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FWIW: A friend of mine worked at the Evinrude test facility here in Stuart, FL for many years, overlapping your 2012 engines. They would run engines at or near max rpm for days (maybe weeks?) at a time, leaving them running on a bracket in the water when they went home at night, to rack up...

Wished the interior of my Sailfish gleamed that well. GLWS.

enfish: Thanks for that sensible explanation. Tx, Rob

Tony Stewart (561-253-4007). I have used him about twenty times. Has always taken good care of my boat. He is based in South FL, but I know he goes up the entire east coast. Rob

This will be an opinion that goes against the science. I replaced my 8' Shakespeare with a 4' Digital Antenna (4.5 dB Gain) and could tell no loss of communication strength. My boat gets trailed long distances every year and I got to see it on the highway once. I was surprised at how much that...

If you're not locked in to you're starting point, there are many professional boat haulers who will take you to more protected waters to begin such an adventure. And they will do it on your schedule. From there, just plot out marinas with nearby hotels. Or, we have Uber and Lyft now. I did the...

Years ago, our dealer loaned us his parent's 232 for a few weeks while we were waiting on our delayed, new 258. So I go to reasonably well compare the two boats. In my opinion, the 258, with it's longer water line length and narrower beam went into a head sea slightly better than the heavier...

Ekea: Good observation, but no, that is dealership trailer. They haul boat from ramp two blocks away. This is trailer they had it on to put it back in the water the morning I picked up boat. I'm wondering if they trimmed the top of the bunk end to either test the completed work or to lower the...

Just picked up my Sailfish from dealer yesterday with downward edges trimmed nearly off tabs. Ran boat on calm ICW and noticed no difference in tab performance. This is best photo I got. You can see that there is still a slight down-turned edge on the side of the tab. But it is small enough to...

Doc: From my small glimpse, you’re a good man. Glad that you’ll hang around and share your knowledge.

Doc: Sorry to hear you're retiring from boating and hope you have new interests to look forward to. You gave me valuable information when I passed by your home waters while doing the Great Loop. Thank you. I hope you continue to stay involved in this forum. Tx, Rob

Although it seems that you're on the likely path, I'll ask anyway. Is there a seacock on the scoop and is it kept closed when not in use? Nice boat, by the way. We enjoyed ours. Even took it to Bimini a couple of times - in our (much) younger days!

Nice boat ;)

Thanks for brining us along. Gives me some confidence if/when my 2007 gets there. What is 'petrified plywood'? Tx, Rob

You're not alone. I've done it also. Except I called the dealership from the boat ramp, who walked me through all the 'obvious' stuff. I blamed my father for bumping the shift lever when I wasn't looking. It couldn't possibly have been me! :rolleyes: But we both knew it was. I read this post...