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I can't help but think buying twin Mercs would result in further discounts. When I 1st asked for a quote for my engines, the price was out of line compared to the best prices in Florida. I politely told the dealer that if he wanted to sell engines, he needed to be at least $5k lower to be...

In that case, go with the 225s. Save some weight over the v6 aps, and a decent chunk of $$.

Does it bug you to constantly have to sync engines manually? Does the lack of precision around the dock piss you off? Do you plan to keep the boat for more than 7 years? $6k is a lot. I think on the 4 cylinders the total difference was about $2k for twins. I would think rigging digital would be...

Download your owners manual from the Grady site. It will have the instructions for your model. Ironically it's great reading material for your house throne!

Oh I get it. They do market studies to understand where to invest for a payback. If I lived in an area where I rarely went to open water unless weather was good, I could see the appeal. Apparently enough people are all about having the perfect sized tool for the job.;)

Maybe I need to spend time "coastal exploring", but I don't get it. It's a chopped down canyon that makes it easier to fall out of and rides worse (16⁰ dead rise). All to save 2" of draft. I guess for some people 2" really matters.

Wait to see what skunk has to say or look up his posts. I'm confident you can beat 1.3. I can get 2.3 all day with any load in any conditions. Light is 2.5 and that's around 7800 lbs. You won't wear out a df200.

If propped correctly with the right pitch and prop type, it won't matter. Doing a Google search revealed there are a couple people that have put df200s on 272s. I didn't look much beyond that. If top end doesn't matter, my only other concern with the df200s is fuel burn. It likely won't be any...

Remember, it's not just one buddy on the transom, it's a buddy on the transom and at least one more at the back of boat. That tells you what should more realistically expect. Counter weight in the bow can help, but at some point a lot of bandaids can't fix everything.

If you don't mind mechanical twins, then stay with mechanical. I've had both and didn't like mechanical from the getgo. Docking and syncing engines with electronic controls is night and day better. Suzuki doesn't have 225 digitals because it is an old platform not designed for digital. The 4.0...

I had a single engine 248 without a hardtop. The hull is very similar to your 257. It weighed around 5500 lbs fully fueled, watered, etc. I towed thousands of miles over 10 years with 2 different f150s. Both were specially equipped for max towing per engine type. One was a 2.7 ecoboost, the...

I've been chasing this on my boat. It only happens when it's choppy. I suspect it is water coming back in through the rear bilge line from the boat rocking in the chop. Another member here with a newer Sailfish experienced this problem one time when navigating the great loop. Turns out that one...

Looks like you got a very well optioned boat. At 23' your boat has to be the smallest I have seen on this forum with a thruster. Consider starting a new thread with photos and details of the set-up. I as well as others will likely be curious and will have questions.

FWIW, I also ran Pennzoil from Walmart in the before mentioned ox66. It seemed to like it. With Techron Marine, the engine ran incredibly well and stayed clean like Dennis's experience with Startron and Ringfree. I bought Stabil Marine 360 2 years ago for the Zukes. It looks similar to the...

Dennis, you can run Techron Marine with confidence and ditch the ring free and startron. Techron/Chevron makes PEA, the detergent in ring free. It works and it works very well. I scoped my old ox66 before and after a season of use of Techron. Night and day difference from Startron. If you want...