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Absolutely agree - if there is one constant in fishing, it's that nothing is constant. The rigs up tight are more forgiving I think because of all the prop wash bubbles that tend to obscure the terminal tackle and allow you to run heavier gear in that zone. For the rigs in clear water I'll...

Typically run it between 6 and 12 feet behind the bird.

Will do, should be on the boat this weekend if not sooner.

I typically run both when offshore and one when trolling in the Chesapeake where I only need 2-1/2 knots or so. No particular reason, as Skunk said a single will push you at 6-7 easy enough, guess I just prefer to have power on both. There's not a default for the trim and tabs, I start with...

You can also play around with varying the engine trim and the angle of the trim tabs to affect the white water and the clear channels that you want to create. You may have to downsize your leader, there are days we've gone all the way down to 40lb fluoro and if you're not already running a...

Nothing quite so dramatic (yet, keeping my fingers crossed) but I do have a dedicated "Wall of Shame" out in the barn where I hang reminders of mistakes I've made. It's good to laugh at oneself on occasion while enjoying a cold beverage with a buddy and telling some of the stories.

Not a trailer expert so I'll leave that question to others. I would offer that the ability to pull the boat and bring it home is a nice addition, even if you need a buddy to help tow it. I keep mine in a slip 9 months out of the year but I haul it home for the off season to do annual...

I had an issue with mine where it would operate coming up but would not go down. There is a troubleshooting scheme for the switch where you short across different connectors to isolate the problem and while I've not been able to find it again it did work for me to isolate that it was the switch...

Had some extra carbon fiber ABS from a different project and decided to upgrade the dash to match the other panels, added black oxide bolts to blend in and am much happier with the look. Had seen another thread that added rod grommets in the forward cabin bulkhead and followed suit, four...

This hull is somewhat susceptible to listing with off center weight displacement, if you had someone walk from side to side while on the sea trial you may have noticed this and I sometimes see a little bit of a list to one side or the other when she's in the slip and lightly loaded if either the...

Not much beyond what others have already stated, get her out and enjoy the boat. I'm a fan of marine Sta-Bil and Yamalube with every fill up, could be snake oil but it's a small investment if there's any benefit at all. Our water is only brackish but flush the outboard after every use, I use...

When I got my 265 in 2011 I pulled it with a 2002 Suburban 1500 with the 5.3L gas engine. No more than 10 miles from my house to the ramp at the marina where I kept it in a slip the remainder of the year. That truck was 'rated' for the weight (if the boat was mostly empty) but in no way did it...

Appreciate all the input. As the boat is in the water I think I'll try starting at all the connection points I can reach and ensure they're solid. Sounds like swapping the sensors between motors to isolate if that's the fault may be the next way to go followed by the thermostats, though I have...

Thanks for the research. I'll have to look for that schematic. Does swapping / replacing seem like something that I (or a mechanic) could do with the boat still in the water?

In Maryland, yes but on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay and trolling for stripers right now. That said, I could still have picked up something to clog the pickups. Would the pee stream be affected by that at all? Stream was solid in all operating conditions, in fact it was probably a...

Any thoughts on this one - out fishing today and on three separate occasions I got an overheat alarm on the port engine (2015 F250, 3.3L block), shut it off, restart and it was fine until the next time; after the third time I left it off for good and just trolled around on one until we picked up...

Update - splashed the boat last week and fished over the weekend. Autopilot worked great but I do not like the pump motor placement. As mentioned previously, I went with the spot under the instrument panel as that's where the original Simrad unit was mounted and I could reuse all the original...

US Navy 1990 - 2014 EMFN - CDR (Ret) Check the ground wire first.

Definitely not a 265. Looks like it might be a 248 Voyager but I'm not familiar enough with that model to confirm. Believe the exhaust issue only hit those of us with the early-mid 2000s engines, was my understanding that by 2006 or so they had it fixed. Scoping can't hurt but I'd think your...

Thanks. It is a Lewmar 22# delta. I donated my original to Chesapeake Bay rock pile a few years back and replaced it with a 14# as recommended for the boat size but felt it was a bit undersized so I moved that one to my duck boat and put on the 22 pounder, very happy with it. They all three...