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maintenance You didn't indicate how many total hours you have. This is more important than the hours for just last year.

Towing If you tow in NC, you must have WEIGHTED PLATE if the combined weight of the truck, boat, and all stuff on board exceed 6,000 lbs. NC state patrol has picked up enforcement lately and fines are steep. They have scales they carry and can weigh you on the spot.

GPH I pay more attention to MPG. My 2004 with 225's, fully loaded for gulf stream fishing, 5 people, averages 1.2 to 1.4 statute mpg depending on sea conditions. It's 65-75 miles out at 26-30 mph cruise, troll all day at 8.5-9.0 mph, and cruise back. Usually totals 185-200 miles, 135-140...

Roster Miss Sadie Ed 2004 Marlin 2004 Yamaha T225

Raymarine is updating their C series to digital. Check out www.panbo.com/archives/2009/01/raymarin ... y_new.html - 31k -

Autopilot There's a lot of good stuff out there, but if you want the best, get a Simrad. There's a lot to do to install properly, I never regretted paying my dealer. By the way, once you use the autopilot, you'll want to use it all the time. It gets you to the fishiing grounds quicker and...

I've only heard good things about the long life of Yamaha four strokes. I have 450 hours on mine, no problems. I'm curious about the experience of others, especially with high hours.

List I had the same problem on my 30 Marlin. If everthing is where it's supposed to be from the factory, it's simply a matter of too much figerglass from the factory on one side. Grady paid to have ballast (lead) installed on the high side. This took care of it and only added about 100 lbs...