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I use Structure Scan for catching pinfish in the bay. It's come to the point where we don't even throw bait's down till I see them on the screen; the past couple of weeks, the radio's been full of chatter at the difficulty in catching bait while we fill up the baitwell in good time. One day I...

No bragging but it is awesome. With a rate compass, broadband radar overlay, structure scan and auto pilot connected, I can't imagine it being any better. We trolled a couple of days ago via the autopilot doing precision style cloverleaf patterns over an offshore ledge picking up 2 wahoos and...

I have 2 hds-8's gen 1 networked together which is great. One is in the helm and the other in the upper left radio box. The upper stays on sonar and lower stays on chartplotter. But they can be mixed/matched all sorts of ways. Many times I'll mark the actual obstruction via the upper sonar...

Grey, search google images for the Grady 226 and 228; look at the transom and how the motor is mounted on each. I know it confused me too when I looked a few years ago. If it matters, I just measured my 228 for a possible carport and without the pulpit, it's 28' long. The only trouble I've...

Here's an article that describes what I've come to understand about the process and reasons it's not good for outboards. http://www.fuel-testers.com/expiration_of_ethanol_gas.html There's pretty much 2 camps of opinions on E10, those who have experienced phase separation and those that haven't...

I have a 105 qt yeti cooler sitting in the middle of the deck that doubles as a great seat, table and even a standing platform when cast netting for bait. All drinks, food, clean items go in the yeti and fish in the starboard fish box. The port side boxes are both used for storage. The yeti...

I always wait for a warm day to fool with it. A cool/cold attempt is not worth the aggravation. Oh and that little tool sure makes it easier.

Additives do nothing for phase separation. I lost a 25 year old chainsaw to the stuff, a carb on a 3 year old riding mower and carb on a 1 year old weed-eater. If you ever once get acquainted up front, close and personal with that term, you won't soon forget it.

Looks like phase separation to me. Here's a link showing what it looks like along with a description of how it happens: http://cleanfuelsnational.com/services/phase-separation-recovery/ As I understand it, if you've always used ethanol, you will have less chance of problems. Regular gasoline...

Hopefully she has trim tabs and if so, don't be afraid to use them. I used my 228 for over a year before discovering, by accident, they will not only bring her up on plane at slower speeds and improve fuel economy but more importantly bring the sharp entry part of the bow into the waves making...

Without pitchers it didn't happen. :mrgreen: Jus' kidding, you're gonna' love that boat!

Toooo funny! My Wife lost a hat and got the @E#$ beat out of her on a sea trial on a CC. After that ride, we weren't going near anything rough riding again.....enter the 228. She absolutely loves it and doesn't hesitate going to close in places with me. But once we lose sight of land, she's...

If I were in a similar position, I would probably wait 2-3, maybe even 4 months to observe everything around the area and let things soak in. Talk with locals, neighbors and area residents to get a feel for what is and isn't allowed. You may find access is restricted in some way such as a...

I think every known issue, good and bad, is known here. Find one and ask away, someone with the exact rig will probably chime in with specifics. Make sure to line up a surveyor no matter what anyone tells you along with compression test on the engine(s). One great thing about Grady's are that...

A Gulfstream will be in the 28' ish' range with bracket and engine; my shorter 228 would be too long as well. A 226 would probably make it but be close depending on how strict they are.

Probably a dumb question but is the length limit 21' or can you extend past the dock's end?

Nope, probably not photo shopped. There was a video but it's been removed...why, who knows but it was pretty impressive, even to former Grady dis-likers. The story was the owners thought it had been dry docked but it wasn't and the crew was taking it to another, safer harbor prior to Hurricane...

Great point on theft; when I was a kid, we had a couple of 20 hp motors stolen, the 2nd one with a solid lock in place. I'm a soon-to-be retired structures mechanic so it'll probably be "built" in place so it would have to be destroyed to be removed....not that it would stop em'. But it's...

Thanks HMBJack; I really feel fine going out up to 35-40 miles with a Sea Tow subscription and a Coast Guard station at the pass. Plus I'm electronically and physically locked and loaded should something bad happen. If anything the aux motor would be to just get me back in that range if...

Thanks, that's exactly the information I needed. I'm thinking the T9.9 Yamaha with similar bracket would look nice beside big brother and do what I need.