Recent content by Ekea

prioritize things that help you to keep floating. 1 deck drain hoses (if your model has them). they can dryrot, fail and allow water into the boat 2 bilge pump 3 pick up fittings and shut off valves then i would go afte things that help you to move and steer, then everything else. where are...

i dont see why you couldnt call any dealer and have them ship to you. Taylor Marine is the closest to me and they sell things on Amazon

as a last resort, you could put in polycarbonate. you might have to work with material thickness to get it dialed in right and may have to be creative in how you hold it in place while your adhesive cures. i say this because i am getting poly carbonate stitched into a piece of canvas to have a...

best advice i can give is to call ken at prop gods. beyond that, id call grady and see what they put on the boat with that motor. im guessing you will have to drop to a 13 pitch based on your current numbers, but that seems low

congrats on some great efficiency gains!! super helpful with your absurd fuel prices. those prices would put a lot of US boaters out of the market. is that at least ethanol free?

in this context, the business end would be the stern with your new power. its a figure of speech in US english referring to the end where "all the business" is happening. with a chain saw, it would be the chain end; with a gun, it would be the end of the barrel... congrats on the new power...

my current boat is my first with a windlass. id prefer that it was a flush or hidden mount just for visibility. im not short (6'0"), but between it being on the pulpit and being a top mount, its quite prominent. id really like to ditch the pulpit and go to a hidden windlass.

just the actual tab itself? its pretty easy. well, that assumes the boat is out of the water...

who is calling the shots here? the boat ran bow up and they wanted to recalibrate the trim tabs? tabs can either do nothing or bring the bow down. what were the rpms on the first trial? was it acting like a dirty bottom or spun hubs then as well? if the engines are spinning quick and you...

ill do a second one at some point as well

you will stop noticing the "inconveniences" of the larger boat within the first few trips. however, you will appreciate the benefits of a larger boat every time you are out, especially on a KW or Bahamas trip.

Heres a friendly reminder to everyone to check the operation/condition of your bilge pump and hose. I replaced mine over the weekend (lots of bending and squeezing, but easy after doing deck drain hoses). The pump didnt work and there was a tear in the thin corrugated hose, double failure. i...

i felt the wood around the hole, it feels dry and firm/hard. transom taps well around the hole as well. i dont like the idea of leaving it the way it is to absorb more water. i also dont like the idea of trapping any moisture in there. its been out of the water since september, so if i...

I was crawling around my bilge yesterday and i noticed that on the inside of the transom, there is exposed wood where the hole was drilled for the drain plug fitting. The plug fitting is not as long as the transom is thick leaving a good bit of bare wood exposed on the inside. I didnt love...

i always though it would be fun to have a buddy boat to go out with. im not quite in your area, but hope you find one. maybe try the hull truth regional forum. lots of guys there.