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Kinda interesting...I have a 2002 273 Chase with F225's and owned since new.....never had the corrosion issue...one of the motors threw a rod in 2018 with 1800 hours running 4000 rpm offshore..hole in the side of the block.. Repowered with Zuke and did not look back. r

Icom is the best...

Great question and some good thoughts here..beam to length ratio is extremely important and frankly, Grady boats a generally too beamy. I actually think my 273 Chase is one of the best riding gradys at 8 6...Those big beamy 33s get it done with mass...that is why the regs, sea vees and such are...

I just saw something come across my feed from New wire marine..those fellas are the bomb..gonna have them redo mine next year

I would be more worried about the rod holder itself...I would just run it off the cleat. I run 2 dredges off cleats...and 2 teasers off the riggers...and 7 rods...so I do not use planers..

Very happy with it!!!

Correction, they are spraying gel coat with the awlgrip additive. The non skid will look different but be much gripper. Picking it up Sat.

Jjf, me too...it is about a grand cheaper to do awl grip I think..

Welp, after 20 years offshore dragging coolers and Fishing it was time to work on the deck non skid...I debated the Sea Deck but decided to redo with awlgrip...should be done this week and I will send pics....

Not a taco fan..gemlux is caddilac these days but I love my Rupps...20 years and parts are available. Very simple and functional.

I just debated this on my 273 Chase and decided to redo the non skid...I mainly fish offshore so we have fish hit the deck quite a bit...so many varying pieces of data.

Yea, I did this last year...I already had a TR-1 so already had hydraulics setup...I am very lucky on placement in my boat...easy to get to and next to the batteries. Very happy with the Garmin unit...I was trolling a lot in big seas and that thing can still hold!!

brdawg2001, Rob, 2002 273 Chase, 2018 Zuke DF250

I went ahead and used Boatsteer and got a remanufactured unit with tilt...well worth it.

I went from 19 to 22 pitch when I repowered with Zuke...gearing is a bit different..make sure your guy gets the height correct...that seems to be an issue with folks. I think mine is down all the way and had no issues..I am running 3 blade powertech with no issues.

I thought I was going to do that...until I tried to do it...ugh...access is a nightmare and those nuts are impossible.

Yea, the folks on TheHullTruth are wild about it and are all Mercury guys...haha...I have a 2002 273 Chase and had those motors. No issues in this regard and I threw a rod in 2018 with 1900 hours...only issue I had was 1 wiring harness. Interesting for sure. r

This is always interesting..I had a 2002 and it lasted 18 years and 1800 hours with no corrosion issues...threw a rod so I replaced them.....I always flush with engine up as the manual states...never used saltx, which I do now..

I did purchase a rebuilt unit a couple of years ago...good investment...had new tilt mechanism as well.