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its not a road i have gone down, but i have heard that some will have insurance issues. 700 hp seems like a lot of power for that boat

im using hard, not ablative. i prefer the look of no bottom paint, so i am trying to minimize contrast

wow, thats crazy

id argue that that little of a difference isnt worth the effort or money

thats fine. my boat lives on a trailer. more than anything, i want to pretty it up since the current paint is splotchy and i dont want to pay to restore it to gelcoat and definitely dont have time to do that myself. i want it to look as close to not bottom painted as possible

ah, ok. i didnt know the engine mount brackets were aluminum.

is that size required?!?!?!

would a 316 ss cap be better than aluminum? why doesnt anyone do that?

if your boat really is perfect for what you do, than anything different would not be perfect, right? or did you realize that your current boat is in fact, not perfect?

ill be painting the bottom soon and want something that is as close to color matched to the GW gelcoat color as possible. it would need to be a hard paint (not ablative). has anyone used something that looks pretty close?

so, with the boat on the trailer, you measured a total weight (boat and trailer) of over 8400 with fuel, water, gear, and misc crap?

this is actually what i suspect as well, but have no concrete evidence to support it. my transom also has large aluminum brackets that bolt to the stringers. not sure if that was on the shorter running surface boats as well. some day i will roll mine across the scales

id be interested in the details as well. the advertised dry weight includes no fuel, no engines, no personal stuff that accumulates over the years...

its a similar illogical pattern for the Chase line as well. Grady didnt have an answer when i called except for possibly more standard features.

this has been talked about a few times here. there is some doubt in the applicability of the weights listed for comparing apples to apples boats. There are models in the early 2000s with similiar weight changs with no major re-designs. could they have just laid heavier glass? maybe. could...

in for the discussion

as said, the aluminum tanks seem to have a 20-25 year life expectancy. i ended up buying a tank and doing the work myself

looks new

i have the 263 which is the same hull as the 273, both of which are narrower than the 275 if i recall correctly. i have 2006 3.3L F250s on mine. it does sit low in the stern. the scuppers are partially submerged when at the dock. that being said, it runs great btw, my sig pic doesnt really...

im not sure what exactly you are asking. if you are familiar with SKR, you know what it would do on the boat....