Recent content by luckydude

What sort of fishing do you do? I looked at a 208 and it is fine for fishing 2 people. It is not fine for crabbing, the deck space is way too small (I'm sure someone will say they can do it but I find my 228 can feel cramped for crabbing). I can, and have, had 4 people rock fishing out of my...

Can't speak to a 226, never been on one. I've had following seas on my 228 many times. It can push you around a little but it's sort of like a car on snow/ice, once you have experienced it, it's fine. I'd trim the engine back and back off the trim tabs if you are in short period steep waves...

It breaks my heart to hear you say you are too old for this. I'm on the west coast, Santa Cruz mountains. I'm old as well, maybe not as old, I still hope to have 10-20 years of fishing in me if my prostrate doesn't get me. I will take you out if you come here. I'm the guy that put a pilot...

My enclosure has nothing to do with it, I had the same problems with the hard top. Very hard to stay on plane at under 20mph.

I went out and measured, tip of blade to tip of blade looks like 15.5 inches. I can't find the pitch. I'll see if Ken kept a record. On the other questions, I have to go check. My issue is coming home in chop. My choices are smoother ride with crap MPG because I'm a displacement hull or...

Yeah, I have whatever Ken from prop gods sold me, I didn't really notice much of a difference. The sharrow reviews show a pretty big difference, let me go look. OK, it's better MPG but not slower planing speed: Bummer, I'd love a slower speed on plane. Lots of times in the California...

I know they are expensive but I was watching a review and the boat got on plane at substantially lower RPM. I need to go look again, but if it could get, and keep, my boat on plane at 18mph instead of 21mph, I'd love that.

You'll laugh but I'm getting old. Get in excavator with a chain, chain around battery handle, hooked to poorly welded chain hook on bucket, lift it out. Now if only my aging body worked like things work when I work the excavator joy stick :cool:

I posted about this in October 2024. I'd give you the link but I can't figure out how to do that. Boomer problems. Anyhoo, the stuff I use is called Deckadence, you can see it here: https://marineflooring.net/gallery/ (and yes, that loads slowly). My 228 is the 10th picture there (but it...

I looked at one of the WorldCat boats when I was looking around. It got horrible mpg, less than 1 mpg. I'd sea trial before plunking down the money. My friend has a Canyon 271 that averages 1.6 mpg (he has his stuff in knots and nautical miles so that may be 1.6 nautical miles to the gallon...

I'm not so sure. It looks like those sockets don't get very big. I'd wander around your boat and figure out what sizes you need. Another thing, I found for the kicker I needed a 1/4 drive shallow and deep set. The 3/8 sockets were too big to fit in the recessed holes that hold the lower...

I don't think it will sell well, they want $167K for much less of a boat than the 228. I paid $130K out the door with a pacific trailer in 2020.

I don't know about rudder gains, what is that?

I put a reactor 40 in my 228. I have mixed feelings about it. When it works, it is *awesome*, one of the best upgrades I've done. OK, so the downsides. Don't get shadow drive unless you have power steering. Shadow drive shuts off the auto pilot when it thinks you are steering. I don't have...

I started a thread about dry bags and part of that was tools. So far, I have a gearwrench socket set, a Milwaukee screw driver with a ton of bits. a med size adjustable wrench. I think I need to up my wrench size so it can do the prop nut, or add a channel locks. Need to add a bunch of tie...