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I think ideally you should have a sidescan xducer on the transom for bottom fishing and use a B175HW for trolling /drifting for stripers & tuna. A B175HW alone is not going to be good for bottom fishing. you plan on blackfishing and fluking. Get a sidescan xducer.

I put a big Tempress hatch in it. Big enough to get my elbows in. deck gets screwed and sealed. https://www.greatgrady.com/threads/265-mods.25902/post-157519 IMO the deck should be sealed. All water runs to stern and your bilge pump will constantly have to deal with water that should have...

Why SS75 and not B75? You have bottom paint. 265 not really a trailer boat. The position is not a problem. Yours seems unusual position. Often they are between the inlets, right on the centerline. You need to measure the existing hole. Different Airmar ducers have different cutout...

I'm not able to look at mine for a few months but.. If you are "Navigating to a waypoint" and Engaging the autopilot in that mode, then you need to "Restart Navigation"(I think thats the phrase they use) That will recalculate the course as a strait line from where you are. Otherwise its trying...

The inside cracks by themselves are nothing. That gel goat always cracks The outside crack in the corner is not unusual. The gelcoat tends to get spider cracks from 90 deg corners. The resin in the bolt holes indicates someone had the motor off and may have been trying to fix something or just...

or don't borrow $400K to buy a brand new boat when you can get the same size boat 20 yrs old with brand new motors and electronics for less than $80k.. we need people buying new boats and people buying old boats. Neither one makes any kind of financial sense.

So, you are worried about getting a "boat loan" for an old boat because when you sell it, no one will be able to get a "boat loan" for it. Thats a good probability. And you worry that it will effect the salability or sale price in the future? Thats a good probability. There are Home Equity...

BOAT Break Out Another Thousand Do you have Autopilot? .you don't want to get some new to match old and then have to change evrything later because fittings are different or helm is shot or cylinder needs rebuild because the o rings are shot.

If it was me ...I would replace with new Seastar hose. I would consider new cylinder and helm too. 30 years is a long time if still original. New fittings. Fittings may change...you may have old Flare fittings vs the Parker fittings

are those the original halogen spreaders? dude.... :rolleyes:

That picture is exactly what I was talking about with the 4200 on the gunnels. In that spot, they are using 4200 for its adhesive properties. It never really comes back to white/cream. There is always faint grey spots. After bleaching it will look ok for a while. (yes I use Softscrub and...

You could try moving it from the "over the top" to "under the top" with a spacer to get past the lip. That won't cost anything but time and can be undone if it doesn't pan out. Definitely would need wide plates for top washers. Hardtop is balsa cored. Washers would pull through with the weight...

If you are posting from an iPhone you can reduce size of pix and change format to jpeg You have to change this Before you select the image

VST filter injectors plug coils,, take a coil off the good motor and rotate it thru positions in the bad motor....

I have found that 4200 gets mildew stains. Grady used it in a few spots...hardtop, pulpit... I made the mistake of resealing one of the gunnels with 4200. Looks like crap now. Never comes back to white no matter what I do. Need to dig it out and replace with "window & door silicone"

No one can really naswer your question. Your tanks are your tanks. They lived their own life. The Grady Model doesn't matter. The fact that its a Grady doesnt matter. What someone elses boat did doesnt matter. There have been many aluminum tanks that failed in 20 years. You look at them as...

I have had an intermittent bad switch caused the same clicking as you describe. The tell was that when you tightened/loosened the nut on the FEED post, the whole thing moved a little. I have had a motor cable that was green inside that caused the same clicking as you describe. I have had a loose...

You mean Bomar Hatch. readily availbe from WM,Defender,etc. They usually list outer dimension of lid and the cutout size

So...that is some really old stuff. Does it steer? You have fittings in the motorwell. So yes you just need the 3' hoses(or same length as what you see) ...assuming whats on the other side of the fittings is good. The other side of those fittings might be metal hydraulic lines to the helm...

what do you mean by "the batteries are 24V"?