Recent content by Fowl Hooked

Another vote for the big yellow ditch bag, also kept in the cabin.

When I did the same repower in 2015 I kept the original props from the 225s and used them, believe they're 15-1/4x19s. WOT stayed right at 6K, no change in top end speed (my 250s had the same final gearing as the 225s they replaced) but hole shot was better, particularly when loaded heavy as...

When you say 'cracked up' are you speaking of the boat/hull or the cabin headliner? Lot of solid hulls but keeping that cabin headliner intact for any boat that endures cold winters is challenging.

No advice on thru-hulls, both of my transducers are transom mounts. I looked into upgrading to a 4-battery arrangement, I've seen it done on 265s so they will fit (not sure about the 2-stroke arrangement and what you lose to oil tanks) but ultimately decided against the extra cost, weight, and...

I did a similar project a few years ago, there's nothing involved that you can't do yourself. Best advice I'd have at this point is to spend a lot of time thinking through the layout to include routing for both power and data. Are you replacing existing equipment or adding new? Mine was an...

I've heard rumors of $115K for my 2005, which was supposedly one of the reasons for the relatively short run of the model, price point was very similar to a 282 but the Sailfish brought a bigger cabin and a mid-berth.

Several pairs of Maui Jim Peahi in different lens colors. They provide great sun and wind protection, are very comfortable to wear all day long and with the sides wrapping down behind my ears I've never had a pair slip off my face regardless of how sweaty I was or what I was doing. My old...

Not specifically but I run the EV-150 on my 265 and have been happy with it. I don't recall exactly but I thought there was also some correlation between pump size and the piston throw length on the engine ram? It's been a few years since I did my upgrade but it seems like that's what I used...

Thanks, enjoyed doing most of these upgrades. I'm really happy with the dual MFDs but making that first cut to enlarge the dash opening was something I sat and pondered for quite a while. I've got pretty decent records of what I did and where I sourced things so let me know if you'd like...

It's tough for me to say anything against surge brakes, they're on the vast majority of trailers and have been for a long time, they're mechanically straight forward and reliable if, as with all things, they're maintained. For me it was just personal choice, I'd not had any issues with my surge...

Some photos of where things are today. Have made a lot of upgrades over the years, many you can see here and more that are hidden, happy to share details of anything in particular that you might be interested in. Storage for long rods. Full electronics upgrade with new MFDs, wi-fi radar...

Skelly, I'll try to repost or DM you pics of those upgrades sometime this week. Looks like they came from a smugmug page that we had years ago and have since abandoned.

Lot of options already listed but if your charger is already hard-wired to the AC panel as mine is and you want to keep it that way, you are limited to using the shore power connection as mentioned. However, you can still use a regular extension cord if you want, just need to get an adapter to...

I have a similar list issue when in the slip, have never quite figured it out but I've found that my 265 is fairly sensitive to shifts in weight, just try having someone move from one side to the other while you're running and watch how she leans. If you've got the 2-strokes I'm assuming you've...

Same boat and I had the same problem a couple years back. In my case, the motor was fine and it was actually the helm switch that had gone bad, replaced that and everything was good to go.