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if your state grows corn your going to have ethanol in your gas role of thumb that said I’m in NYC and there is almost no place marine or land that sells pure gas with 0 ethanol

Might be this https://www.perko.com/catalog/cabinet_hardware/503/swivel_eye_hasp/ everything on this boat is perko or Atwood I think

The swivel hasp for my live well at the transom has rusted off. I have a seafarer 228. All the hasps I find are too large. Does anyone know what was used on these boats. The lid has a 1”lip and there is not much space below without movnf the rod holder rack which I don’t want to do...

Try a blind pop rivet

Sorry to ask this a couple of years after the post but does anyone have a photo of how this is installed ?. I have a 1987 and there are no gas struts and I’d like to install them for all hatches

USUPERINK 2 Pack Compatible for Brother HSe-231 HSe231 HS-231 HS231 Black on White Heat Shrink Tube Label Tape use in PT-D210 PT-D400 PT-E300 PT-E500 PT-P750WVP Printer (0.46''x 4.92ft,11.7mm x 1.5m) https://a.co/d/8WPBVUW They They claim to be water, solvent, UV resistant

The Amazon link lists a bunch of brother models it works on. the label maker I use was not listed but it works ! I assume any brother with a TZE type cartridge I have a brother p-touch bluetooth I will spray with some WD-40 and report on solvent issue durability testing for tze cartiefes...

This is encouraging!

This is a great suggestion. Presently I have 2/0. I’m upgrading all 16-ga wire to 14 and all 12-ha to 10 as they use the same blue/yellow connectors

The electrician (Union automotive and general electrician for the city of NY that can basically do anything)wants all the wire pulled from the boat and will re-wire it all. The other Grady 226 he did had two barrels of wire including the original Johnson OMC harness and a Mercury engine...

Sounds like this mystery is solved! i will leave it alone and perhaps put a minimum sized blue sea fuse box there

A friend of mine who is an electrician offered to rewire (for free) my 1987 seafarer 228 Grady with a 2012 Yamaha F225 XCA. I plan to take him up on it! Its Free! he says he will rip out all the old wiring and just rewire, probably one long days work. The boat is a 1987 and the wiring is...

I found this odd corroded ... what appears to be a junction box in the port side in the cab of my 1987 seafarer 228 what would you replace it with. I am planning on a full rewire soon. I'm not sure why there is a fuse on both the positive and negative on this. according to the original...

would everyone here recommend staying with 40A? I see mine just cracked off it's mounting position and would like to replace today! (P.S. the 185 circuit breaker has been replaced by the 285) is this it or should I go to 50...

I will set up a backwash and hopefully won't have to worry about it. I have a strainer on the wash down already I probably clean it a couple times a decade. I think the instructions "Install a thru-hull pickup tube with a filter grate to prevent debris from entering the seacock and the pump."...