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I painted my boat hull, aluminum tower, hardtop and console bubble three years ago with AwlGrip AwlCraft 2000. They recommend their wash and sealer. This has worked out well. Good as the day I did it. Wax is bad-it clogs pores and yellows. The sealer doesn’t react that way. Are these “magic”...

Get in West Marines Captains Club and wait for 5x points week. 20% discount. Garmin units are not discounted so West deal is best around.

I own a self storage facility and cars are stored off island over the winter (flooding). All the fancy cars draw power from the battery all the time. If these cars go dead it's nearly impossible to get into them to access the battery. Ferrari has a power/battery charger connector near the rear...

L Turns out the yellow is actually continuously providing power and the red only has power with the battery switch on. Correct. I have another boat that the radio is setup like a car. You have to turn ignition switch to acc or run to turn the radio on. Only took me a 1/2 day to figure that on out!

The rod holder parts front and back are flipped for rod tip/butt but are identical dimensions. The mounting part will be different front and back and slightly different from the 268 because of the window. I would make up a cardboard template first, copy to wood or plastic template and router off...

The blue wire is a remote turn on - raise your car antenna, power your external amp on. The yellow wire is power to the unit but the unit isn't really turned on. It's always on so it powers memory circuits too. The red ignition wire turns the unit on and uses power from the yellow wire to run...

Below is a thread I created on replacing fuel tanks on a 1997 Islander 268. It pretty much explains everything you need to know. The forward tank is 134 gallon main tank. The aft tank is the aux tank which is 72 gallons in my boat. You need to get the length of the sending unit. It's located...

Attached are photos of 268 Islander folding rod racks. Photographed over a grid so you can get rough measurements to build a set.

This is for a different stereo but they all use the same color codes. When you make the connection do it on the radio harness side (not the boat harness side). If you do decide to replace the stereo unit at some point save the radio side harness and use it to adapt to the new stereo harness...

How bad is the original wire from the shore power connection? If it were mine I would leave shore power and isolator where they are (install new ones?) and maybe pull a new feed to inside panel. It's a lot of work to move it and for me it wouldn't have a payback. My outlets are handy for...

I’m by sure what you really want to know what trailer weight capacity you need. I have a 8200 Sea Lion dual axel trailer. Tires upgraded to “E” rated for 2,860 lbs each x 4 = 11,460 lbs. With all my stuff and the boat I’m sure I am close to the trailer rating. I’ll try to check when I’m back.

The full running surface was increase flotation and support the weight of the new 4-stroke engines. I think it was just sloppy on GW part and they didn't update the specs as the hull changed. I have not weighed mine on the trailer but I may this year. I have so much stuff on the boat it's hard...

I'm using a ProMariner ProSportHD 20. They offer higher amperage models too for charging the trolling motor batteries. Distributed-On-Demand™ Technology: 100% of all available charging amps are utilized by distributing unused charging amps to any one or combination of all batteries as needed...

I have 4 batteries but they are all separate (none paralleled). My 3-bank charger takes care of each engine and the house battery. A separate charger services a battery in a forward compartment for the bow thruster, windlass and stereo amp. I have charging shunts on both engines to charge the...

The weight weight quoted for the 1997 268 Islander Euro transom was 4,660 lbs. The 270 with a full length running surface would be a little heavier. None of the brochure weights make sense to me. As the HP increased the weight didn't change. When extra length and full running surface was added...

I like the interlocking foam squares to protect the deck.

I did fuel tanks on a 268 Islander. Different boat but similar problems. The process is documented here. Bulkhead removed and replaced. Step had to be cut to lift tank out. 1' square cut on gunnel to get to fuel fill hoses...

Well I would look under the deck! Follow the fuel line from the tank to the engine. Probably on the engine block.

This is for my Vetus thruster. First of all the shear pin is on the shaft behind the propeller. Talk the nut off the propeller to access it. If you are trying to take the motor off there is a locking collar between the motor and the lower unit/transmission. Unlock it. Pop the motor off. The...

Hard to tell which end is the front of the boat. I'm guessing the fuel fill hose is to the front? Is the tank "loose"? Can it be pulled away from those blocks? What is the length of the tank? And length of the opening? Will the tank come out if that bulkhead is removed? Is there a removable...