hour with no GT56...

Any thoughts on utilizing a dustless media blaster, versus chemical stripper plus sandpaper? I located on mobile media blaster that uses crushed glass at low psi…

I love that last comment! I am a big believer in hiring professionals to do good work. I might end up doing that after all. My plan is to start with anti-fouling stripper in a small area to see just how tough this is to get off and take it from there. I just know few people if any, would put as...

I am located in Southern California. So plan to run it 365. She’ll be slipped rest of summer for sure. Thanks all for the tips! I’ll try to remove the ablative stuff myself then take it someplace for epoxy barrier coat + fresh ablative paint

I really don’t, but worry about water intrusion when the boat is slipped…based on the images, you think I can safely run it? How long would you expect she can sit wet without risk?

Greetings folks. I just purchased a two year-old Grady white with Pettit HRT ablative bottom paint. The boat does not have an epoxy barrier coats, which I would like to apply in order to provide maximum protection. I have considered media blasting, but worried that that might be too aggressive...