Recent content by luckydude

I got beat up for saying the 208 is not that good of a boat for offshore. That said, Grady makes good boats. The boats can handle more than any of us want to handle. Your 208 will handle a lot but you have to pick your days. I have to pick mine in a 228. I fish with Jens who has a Canyon...

Not exactly on point, but we recently moved my 2020 hardtop to a 1999 228 and it went flawlessly. Fit like a glove, it's obvious that Grady did not change the mold in any way. I was under the impression that the 208 is just 2 feet shorter but other than that the same? Maybe because you are...

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 recommended from Johnson Hicks.

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 the engine is not in the water, it's right next to it. Yamaha makes a good engine but there is only so much they can do. Best of luck, wasn't trying to rain...

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.

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 ice and 3 people for a tuna run, I struggle to get on plane. The holeshot is not the best. I believe Grady was putting 200s on before they killed that model. I...

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 we're all good.

I have a couple of military surplus parachutes, about 5 feet across. They work way better than the sea anchor/sock things. Cheap as well, I think $25 or so. Like others have said, you have to know what you are doing to use them. That said, I'm no genius and I figured it out. Play around, I...

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 that there is a night and day difference between the 9x12 and 12x18 tabs on my 228. Might be particular to the part of the Pacific I'm in, but with the...

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 small for my boat, they did not help much. I swapped them out for 12x18 tabs and WOW, what a difference. With the smaller tabs, I was on and off my throttle on...

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 haven't found yet.

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). He has twin 300s. I'm guessing the electric motor is to hold you in place by oil rigs or something?

+1 for ring free and let them run. It sure seems to me that every boat seems happy at 4400 rpm.

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 the whole time, got one fish. In 2 years. I went crazy the opposite direction and bought new. While I'm happy with my choice, a far wiser choice would have...

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 repowering and had someone that was going to give him $5K for the old motor. 1100 hours doesn't really scare me if it was well maintained. As I recall, that...