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I'm thinking of a model year......... Look up archived brochures for Grady White ( for your year). It may list options

If you say you have already bleed the system and did it correctly(:)) I would then disable the autopilot and see if the skipping (slipping) still occurs. You can also try turning the wheel with the boat at the dock to see if it slips. The slipping can be an air pocket or leaky dirty check...

As mentioned by Hookup, go to Home Depot or the like. It helps to bring the fitting or better yet the old o-ring. If you have twin motors, take the o-ring from the second motor to size the new one if the old one is lost. While there, pick up a small tube of plumbers grease. It helps to apply a...

What flush plug? If you mean the fresh water flush connection for the outboard, the connector is garden hose size, nothing special

The seats for the adventure are somewhat narrow and can be a challenge to find options that fit in normal position and also are able to rotate 180 around as the original seats can. In your case, new seat cushions may help but you would have to have them custom made. The original cushions are no...

Fir dual axel trailers, 5% is the appropriate starting point. I agree that your current placement of the boat is too far forward. It is common for the aft end of the hull to sit past the ends of the bunks. You bunks are sitting past the transom. The bunks should not run under trim tabs if...

Trimming an engine up changes the direction of the thrust and points it downward relative to the hull bottom. In theory that causes the stern of the boat to lift up. So in theory changing the trim angle of an outboard will cause the hull to tilt. In reality the force of the thrust has less...

The three holes on the lower edge of the gunnel is where the screw that holds the bolster in place is screwed in. Normally the screw is inserted into one of the grommets in the bottom area of the bolster into the gunnel. It seems that the bolsters may have been reinstalled a few times, hence the...

The old style 'saddle' mount blades are more difficult to find especially OEM Anchor. Saddle mount is the type that attaches to the arm using a thin bolt and nylock little nut. If you current blade is a hook style or a pin style, you have a lot of options. but note that automobile replacement...

Seakeeper has announced kits for filling in trim tab pockets on some boats. I believe a few Grady model are available or will be soon.. The kits include molded filler parts to enclose the trim pocket. That's kind of cool and make the refit a lot simpler. I found this link...

Seakeeper Ride is the trim tab like product.

Gyroscopic stabilizer, very expensive option and expensive to maintain.

Looks like a starboard helm to me.

If you don't have any blisters after 34 years of service, you don't really need a barrier coat. If you do have blisters, you have to fix them before the barrier coat. It can be a involved job. So, assume no blisters. I recommend a primer coat and then anti-fouling coat. Select the primer and...

The tests I have read concentrated on lower speed applications and displacement hulls. For recreational planing hulls, I haven't seem a lot of documented tests. When I see pictures of outboards raised up and propped with sharrows what comes to mind in the back of my head is 'steal me!'