Recent content by Hookup1

I agree North-up without a heading sensor will work fine for finding a wreck. The bow direction of the boat icon on the screen won’t be accurate when you crawl up to the wreck but that’s ok. It’s a great fix for a fisherman.

I always run North-Up now on my Garmin units. That will prevent chart plotter from spinning. I guess the radar too. The boat will spin though. And how do you know where North is without a compass? That encounter I had above was 30 years ago with my Egg Harbor after nighttime fireworks. Got...

The GPS can guesstimate your heading accurately by looking at your COG - course over ground. Problem is when moving slow - maybe you are fogged in somewhere and in a current - maybe trying to get thru a bridge. Your chart plotter map will spin around and be useless and dangerous. Same with...

My live well and bait tank pumps are Rule pumps. They screw into the clamshell pickup that may have a wash down pump on it now that can be re-connected to the side port. They are cartridge style pump available in 500, 700 and 1000 GPH. For a tank that size I would use the 700 or 1100 - depends...

Not clear from photo what you are really looking for. I assume it's that black plastic strip. I second Marine Glass Specialties.

Is this for topside exposed gelcoat? That FL sun will bleach it out. You are in a good area though. Ask around to find a good pro and have them do it.

It's difficult to work on the holding tank on my 268 Islander. Not familiar with your boat but given it's smaller it doesn't get easier. These rubber hoses are very hard to work with in confined spaces where most work must be done with one hand. The macerator project I did I used silicone hose...

I have a working head with holding tank on my 268 Islander. It's almost never used as a head. I line the toilet with the black 5-gallon bags that the bucket head uses and have a small disposal bucket next to the head. Primarly used for #2 by the boys. It is a little inconvenient but less...

Get the gentleman back to do the job right and fix it.

You should replace all the transom wood. The problem is the transom separates from the stringers. Everything is damaged and hard to attach to. No other drawings.

Best I can do... You are going to have to document it as you take it apart. I'm doing mine this summer. Plan is to cut out the deck around the well. Take top half of boat off.

Transom sandwich for 268 from GW. Transom separates from stringers that hold it vertical. You need to replace parts of them too.

Where in the world are you? Please update your profile. It looks really bad. But what I'm lookin for are stress cracks on the exterior of the transom. When they fail the transom rotates out with vertical stress cracks. Boat doesn't look well maintained. You are going to need more duct tape.

The water that gets into the boat will be under the fuel tanks at the dock. When you put the boat up on plane trim the nose up and the water will run to the aft compartment and be pumped out. You should be able to see it on your bilge pump dash light. Once it is dried out go fishing. At the end...

Good searches always comes down to the keywords. “Groco macerator” is a precision search that can be refined from there. I would read thru some of the posts in the 7 pages and maybe add a one or two search terms to the original search. I know I have posted a dozen plus times on this topic...