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With the rear and side blocks out is there enough room to slide the tank to the rear out from under the front blocks and raise the rear of the tank up to remove?

When you get into it check the anti-siphon also if equiped. Had to change one out on my old boat cured the fuel starvation. If I loosended the filter, just crack it, it would release the anti-siphon and it would run again for a while. Get me home.

Is the bow end of the tank shimmed up?

For years I just turned my battery switch off charged before storage and charged in the spiring befor launch.

Also something to consider on engine choice is what brand has the best dealer and sevice reputatio in your area.

Fuel tank, engine and transom/hull intigrity would be high on my list. Make sure it is seaworthy and stucture is sound before you get too carried away with the accessories. That's and old girl you have there.

Picture of the switches?

I did the same thing at the end on the '23 season. Went to a smaller skiff type boat. This was my first season with the new boat and it has worked out well. Kingfish was just to much work at this point in my life and like Glaciarbaze the walkaround was becoming problematic. Man's got to know...

Guess I need to look at the dates.

Could you post more pictures of the cabin? Been a long time. Does the Pro have the quarter berth to port under the cockpit? Can you do away with the tackle storage area, I think it was to the Port side of the cabin and turn the forward area into a V berth? with a fold down bunk over? IIRC with...

Not really as the deck screws (fuel tank cover) came right out when I replaced my tank. Never tried to remove the screws in the old tank as it had failed. I replaced the the tank with new and purchased a new fuel level sensor so no issues there. Previously I had removed the screws that held in...

Silly question...Are you speking of the screws that hold the deck panel down or the screws in the aluminum tank. On my old boat the screws that fastened tank cover (deck) just went into the stringers. The screws that held the fuel level sender etc. would be another story.

Well perhaps info on where different systems have been mounted with good access etc. and first hand feedback from owners of electric vs hydraulic on a similar model would be useful to the OP.

Buy once cry once then enjoy your boat. If you like it enough to keep.

Fortress is very nice. Light and holds well.

Please keep us posted on the progress. Curious what treasures you find under the deck.

Well you do have yourself a project! Now I know what I was looking at thanks. Some creative work by the PO. I wonder if the PO redid the transom to take the extra weight of the bracket and outboards? Yes the screw holes in the tank deck cover were a weak spot in these old girls. In don't know...

Well you got started - good! Interesting, so what am I looking at? What is picture 1 of and am I looking towards the bow or stern? Perhaps It's the fuel tank compartment but you said you had removed the hatch. Picture 2 looks like what I would call the alley on the outside of the stringer...

Mine came from the factory with twin Mercruiser 470s 4 cylinders. Repowered in '07 with a single mercruiser 496, that was a great combination. Anyway that area would be different from my boat but there was no corresponding seam accross the walk arounds. No seam around the base of the cabin at...

The Pros were not common but a nice layout. That layout would have been better for my use but I could not find a good one when I purchased my '83 254 in '87. Construction wise I would think your boat is similar to the sailfish/kingfish walk arounds of that era. The cabin was shorter on the Pro's...