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You want one of these You can buy them here or likely at your local hardware store. http://www2.yardiac.com/long.asp?item_i ... FQod8lGGEg I had a problem with cats using the kids sandbox as a litterbox. I told the cat that the kids dont use his litterbox as a sandbox but the cat...

I set my starting price at $1. Setting a high starting price discourages bidder participation. Someone did a study on ebay bidding behavior listing identical items but with different starting prices and reserves. The same item with no reserve and lowest starting price always had the most...

Last summer I discovered the bracket on my 228G was full to the top (ie above the water line!) with seawater. I should mention the boat is moored at my dock year around. To diagnose the cause is not hard ... you can do this yourself. 1. Drain all the water. 2. Make up a spray...

Congratulations! I second the advice to replace the nylon thru hulls ASAP. The nylon degrades from UV exposure. My 1994 228G Seafarer had 2 cracked and leaking thru hulls when I replaced them all in 2007. The replacements were stainless so should last the life of the boat. Agree that GW...

In July I sold my 1994 228G w/250HP Yamaha and no trailer on Ebay in 5 days for $18.5K. 3000+ people viewed my ad and it had about 300 "watchers". The bidding in the final minutes was a feeding frenzy. The sale price is right where I felt it should have been. The buyer was from Texas and...

try A and J Canvas - they are the current GW supplier for canvas. 2453 Streets Ferry Rd Vanceboro, NC , 28586-8350 Phone: 252-244-1509 FAX: 252-244-2508

My 1994 228G had a single pump and a Y valve to select either livewell or raw water washdown. Worked fine. I don't have the boat anymore so can't tell you what pump was used. You'll need a thru hull water pickup/strainer like this one. To do the job right it should have a seacock on it -...

I accidentally spilled hydraulic steering fluid on my fake wood trim - looked like new after I wiped it off. I suspect armor all or something similar would work equally well. Winterville Machine Works makes the OEM Grady tops - check with them www.wmwworks.com .

my 1994 228G had its gil marin bracket painted with copper bottom paint. Like you, that happened before I bought the boat. I never had any problems so kept painting it with copper paint. I had a small amount of corrosion around the drain plug but not sure I can attribute that to the copper...

Beautiful work! Questions - did you ever detemine what the point of ingress was for the water? Did you consider any of the new non-wood materials instead of the marine plywood? I wish I could get the executives at Boston Whaler to look at these pictures. I bought a new 2006 Boston...

I had the same problem on my 1994 Yamaha 250. The problem was the thermostats. There are two thermostats, one each for each cylinder bank. In my case one was stuck open and one was stuck shut. Get new thermostats and gaskets from www.boats.net. All you'll need is a 10 mm socket wrench to...

I recently replaced all the thru hulls on my 1994 228G Seafarer. A few were cracked and leaking due to UV damage. I was able to access all of them via the deck plates (as was Romex) so I would be surprised if that was not the case on your boat - just keep looking, you'll find them. I...

zippers yes, snaps no. They come with the needed snaps seperate which must be custom fit at the time of installation. Not hard to do - you'll need hole punch pliers (not sure where you can get these - mine are very old) and the pliers to set the snaps (west marine). Make sure you set them...

Thanks Scot. Immaculate paint meant brand new and no growth but I should have been clearer on the texture as that certainly matters. I plan to experiment with an ultrasonic based growth inhibitor (here is one example http://www.boatsonic.com/ ) to get out of the whole bottom paint cycle -...

Sorry my link did not work. A stainless ball joint can be found at www.mcmaster.com and part # is 59915K483 pretty sure this link will work - http://www.mcmaster.com/itm/find.ASP?ta ... =59915K483 Brian - I had to do the same thing. I removed the seacock lever by removing the...

Trim tabs - fully retracted Engine trim - balanced them by looking at prop wash in wake as well as syncing the WOT RPM and then trimmed both up until cavitation and then nudged both down slowly while watching GPS speed to eak out the last 0.1 MPH. Pretty sure I left nothing on the table...

Good to know they have fixed this. Such a small $ item that can cause big headaches. I wish that when I called GW customer service about this they had offered to send me replacements.

Thanks all for good feedback. Bottom paint - I would say it was rough, like what you would find if it was done with a heavy nap roller, so if smooth == 200 RPM then the rough may account for most of my RPM windage - all canvas was down for Hurricane Hanna. VHF antennas down, 24 ft...

I recently had to replace some of the side curtains/isinglas/canvas (what do you call that stuff!) on my 2004 330 Express. I got a quote from the local dealer for ~$1000 for the three pieces I needed. I ordered it and the next day got a call from them that they misquoted and it was really...

Within the span of 6 months I had to replace all 4 fuel senders on my 2 Gradys. In the case of my 1994 228G the magnets in the floats became unglued, and in the case of my 2004 330 Express both floats would no longer float - the hovered about mid level in the fuel. One of the floats was...