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Thanks. I'm pretty happy with it, my main goals were visibility and 3 sided protection and it achieves those. At a pretty steep cost, so I sort of understand why Grady doesn't do these. Though I bet that hardtop adds $15K to the price of the boat, this would be about $10K more than that. If...

That might be an issue. We haven't had a salmon season in the last 2 years but when we did, yeah, there is a fleet. I tend to fish away from the fleet, the salmon tend be at the edges of canyons and we have plenty here. I will fish in the fleet if it is off the charts, then I, or someone I...

I had the same problem, tried to tie them together and couldn't get it to work. I just steer with the big engine. 95% of the time that works, if I get in a cross wind I have to adjust the kicker to compensate. It's fiddly but the big win is that my autopilot on the big engine means I troll in...

No direct experience but maybe some info. I know that the 250 shares that block with the 300 for a number of years. And I believe that recently the 350 has come to share that block. I have that block in the 250 model and have nothing but good things to say about it. Don't have any data on...

I'm reading through this thread and I don't think I answered this one. There is no need, I've been out on the ocean a bunch of times and I've never been like "jeeze, I wish this aluminum was more quiet". It's quiet. I think Charlie made things thicker than car doors, it's 1/8 most places and...

Getting the lines "right" was some work. There were a few mistakes made: a) The radio box is too close to the windows, there is space there but not enough to get the screws in the top of the windows. I need to make some square head screws about 6 or 7mm to snug up the tops of the windows...

I believe I saw one in 2020 that was $200K. Not sure what options.

Hey, great thread, and it could not be towards a better crowd of people. I love this forum, you all are great, it's an honor to be part of it. I really hope that all of you are having a good holiday (and like me, eyeing the ocean and wanting to get back out there, search Santa Cruz, it's gonna...

Ring free is a yamaha additive to gas, supposed to prevent carbon build up.

I recently did a tuna trip in my 22 foot boat. 73 miles offshore, 160 miles total run. So it can be done, you should be fine in your Marlin. That said, tell us about your level of experience. The question I ask is are you to the point that if there is any unusual sound, do you stop and...

You've stumbled across what I think is one of the better, if not the best, forums on the internet. This place has been nothing but welcoming to me, much more so than other forums. Full of experienced people willing to share their knowledge. Enjoy it. And I fish with a friend who has a 1999...

This is not much help, but I put Lumitec Caprera2 under my pilothouse roof and I love them. Seems like a solid company.

It's already better, just needs to be a little softer. Even if what I have now is the best it gets, it's a win. I'm just greedy, want a bigger win so I can keep fishing. I really don't know what I'd do with myself if fishing was off the table.

I went back to the vendor (such a nice guy) and he said it takes a while for them to break in. Apparently they get softer with use. He said it's tuned to a 180-200 pound passenger. That sort of checks out, my fishing buddy is 160 and he couldn't get the seat to move, seems like it should have...

OK, review time, I crabbed yesterday, first day on the new seaspension setup. Short summary: I like it, it really takes the edge off. Longer summary: it's good but a little too stiff, my guess is the vendor assumes you lie about your weight and tunes for 10% more. I didn't lie so it's a...

So I know about that video and that's where I started. No tabs, just engine trim. I respect Eric but he's just wrong on this one. The difference in comfort is crazy after I upgraded the tabs and use them. In my Pacific waters, 90% of the time, I can do what a friend with a Canyon 271 does...

Yeah, those are crap conditions, pretty square ocean. I'll try and get out soon and let you know how well the seaspension works. One thing I didn't get is you say with lots of tabs and engine trimmed forward you get spray coming in, I rarely see that but I don't go out in 4@4, that's too...

Yes, my buddy Peter has that same year and he tells me it is in front of the main gas tank and behind the other gas tank. Pretty much between the helm seat bases, maybe a few inches back.

How yours is is how my 2020 came from Grady. My upgrades for ride are: A) get rid of the 9x12 trim tabs, they are way too small, replace with 12x18 (look at my post history, you can find pictures). This was a huge upgrade, before this swap, I had to slow down on the top 1/3rd of each swell so...

I'll take a look, right now I have two layers of that carpet I put in my boat, probably pretty similar. My problem is that my feet are screwed and standing and using my legs as shock absorbers (like everyone else does) is really tough on my feet. I need to be able to sit. Hence the...