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I am leaning towards the ox66 because I have not really heard anything bad about them. I did find an engine but the compression seems a little low. What would an engine with supposedly less than 700 hours have for cylinder compression? After I hear some answers I'll divulge what this engine...

I am on the lookout for an engine to re-power my project. With all that I need to do to this boat, and in an effort to keep the cost down, I am looking for a runner for a year or 2. I have read posts on a few forums, looked on CL and called a few local shops and in the end as you can imagine...

Hey Doc... that is a cool Sailfish? would love to pull one of those in. What is the rule to keep them.. do they have to be so long? does it have to be within a certain season? And... are they good eating?

I have no intention of hijacking this thread so if what I am doing is a friendly hijack I'll move along and start a new thread. Engine talk has gotten me thinking about engines. I am restoring an old boat and this discussion as helped. As suggested... That is what I was thinking... a 2...

I use Flickr... and just changed my mind to Imgur! Took seconds to do... Thanks ( I edited the previous post if anyone was quick enough to see it. This image was done with Imgur )

Reading this post got my curiosity going. I did some google searches but couldn't come up with all the specific codes found in my HIN. I emailed Grady (my first ever email to them) and was VERY impressed with how quickly I received a response (an hour maybe... within 2 for sure). This is...

That’s what I am doing..... left the hull alone and cut out the inner skin. Here are a few pics showing my progress. With the weather too cold to glass here in the Boston area I am putting off the transom until spring. Moving now to the electrical work. Cut the stern deck to gain access...

The seller responded to my $200 offer with "the helm is worth $200 and there is $300 aluminum scrap there". The local scrap yard is giving people 40 cents a pound. That tower would have to weigh 750 pounds! I agree with you... not worth the hassle. And my wife would not be happy with another...

Ya I will def add in shipping to determine if the wire is a good deal. The tower came off a 30’ Blackwatch. I’m gonna offer $200 and take a look. That is my bargaining argument.... that it will take some work to make it fit and in the end may cost just as much as a hard top that would fit.

I am getting WAY ahead of myself... BUT, winter is the time to find marine items at a discount. I want a hardtop for my Grady 242 Caribbean. I found this on my local Craigslist... Could this be re-fitted to work on my boat? Price is right... $500

I’m going to replace my battery switch to a Blue Sea “add a battery “ with the ACR. The boat had a 2 battery setup and of course I will move forward that way again. I was thinking of running a hot bus bar with a cover behind the helm and feeding my accessories from that. Thanks for...

I don’t foresee changing much if anything. I am not that knowledgeable regarding electronics like fish finders...gps.... depth finders (I’m sure some devices do multiple functions). I want to get it setup and then hopefully I can modify/add things later. Thanks

As an added post... here are a couple of pics showing the switches and gauges. What a rats nest! I found a good thread on another site where the poster did a fabulous job cleaning up his wiring. Here is a link to that post. http://www.sailfishforums.com/forums/sh ... g-clean-up I plan to...

Ok... I have been working on the transom (sorry, on another site that deals with transom and building more specifically... nothing against GreatGrady) and have gotten to a stopping point due to the weather. What I am working on now is the electrical issues... mainly just going to replace it...

I drilled some holes to see how bad my transom is and unfortunately all core samples were wet and dark. So... I will be scouring posts and the web to learn how a Grady's transom is repaired. I did find this website (http://www.babylonboatworks.com/1978-23-mako) which shows how they cut the...

Let's hope Flicker works! Here is a pic of the lateral support wall that was on the starboard side of my fuel tank. As you can see I cut the fuel lines coming in. You can also see the copper hydraulic steering lines. That wood support is rotten. I will need to replace that. A common repair?

What's with Photobucket?? I guess I need to subscribe to a truly free photo sharing program!

How do you remove this cross member that spans across the top of my tank? There are 2 screws on each end but there also appears to be screws coming in from the other side of the wall where you do not have access. Just cut the screws?

Yes I did look under the deck hatches and found some rot that will need to be addressed. The boat was a $500 donation so I’m good putting some sweat equity into her. What I was doing was starting to remove the fuel tank to check it out. Along both sides there is a wood wall that runs down the...

So I just purchased this 1983 Caribbean 242. Needs some sprucing up... some updates. She is clean with regards to the fiberglass... no cracks really anywhere. If you look at the instrument pic you can see she only has 1,046 hours.... that's pretty low.. right? The wood trim needs to be...