Recent content by Ekea

my goal is to some year put more hours on the boat than the lawn tractor

i think it makes the boat look dated (this more so applies to a cc, not a walk around), and its a visual obstruction when running. even at 6 ft, when the boat is trimmed for best efficiency, it blocks more of my view than i would like and no worries, its your boat for you to have it how you...

just out of curiosity, why is a pulpit a must have? i wish my boat didnt have one and am planning to rip it off at some point in the future.

depends on how you look at it. thats a fishing only mind set. my favorite thing is actually running the boat, just feeling the waves, hearing the spray, the sound of the motors. neither is right or wrong, just different ways to look at it.

i think you have exceptionally low hours per trip. i got out 10 or 11 times this year and probably put on the same number of hours as you. we dont run off shore at all (yet), just cruise around with the family, stop at a restaurant, or anchor and play in the water.

with the engines and transom, id guess $8-12k depending on location.

OP, there seems to be a lot of confusion here with the replies. your post seemed to ask about internal bracketing that structurally joins the transom to the stringers. my 2000 chase does have them. others, GW never made a "stepped hull", however many people refer to the hulls with a running...

This is a bit overdue, but back in early October I had the Fell Marine kill switch installed. I was able to get a test run with it before putting the boat away for the season. it worked as advertised, and gave me no issues. it synched and never "accidentally" killed the engines while under...

no personal experience with SEI, but i have heard that a small percentage are junk off the bat, but most run for a long time.

i know what im going to refer to is 9 years old, but bear with me... how in the world would 150 lbs of ballast even come close to making a difference on a 37 ft boat? on my 27, the difference between a full tank and a near empty tank is about 1000 lbs. there is no way that 150 lbs would...

a mechanic should be able to drop the lower and scope the mid section

were they 316 stainless?

those were easy for me as well, didnt soak at all

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i just did this on my 2000. everything came apart very easily.