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I believe that all boats manufactured today must include foam floatation that will keep the boat afloat in all conditions - I believe this is required for boats up to 28' - Someone with more knowledge may be able to confirm- Tim

A boat like that was recently used to tag some great whites very close to shore off of Mass! See them all of the time offshore- Tim

Mine got stuck once - I had one guy hold the foot up and I unscrewed the cap one turn (with a long screw driver). It burped and the motor dropped - has been fine since- As mentioned above, I always release pressure by dropping the motors just a little after fully raising them. Tim

My 265 has the twin 200 HPDI's - plenty of power - cruise fully loaded with 5 guys, ice, 250 gallons of fuel at 28mph- Cruise light on fuel and just one passenger at 32 mph - Can hit 40mph if needed - I moved up from a 25' Trophy to the 265 - so that is 1 foot larger on paper - but a...

One note worthy item - I have the Raymarine S1000 so no compass/gyro is needed - it ties into my GPS for course - Tim

I negotiated a lower winter storage rate last season- Basically told them if they lowered it to XXXX dollars I would store the boat there for winter and have XXXXX service performed- Worked for me- Tim

The 272 is close to the same weight as my 265- I bet with twin 200 HPDI's (that is what I have) you will see 1.5 mpg loaded - and could see higher when running light- I can get nearly 1.8 if very light! Good luck! Tim

That entire area gets moisture - I mounted mine (on a 265 express) in the hard top cabinet - set it way back by the fuse holder behind a GPS - Good luck! Tim

I bought mine right from Grady for about 15 bucks each - easy to replace- Tim

Some of the fridges that Grady installed were 12volt only - I had one of the 12v only fridges on my 265 - used a Protech charger that worked as a power supply and kept the boat plugged in for four years with no issues - The fridge died this year and I upgrade since they did not offer the same...

I know people say that the F250's are enough - but I would want the F350's on a 33 express- I will be upgrading soon - and I hope to find a nice used F350's boat Tim

Do you have pictures of the plate? Will be closely following your upgrade!

Nope - I have personaly seen 225's on a 2000 265 Express- It was fine - but the scuppers were a little lower than I was comfortable with - to be honest, 100 foot of anchor chain (instead of the usual 6') would probally offset the extra weight in the back- Tim

Grog - please dont take this the wrong way, but you are incorrect - a filter flowrate vs pressure drop in linear, except on the very very very bottom of the curve (there are also a few scenarios of "blinding the media" but that does not apply here). I believe you are confusing this specific...

This is simply just not entirely true - I do agree that the no outboard pulls more 50 gph - but it is so much more the rated GPH flow- From memory, the 2 microns are rated 1.7psi pressure loss @ 15 gph flow - basically this is just a point on the pressure/flow curve. The pressure/flow...

THe pressure induced on the entire system is directly related to particle size of the filtration- Just becaus the VST filter has a screen that catches 2 micron does not mean you can throw 2 micron filters anywere in the system - It is also more involved than confirming total flow rating of...

Not sure if 2002 is included - if I were to repower my 2000 I would move the scupper up- TIm

I just reviewed the Parker/Racor specifications for the 2 micron vs 10 micron - specifally the pressure drop at rated flows in a clean condition. The 2micron adds quite a bit of a pressure drop to the system - actually 10 times higher at nearly all flows up to 15gph (highest rating for the 2...

My buddy from the site here Eppe has the 265 with 4strokes - I have the one with HPDI's - we both have painted bottoms - We have compared numbers in multiple scenarios - it is not even close enough to talk about - On a long range (80 mile one way) canyon trip - I am maybe 1 gallon less per...

I am putting the high pressure fuel filter in for the first time - went thru 3 vst's already - I want to put them in - do they spin onto the stock base? Tim