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Hmm. I guess as long as no one flushes the toilet at night, with the spreader lights on, the live well going, and someone washing the deck or washing hands, I'll be ok. I'm just surprised that GW didn't at least bump it up to 6 ga and give a bigger buffer on the breaker.

...the circuit for my main panel that is. When looking at my battery switch set-up, I was perplexed as to what wire actually fed the main panel. The wires to the batteries and engines are very heavy gauge and understandably so. The wire going to my main panel is only 8 ga on a 50 amp breaker. I...

Let your buddy know he needs to be in Northern Ohio at the end of this week. Had I known it was that easy, I wouldn't have wasted all that time fitting this dumb board!

An excavator wouldn't have worked in my case without chopping the back wall of the boat out, but if it gets the job done, bravo. I'm not too proud to use overkill if it makes life easier. In my case, simplicity seems to be the best solution for the time being.

I'm honored. ;)

I'm open to a Nobel Prize nomination. Behold! It's a battery slide and works almost as well as scanning your credit card to have someone else change batteries out from this god forsaken bilge! It locks in place and is guaranteed to reduce cursing by 90% + when swapping out batteries. I'm happy...

Moving down from the "main" are 2 bilge pumps and 1 "memory". Would that be for the am/fm radio, or something else? I follow what you are saying, minus the "bus". Are you referring to the bus at the helm? If so, are you referring to the ground coming back from the bus? The 8 ga wire coming off...

Here is my panel. I think my house is powered off the 8 ga wire shown at 12:00 in the photo and attached to the "main" breaker. If that is correct, I'm shocked it is so small.

I've been wanting to do something similar for a while. I need to review your details more closely when it isn't so late at night! I think my starboard bank finally died tonight, so now is the time to do something. What I was considering was to use the smaller 18 amp Orion chargers, but one from...

I don't think anyone here has, but if you search THT, you will find a few. For those who use quality, fresh rec 90, there seems to be few issues. If you are one to do maintenance only when problems arise and only think about fuel when it runs out, you might want to pass on nizpro. However, if...

Gradys of that vintage don't have wood in the transom. Pursuits seem to get better marks for fit and finish, but ultimately GW and Pursuit are about as similar as a GMC and a Chevy. Worldcat will probably ride better and be more stable. Likely a better use of space for a DC because of the...

I played around with my engine trim this past weekend to replicate the complaints on the 270/275 hulls. Here are my $0.02: The reason for the list at speed is very simple. When dealing with a strong cross wind, the bow flare catches a lot of air and the front of the boat wants to rotate away...

While reliable in the sense that it will always get you home, the ox66 fuel system is it's Achilles heal. Make sure all of the usual culprits are addressed 1st. Then do a thurough decarboning treatment including the sniffer tube for the O2 sensor. If all of those have been addressed, as a last...

I can confirm that engine trim does more on a bigger boat, but tabs definitely help to keep the GW sharp entry cutting waves instead of pounding on the middle of the hull. I've experienced where every 3rd or so wave would pound with the engines tucked in. Tabs added and pounding stops.

If that's the case, I'll let it go for a while. Mine gets dunked 20-30x in freshwater a season and is stored indoors with low humidity. Thank you!

My statement wasn't clear. I used a PT pine board for now. My intent would be to replace it with a non treated Douglas Fir if I'm seeing too much corrosion. How long have your PT bunks been on the trailer? Is it in contact with any aluminum parts?

I'm not too concerned about galvanized parts, but I am worried the aluminum and zink parts will get corroded quickly. I have installed a PT board with the intent of replacing it. Looks like Douglas fir might be the best option locally.

One of my pine bunk boards on my 3-year-old trailer completely rotted out. In my area I cannot source Cypress as a material. However I can get cedar. Is there any reason not to use cedar as a bunk board? The consensus is it is slightly more rot resistant than Cyprus.

Makes me wonder how the 218 is selling. Was there really a need for a 218, or was it an experiment to test the market for updated WAs? For my use case, the 270 still checks more boxes than anything else out there in this size class. A Worldcat DC comes close, but not at that price point for...

Reviewing these photos reinforces my theory that the GW transom sealing method was outsourced to the Kindergarteners of Greenville, NC. While respectable for an hours worth of "arts and crafts" time, it comes up a bit short for a premium boat builder. By chance did you find any evidence of...