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Awesome boat, please post some pictures for the members, thanks

I’m glad you asked as I was thinking the same thing …

I realize this is a different boat but I have a 1999 228G Seafarer that is 1000lbs lighter than your Gulfstream. I have a 2012 Suzuki DF250 on it and it is a great match for that boat. I would agree that any 4 stroke 250hp outboard would be on the light side.

I don’t want to burst your bubble but it’s going to be next to impossible to find what you are looking for at or below $35,000

I had over 1000 hours on a Yamaha 2000 F100 that had carburetors, sold it a couple years ago and it’s still going strong. Look after your outboards and they will look after you

Looks awesome

Surprisingly that Voyager packed those outboards just fine, he has since replaced them with twin Yamaha F150s and still no real stern squat.

I spent a few trips on a 1999 24 Voyager with twin Honda 130 hp 4 strokes about 5 years ago and it convinced me to upgrade to a 228 Seafarer from my Campion, just an incredible platform. I agree with the crappy cabin layout in the Gulfstream but they are tanks.

I used the upholstery cleaner attachment on our Bissell Revolution carpet cleaner for the cuddy headliner. I pretreated with a 50/50 bleach water mix sprayed on first then carpet cleaner in the Bissell. A little cumbersome in the cuddy but we already had the bigger unit for house carpets etc, it...

I accessed the screws from the front where the fabric splits, in my 1999 Seafarer there is a center trim piece that I separated to find the screw heads, they are recessed into the foam and can be tricky to find them through holes in the fabric

I have a friend with a 1999 248 Voyager with twin Yamaha F150 outboards and I fished out of it on the West Coast of Vancouver Island in Nootka Sound a few years ago and was the reason I switched from a Campion to a 228G Seafarer soon afterwards they have an incredibly smooth ride. The Voyagers...

Lucky, I have had my 228 Seafarer for 2 seasons now with the DF250 Suzuki. When I bought the boat from an auction sale, the trim tab pump was removed and the hydraulic lines cut at the actuators, real classy move. So I have been running the boat without trim tabs so far, I did have them on my...

Will be great to see some pictures

Too funny, I was ocean fishing this past summer on a hot day, water like glass and I noticed a large Grady trolling past me in the opposite direction maybe 80 feet away, I asked one of the guys if that was an Express but he said Marlin, beautiful boat, I asked if he wanted to trade, he laughed...

My current top speed is about 45 mph but I need to raise my motor by about 1.5 inches, not really sure of fuel mileage as I don’t have digital gauges just old school analog. I would like to connect my Lowrance HDS 12 with NMEA 2000 to the Suzuki engine ECM network in the near future to get more...

I have been running a 2012 DF250 Suzuki on my 228 Seafarer the last 2 years and so far so good but I only have 250 hours on the engine. Pushes my Seafarer great fully loaded and lots of low end torque for a great hole shot. A lot of guides are running Suzuki now off the West Coast of Vancouver...

I believe so as I have a buddy that put a Yamaha 300hp on his 2000 228 Seafarer but you should double check with Grady staff just to be sure.

My thoughts exactly, although that 2 stroke would help with the hole shot, it would be better with a 200 hp on it.

Was it a Seastar tilting helm steering system?

Just my opinion but I wouldn’t buy any boat with a 2 stroke unless the price factored an immediate 4 stroke repower. I realise the newer 2 strokes are more efficient but you are still burning oil. All 4 strokes are environmentally friendly, quiet and just great for their smokeless performance. I...