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If you use an ablative paint such as water base Hydro-Coat you will get at least 2 to 3 years out of it. Being an ablative coating the paint erodes slowly while the boat is under way to expose the active agents in the paint and over the course of a couple years it wears away thus eliminating...

Campbell marine and Summers Point marine both of Summers point NJ. will refill your gallon container for $ 20.00.

I have had to cut out the moldy caulking and scrub the area with bleach before re-caulking. I installed one of the mold inhibited caulks as a replacement.

it depends on the model and year. My 272 discharges to a deck pump out fitting on the starboard walk around deck between the cabin wall and the outer hand rail . I do not have a "Y" valve to dump my holding tank overboard.

Commonly called a ditch bag. I have the following items in mine. A water proof ditch bag that floats and has long adjustable straps, 2 inflatable life jackets, 2 type 1 life jackets, a hand held VHF radio that floats, flares -12 ga. shotgun type in a sealed plastic bag, EPIRB with tether ,a...

I removed the center arms from both helm chairs by just unbolting them. There was no issue of tilting and it provided better access. I put the removed arms in a cloth bag and am keeping them under the bunk up forward

2 stroke of the older design will smoke fairly heavily at start up and while at low rpm and the motor is not up to proper operating temperature. It shows that the automatic oilier is working and protecting the motor. Keep track of your fuel to oil burning ratio. It probably should be 50 to 1...

I have the 272 with twin 200 hp HPDI"s. It runs great and is economical. With my old OX66 200's I was getting 1.1 to 1.2 mpg. With the HPDI"s I am getting 1.7 to 1.8 mpg, with about 1/2 the oil use, and 4.5 mph faster at the same 3600 rpm cruising speed. I can keep up with the 225 hp 4 strokes...

I think that there is enough room for a valise type raft to be put in front of the motors after the motors have tipped down. I know there is on the 272. Velcro o0r strap it to the vertical fiber glass just behind the rear seat. It is out of the way but easily accessible. Remove and store in the...

At 60 MPH the wind resistance will be very high. If, and I mean IF, the canvas holds together the extra wind resistance will kill the fuel economy of the tow of the tow vehicle. You may even damage the tow cars transmission with the extra strain. :hmm

My Grady dealer had the glides on the shelf. Any Grady should be able to get them for you. They are not hard to install, but you do have to remove the through seat bolts and will need 3 hands or a helper to break them loose and to finish tightening them.

My Grady dealer carried them in stock, or they can be ordered from SIM. They are easy to install and should take about 1/2 hour to do.

Get it out of the water. Even if the boat gets destroyed on land your insurance co will see that you took the proper positive actions to prevent damages and be obligated to pay to replace or repair. You will have taken the "prudent actions to mitigate damages".

Make a pattern of the good side and take it to any good glass shop. They can cut you a new piece of laminated safety glass. I did this on my old 252

Just look on ebay for boats starting with "oldest first" and you will see a lot of older wood boats for sale. I don't know how many are actually sold. The Chris Craft all mahogany boats demand the highest prices as they are rebuilt into show condition, but there are others represented.

I have a Humminbird Matrix with a shoot through the hull epoxied in transducer. It works better than my stern mounted transducer ever did. It reads well at all speeds even at wot at 40 mph and matches the readings of my Lowrence depth finder

My old boat (252 Sailfish) had twin new 175 Johnson carb motors that would not stay running when operated at docking speed. I was blown around and put up against pilings more times than I can count. I complained to the installing dealer 10 times before he corrected the issue. These motors have...

Yes, the key switches are compatible. They are simply a key activated SPST electric switch with a spring loaded detent start position. I replaced my OX66 motors without replacing my start switches

Re: HDS Sonar Issue I had 2 Lowrance sonar depth finders on my boat. The depth readings were eratic until I replaced one with a Garmin that uses a different sonar frequency. The 2 Lowrence units were interfering with each other. Check to see if there electronic interferences by shutting down...

I don't think that there is a standard bow pulpit. The old pulpit from a 252 did not fit or mate up to my 272 without modifications. The curve for the boat bow, the bolt pattern, and the anchor winch holes were not the same. You need the pulpit specs for your specific boat.