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JJF is right. They are used to create load on the motor in a test tank without throwing water all over the place. I don't know what size you would need for your motor, but I found a few on eBay that seem reasonably priced...

Yes you can see it. That tongue that sticks out on top of #6 is the steering tiller external to the motor. I have his same motor and I know exactly what he’s talking about. It’s a constant maintenance part for me. The tongue is cast steel, and rusts like crazy. If that’s corroded through and...

Seasick, from what Marki described, the arm of part number 6 in the linked schematic below has corroded and is about to snap off (Yamaha P/N 6E5-42510-25-8D, or a different one, depending on the shaft length). This is a pretty common issue for this motor. But you're right, it's very possible the...

I've got your same motor. Do you have hydraulic or mechanical steering? I don't know if the steering arms are different between the steering types. Our steering arm is a constant source of maintenance since it's cast steel and rusts. Our shop says it's not an easy job to change out, but I don't...

That's why they sold [insert item here] in packs of 3 when you needed 2 or 4 of said item... ;)

The correct tool would be a slotted spanner wrench similar to this photo.

Now you've done it, seasick! Haha. There's no such thing as an imperial liter. Liters are liters since the metric system actually makes sense. There are, however, US liquid gallons, US dry gallons, and Imperial (UK) gallons... so to make things even more confusing...

Grady changed from aluminum to plastic fuel tanks for the 208 in 1997 and kept the listed capacity at 82 gallons.

Yep, it's a 1995 model year, and that's all I could sell it as. Between 1995 and 1998 GW changed the cosmetics of the top side, but they pulled out the old molds used in 1995 to re-make my hull so it looks like a 1995, not a 1998. But, I did get some nice changes that were made to the boat...

Except... not in my case... My 1995 hull was manufactured in 1998... Granted that was a special case where the original hull was replaced under warranty so GW manufactured a new hull and gave it the original HIN of the now scrapped original hull.

That's what I use the port side livewell for... Pop a gill, throw the fish in and keep the pump running. That bleeds them out pretty well and the constant water change keeps them from sitting in a pool of blood. I was planning on going out next weekend until I saw the forecast. Yesterday the...

So that was you! My buddies up in Santa Cruz were telling me there was a dorado caught in Ft. Bragg right after I was telling them the dorado fishing down here was the best it’s ever been Awesome job!

Yep... It's the only fish I purposely try to stick in the middle and not the head so they don't flop off the gaff. Here's a video from a few years ago of our stupid antics on a dorado that fell off the gaff inside the boat.... fishing rods falling everywhere... bait net falling overboard... me...

Dorado are annoying to gaff anyway... :D

Good luck, you guys... Dana Wharf Sportfishing set a record for most dorado ever caught in 1 day at their landing today...

The end of that video states the boat was salvaged and hauled out of the water for repairs, so my guess is it didn't sink... Just speculating, but if the reason why the boat was taking on water was because it was bashing up against rocks, maybe they wanted to get away from that mess so they...

You could launch out of anywhere from Long Beach to San Diego and be within the dorado zone in 30 minutes. If you launched out of Long Beach, you'd have the added bonus of a short run to the 100 lb bluefin zone off the east end of Catalina.

There is an amazing volume of dorado out there. Sounds like the zone hasn't changed much in a week. Nice work getting a few of them to bite!

Chickens!!! I miss those things in the south part of the state. I've always thought the 208 is one of the most seaworthy 20 foot boats there is, and a long offshore run out of Ft. Bragg supports that. Great work!

They bit immediately on both baits in the water on our first drift, but one spit the hook on its second jump. Then they did not bite again for us no matter what we tried. They just would swim right up to our baits and turn away. Needed a spear gun! There were a couple spots of puddling YFT that...