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My opinion, and it might be an unpopular one, but the boat you're looking at is $25k? Why not spend a couple thousand dollars more and buy one that is both 10 years newer as well as one that also comes with a hardtop? I personally would rather have a newer boat with a hardtop and an older...

As mentioned in the other thread, yes look back on the east coast for a boats, as they're generally a much better deal than what they sell for out here on the west coast. And, there are generally a lot more dual console style of boats out there as opposed to at least in the Seattle area, where...

As Backwaters mentioned, look back east as there are a lot more Grady White's for sale back there and they're generally for sale at a much better price than what they're listed for out here. I'm not sure how California is, but there aren't a ton of dual console style of boats for sale up here in...

Electronic shift? As in throttles? Newer motors have digital or fly by wire throttles but the older ones were I believe all mechanical until recently. Or at least anything of that vintage should be mechanical. I’ve bought 3 boats, including my current 2004 Grady White 228 Seafarer, back on the...

Suzuki DF350's are $20k more than the DF300AP's? That seems quite absurd.

I've got a 228 Seafarer, though it is a 2004 model, DM me if you wish with whatever questions you might have and I'll see if there's any I can answer. Looks like you're also in the Seattle area as well.

Do you have a picture of the current helm on the boat? Or a picture from Google of what it looks like?

I'm not around my boat to double check, hopefully someone else can shed a bit more light on the topic at hand, though I imagine a boat of your vintage will likely be a Classic Tilt Hydraulic Helm model? I'd obviously confirm this with another forum member, GW or SeaStar themselves before...

Start a thread in the General Discussion part of the forum, as well as upload a few progress pictures when you get a chance. Would love to see what all has been done to the boat since you purchased her.

Dang... no love for the new-ish guy? Happy New Year's Dirty, as well as to the rest of the group here. God bless!

Agreed. I don't have any experience with it in person, but the pictures make it seem like a fairly decent product/fit. The Perko one doesn't look too bad but the toggle switch on the outside looks like it would get broken off very quickly after installing. I think having something more similar...

There's also a Perko brand dome light that looks decent, but I'm not a huge fan of the light switch design like it has. I think if it were me and I was replacing the entire thing as well as wanted to keep it plastic instead of metal, the second linked Sea Dog brand appears to be decent as well...

Are you needing the entire assembly including the pigtail/switch as well as the light itself? There's a brand new one for sale on eBay for $60 but it looks like it just includes the pigtail/switch portion of it, and not the light assembly itself. The part number for the light appears to be a...

I believe it's going to be a Pompanette T2000 for the ladder back style of seat, and the newer style is a T2005. Both appear to have supply issues or have maybe been discontinued. There's also a Springfield ladder back style of seat for around $500 that would likely also work. Are you needing...

I believe in order to post something on here for sale that you have to have a price listed for the item. Either way, good luck with the sale.

I'd think your two best options would be either to contact your local Grady White dealership and/or I imagine just about any decent local fiberglass shop should be able to make something up like that, if you took the boat to them.

$8k just for labor? Yikes :oops:

I always use a 15 lb downrigger ball and have never had any issues using them. Haven't really ever had the need to use a 20 lb, and if I did, I probably wouldn't be out fishing on a day like that anyway as the wind/weather is likely going to make the fishing rather difficult.

Merry Christmas to all!

I've got a slightly different boat and setup... but I have two Scotty 2106 downriggers as well and have never really been a fan of the cheap, plastic bases that they come with... so I decided to go with a slightly different approach, using a company called Burnewiin and their downrigger mounts...