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    Winterization services near Annapolis

    <*crickets*> It's a new boat and I've never used the head on it or the raw water systems for the wash down hose or the live well. So really it was just the fresh water system that I emptied and put a couple of gallons of the pink stuff in in the reservoir followed by running the fresh water...
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    275 Freedom Cover--Like New

    Email sent with offer and questions. Wes
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    275 Freedom Cover--Like New

    I'm interested. Can I get a few more photos of it from the rear? How well does it keep debris from blowing in to the cockpit area? I'm in Annapolis MD.
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    Winterization services near Annapolis

    Anyone have a review they can offer on Diversified Marine?
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    Winterization services near Annapolis

    I'm a new boat owner having purchased my Freedom 275 from Tri-State Marine this past summer. I keep the boat on my home dock lift and I'm looking in to scheduling my end of season services to include detailing/waxing, winterization, and shrink-wrapping it on my lift. I'd love to hear any...
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    Horn Replacement ?

    Honestly I hadn't even located where my current OEM horn was placed on the boat when I posted here that I might want to upgrade it. It's located behind this cover outside forward of the helm station so it's not in a current location that seems suitable for big dual air horns. I guess I could...
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    Horn Replacement ?

    12 gauge should handle 20A if my chart is correct.
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    Horn Replacement ?

    I meant to also ask if anyone knew the gauge of the wire to the horn.
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    Horn Replacement ?

    I too have a 2024 Freedom (mine's a 275) and I'm sure my horn is working exactly like it's intended to sound - but it's just a rather unimpressive, sort of English sports car "meep meep" sound. There are definitely options out there for 12v electric powered air horns that will get the attention...
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    Removing and Reinstalling floor panels

    There's a lot of options on there. Do you have a link to the one that GW uses?
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    285 or 307

    That fridge is pretty small. I've been using one of my insulated compartments for ice and drinks.
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    Chesapeake Baygrass Festival

    Big big bluegrass festival all the past weekend at Sandy Point state park. It's about a 15 minute ride from where I live south of Annapolis so I threw some provisions on the boat and dropped the hook just off shore there. We enjoyed the tunes from the water for the afternoon and ran back home...
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    285 or 307

    I got the impression it was an incentive to move the rest of the 2024 inventory.
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    285 or 307

    The other consideration might be warranty extensions. When I bought my new 2024 Freedom 275 in July Yamaha was including a warranty out to 5 years on the engines that would not be available if I waited for the 2025. They also discounted the 2024 that had on the floor and it was what I wanted...
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    Freedom 235 vs 255?

    I've heard a rumor that GW might discontinue the 255 since there's not a huge difference between a 235 and a 275 cockpit. Looking at the two boats on the showroom floor there's definitely a roomier feel on the 275 vs 235 (big not like gee whiz roomier) but I haven't seen a 255 to compare. I...
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    Electronics Recommendations for GW 235 Freedom

    I'm thinking even if it fits that it's the right solution for that boat. Unlimited budget or not, no one likes just wasting money and the 8600xsv units are an excellent solution leaving money for a nice 24" Garmin radar and other toys. Here's the panel of my Freedom 275 with a Garmin 8616xsv...
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    New owner in Annapolis MD

    I recently had my 20 hour service performed at Tri-State in Deale and it couldn't have gone smoother. I had a short punch list which they happily resolved but for one thing: my wet compass had failed and another one had to be ordered. A couple of days after bringing the boat back home they...
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    Captain Grady iPad app

    Well, as a new GW owner, it sure looks to me like there's an app. It's all over their web site and instructional videos still which resulted in me running out to Costco and picking up a cheap iPad for the boat. Kinda irresponsible for them to discontinue the app but leave all that fancy feel...
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    Captain Grady iPad app

    I ended up downloading all the documentation from GW that was packaged specific for my boat and put it on an iPad that I keep on the boat. If there's an actual app, I can't find it anywhere but the Captain Grady web page is pretty useful.