Recent content by tish

Good question, both of these boats are in the Southeast so they're in the right neck of the woods and it is Grady White themselves providing the warranty on the repair.

Not sure, I can try to find out... sounded very extensive (both sides, balsa completely mush, replaced it all) from my initial chat with seller. Yeah, I would assume there is nobody who could do the repairs better than them! I guess my initial reaction was "so the result is a 2004 hull but...

I've been Marlin hunting for about a year now and have recently come across two different 2004 Marlins which both recently had work performed by Grady White to address water intrusion to the balsa coring on the sides. The Grady repair facility apparently took off the outer skin, removed the...

That is a very good point, had not even occurred to me but you are of course correct.

Fair enough, I think most of us would prefer to get back to shore on plane if possible vs doing a 50 mile run at hull speed so was curious if this might be a hidden benefit of having 350s. I'm putting together a pro and con list for this particular boat, having 350s so far has been all con...

Looking at a Marlin with factory twin 350s being sold on consignment (2013 engines so I think maybe less troublesome than the earlier 350s?) and was wondering if anyone here with the same or comparable setup can let me know if the Marlin can get on step/up on plane with just one of those...

One note to add on the ping pong ball style scupper valve: I find mine to be surprisingly loud. If I'm out on a drift (for example mooching for salmon here in Puget Sound) and the engines are off it's just me, the wind, my thoughts, and a regular "click CLICK.... click CLICK" of the ping pong...

I use a dedicated bench power supply, mine will switch between 3,6,9,12 volts and cost about $40-$50 on Amazon. It does not push out many amps so you're not going to be bench testing a starter or something like that with it, but for most of the stuff I work on (antique vehicles mostly and...

I (US citizen in Seattle) bought a vehicle from the owner in Vancouver BC around 5 years back and I did the deal in cash, around $25k CDN. Bit of a pain to get that much CDN currency in US, needed to wait 2-3 days after contacting the bank. Then at the border you need to declare it and they need...