Recent content by wahoo33417

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...

H: Thanks for your helpful info. Same is true on the Sailfish: With the tabs fully retracted, the downward edges extend just below the surrounding boat bottom. My boat is at dealership for engine service. Got to talking and they said they could cut the ‘wings' off the tabs and that they had...

Designed for more bow lift on take-off. For folks who keep their boats on shorter runways.

My Garmin works really well flush-mounted at the dash under the Sailfish hardtop. Also seems to give great position data to the autopilot. Like Coastboater said, try it. You can always add the GPS/heading sensor later.

Not a direct answer, but I had a friend who had a Gulfstream with an F225. I never rode on the boat. He was new to boating but it didn't take him long to realize for himself that he had bought an underpowered boat. You say its a beautiful boat. Like Mustang suggested, maybe you can make an...

I have same concerns with my 2007 Sailfish. Dealer suggested a pressure test on tank while it was in for service. I forget what psi the test brought it up to and for how long, but it seemed pretty high to me. Anyway, it 'passed'. Service manager said that if there were any questionable spots on...

You may want to take a look here: https://www.gradywhite.com/archived-brochures/ The archived Grady brochures provide pretty good specs and some limited pictures. Also, the Yamaha Performance Bulletins pages used to carry archived data for engine tests on boats that used Yamaha exclusively...