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luckydude replied to the thread 228 Electronics and dash upgrade.I'll bet you dollars to donuts that is Miguel's work. Look up Miguel boat repair in Santa Clara. He's working on my boat, came... -
luckydude replied to the thread Buying a Grady White 222 Fisherman.Salt is hard on metal. All I was trying to say is 16 years of sitting in the salt is not going to do nice things to the engine, even if...
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luckydude replied to the thread Buying a Grady White 222 Fisherman.I'd want to know if it lived on a trailer or at a slip in the salt. The former would make me a lot happier.
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luckydude replied to the thread 2000 Adventure 208 is 150 HP enough???.200HP is what you want. I have a 250 on my 228 which is only slightly bigger. It's enough but when I'm loaded up with extra gas and...
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luckydude replied to the thread trim tabs 2000 adventure, any input?.Yes. You can see I had to use an angle grinder with a cutoff wheel to make them fit around the scupper but that was 5 minutes and...
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luckydude replied to the thread Sea Anchors.I have a couple of military surplus parachutes, about 5 feet across. They work way better than the sea anchor/sock things. Cheap as...
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Headed out for a solo day gamefishing. Hooked a nice little blue marlin but it threw the hooks soon after. The weather and dolphins...
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luckydude replied to the thread trim tabs 2000 adventure, any input?.The space on the transom should be the same, or similar, on 208 as the 228, it's the same shaped hull. Or so I think. What I _know_ is...
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luckydude replied to the thread trim tabs 2000 adventure, any input?.I have a 2020 228, so similar but slightly larger hull. Stock, it came with 9x12, I read the Bennett website and those are WAY too...
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luckydude replied to the thread Advise before pulling trigger on 1990s 226s.I'm not adding anything that hasn't been said, but 100% #1. No question. Given the problems in #2, I'd expect there are more you...
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luckydude replied to the thread Trolling motor on 271 Canyon.I fish on a 271 frequently and we have no problem trolling for salmon or halibut or bluefin with the main engines (usually 1 at a time)...
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luckydude replied to the thread Outboard RPM Speed.+1 for ring free and let them run. It sure seems to me that every boat seems happy at 4400 rpm.
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luckydude replied to the thread 1990 Grady White 232 Gulfstream.I echo the money pit comment. I sort of went this route with my 1st boat, an older Triumph. Had that boat for 2 years, fought with it...
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luckydude replied to the thread First Grady White.I've not owned the 200hp Yamaha. I have the 250. I know a six pack captain here on the west coast who had 7000 hours on his 250, was...
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luckydude replied to the thread First Grady White.https://www.boattrader.com/boat/2020-grady-white-215-freedom-9092256/
