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It’s your money so if the surveyor gives you an issue if you want to shadow him then send him packing. After all the things my surveyor missed on my first Grady I was all over the surveyor on my second one and he was super cool with it. Showed me things I would not have looked for and looked...

My first boat was a ‘95 268 Islander. I had twin 200 HPDIs and it was a rocket. The biggest problem I had(besides the hull and top cap separating and filling the boat to the gunwales) was that the stringers are directly under the plate covering the fuel tank. There was NO fiberglass on the...

I don’t think that is meant to be a cooler. I always put the frozen bait in there and used the fish box for anything cold on my 268.

My last boat was a ‘95 Islander and I can tell you that the glass work was pretty crappy in a lot of areas. In your second picture on the second set you posted are those the stringers? Did you take off both floor plates? They did not glass in the top of the stringers for some crazy reason and...

My 282 has the heavy clear straps with the twist locks for both e-boxes and the cabin door. My old 268 had SS for the cabin door

$4.99 for Rec fuel in Stuart Fl. I think I’m going to run regular through my Sailfish this summer if it keeps up.

I looked at a ‘98 Sailfish with F250’s on it. No problem with the insurance company but it sat low in the water at the stern. The scuppers weren’t moved up but it was quick out of the hole and fast top end. Also looked at one with Etec 300’s that did 60mph but the owner didn’t have insurance...

I had my 268 deck plate done around 7 years ago for $300 so that’s probably not a bad price. Just make sure you seal the two inspection plates very good. Also, once you have the plate off check the tops of the stringers. Mine were fiberglassed all the way up the sides about an 1/2 inch over...

Fishtales thanks for the reply with the link to pics. That is what I’m going to do.

I’m guessing vent hatch for the cabin based on my old 268. A pic would clear this up

If anyone had outriggers mounted on the hardtop could you please post a pic of them. Trying to figure out where the best place to mount them is. Thanks

That is a great idea! I had not seen that yet but it looks pretty simple to do and the bow rail stays in one piece. Original plan was to make the “U” shaped end removable since the trolling motor is only going to be on the boat when I’m going bottom fishing but that bracket keeps it out of the...

I am looking to add a Rhodan to my ‘01 282 Sailfish and was thinking of mounting it on the end of the pulpit. This means I’ve got to move the anchor and roller to come out of the bottom of the pulpit the way the ‘05 and up 282’s are. I have found the roller for the middle of the pulpit that...

Anyone installed a Rhodan on a 272/282 Sailfish? If so please post some pics

Same one

I had both Duracell and Interstate batteries and the Interstate lasted much longer. I’ll pay the extra money for the Interstates.

The further south in Fla you go the more inlets you have. From Ft Pierce to Ft Lauderdale the inlets are pretty close together.

Just so happened I needed to drop something off there. Let me know if you have any other questions

It’s an ‘01. If I can get over to the boat today I’ll snap a pic