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I do OK, still have a lot to learn. I'm still in my first decade of boating. I think you are approaching boating in a really solid way and you are going to be fine. The lists are good, the mental approach is good, confidence based on knowledge and experience is good, cockiness is no good on...

A buddy of mine has a Canyon 271 with Yamaha 300s. Been very reliable. But he's adding a 37 foot invincible to his stable and has been learning about Mercury engines. He's impressed with them, likes them better than the Yamahas (which he likes, don't get me wrong). If I were repowering I'd...

I had Garmin radar on my 228's hardtop and it sucked. I never trusted it, it didn't 17 whalers. When I had the top replaced with a pilot house, Charlie Hicks put about a 6 inch pedestal up there for the radar. And tipped it forward a little. HUGE HUGE difference, sees everything. I can't...

It's right there in my signature. 2020.

I have a swim platform. So I think I'm good.

I kinda doubt he bought a 32 foot boat as his first boat, seems like a lot. But maybe he'll chime in.

I think you'd be fine at 250, as someone else said, if you go 300 and the boat says 280 then you can run into insurance problems. I believe my 250hp Yamaha is around 561 pounds so any Merc will be lighter. If you don't care about insurance, I'm all for a 300.

I don't have a list for coming home, it's put down antennas, walk around and make sure engines are up, straps on, everything tucked away. At home I wash the brakes first, then do 15 minutes of flush on both engines, then wash the outside of the boat and the trailer. Then I clean fish and I'm...

Since halibut are biting, here's LIST.halibut. I have lists for albacore, BFT, fishing on Jens' boat, fishing on Peter's boat, etc. $ cat LIST.halibut Tackle Go back to the big spreaders [TODO] Try 1.25 feet of line to weight [TODO] Bounce manually [TODO] Before working the list...

4 stroke all the way. As for the rebuild, I'd ask a lot of questions. In fact, here is what I do when I buy something off craigslist. I ask the seller if I decide in 24 hours it is not for me, can I return it and get my money back. Assuming I haven't put a bunch of hours on it or damaged it...

One of my 3.5 year tires came apart on me. So I'm looking for new tires. A buddy said goodyear endurance - those are $190 each, seems spendy but is that the best answer? The trailer is 2 3500 pound axles so I'll do E rating.

Ask grady where the center of gravity is for your boat, I've been told you want that over the middle axle but I'm sure someone who knows for sure will speak up.

So I have a newish 228, 2020 bought from Grady. Are the transom issues something I need to worry about? I have an excellent fiberglass guy so if there is something I need to do, please tell me. Thanks in advance.

I'm no expert but I regularly ride on a Canyon 271 that has twin 300s. That's a smaller, lighter boat than a Marlin. I have to wonder if a Marlin with 250s is under powered. Any Marlin people want to chime in?

I can't speak for OP but I would not want less than 250hp, that's what I have and on tuna runs, 3 dudes, ice, extra gas, the hole shot is more like a hole pebble. It struggles to get on plane. It does it, but you can feel it struggling. A buddy of mine has a Canyon 271 but is upgrading to an...

And if you extend the backbone up to the radio box like I did, don't be fooled into buying a "backbone cable". Those are beefy cables but it turns out for a short extension, under 20 feet or so, a normal cable works just fine. I am guessing that the beefy backbone cables are for big boats like...

In my buddies' 1999 228, there is a clam shell behind the helm in the cabin. I have the same thing in my 2020 228. Mine has part of the NMEA 2K backbone there, I ran an extension up into my radio box as well.

I donated, no brochure needed. Thanks for the great forum!

I'm impressed and I've done some framing. How did you lift the roof up?

Some of those prices are insane: $1,300 for a $500 prop, $260 for a pair of trim tabs I can get for $160 from West Marine or Hodges. Some of the prices are fine but buyer beware.