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Great write-up. I'll be in the same boat as you here soon as I'm a few weeks away from my 208 delivery in Hawaii. I will have to learn how to properly run my boat as my previous boat did not have trim tabs and was a much different design despite only being 2 feet shorter than the 208. You have a...

I attached a picture of my finished electronics install following my previous mock up picture. Flush mount is the way to go I think.

I’m with Parthery. I had my panel removed when electronics were installed. Flush mount 9” screen and VHF on carbon fiber look panel, matches the Grady White panes very closely and you don’t have to move the door every time to use the touch screen. I think the glovebox is a great thing to have...

Thanks for taking the measurements. It looks like the brand I’m looking at has a 16lb SS anchor that should fit. Below are the specs: like yours it seems this will just require some pushing of line to the side in the locker. A: Total length, B: Stock width, C: Fluke length FLK-16SS, 16.5 lbs...

The stainless anchor I’m looking at is this Norestar brand. Not sure on actual quality of the SS, but for $220 (16lb) and $110 (8lb) seems like a killer deal. I’m also considering fortress aluminum anchors, using a larger but lighter anchor is intriguing and I saw an article that compared a ton...

I’m definitely planning on running a decent amount of chain, 15-20’ SS. I will likely reach out to my dealer next week if I don’t hear back over this weekend from others, about to go out to sea for work, and won’t have service for a few weeks, trying to do some last minute “should have planned...

I think the width of the opening would help for knowing how big of a fluke I can fit so having those measurements would help as well. Most importantly as I think most anchors in this style have relatively close dimension scales, the width of the anchor stock (the rod that clips in) would likely...

Aloha, I am patiently waiting for my Adventure 208 to be delivered to Hawaii and need to begin purchasing some items to outfit the boat since I chose to pass on dealer outfitting (sourcing my own quality products). The one thing I need to know for sure before ordering is what size anchor...

Now that I have my boat and am beginning projects on her, I figured I’d start a thread of all the upgrades I complete. Shout out to Schock Boats in Newport Beach for making the purchase easy and fun. Below are pictures of her arrival in Newport Beach, prior to the Matson shipment to Hawaii...

I appreciate all the advice. I think the best takeaway I got was the advice someone gave to sell my outboard when it gets up near 1,000 hours. Take good care of it and I can still sell it for a decent amount, rather than waiting until it dies and is worth nothing. Then repower with the latest...

By a lot of trolling, I mean: all of my fishing is trolling. Which is for Mahi Mahi, Ahi, and maybe an unlucky bill fish. I won’t be slow trolling like the salmon guys, but mid 6-10 knots. Grady-White cannot swap the swim step to Port, but they can delete it. I asked about having it mounted...

What did you do to even out the weight distribution?

Aloha, I recently placed an order for a 2021 208 Adventure with the 200 Yamaha DEC. I plan on doing a ton of trolling and am looking into kicker mount options for a little 8-9 Yamaha to keep hours off the main and minimize fuel burn. It’s also a nice safety feature. Question is: what is...

I’m going through Schock Boats in Newport Beach. They can get it to Matson for me pretty easy.

Congrats on getting a new boat, I’m about to put a deposit down to get mine built as well. I opted for the Yamaha 200 DEC (electronic controls). The 200 seemed to have the best fuel burn rates for most of the speeds I’d run and seems to have plenty of power to get the 208 moving. I didn’t think...

Aloha, This forum looks like a great resource as it looks like I’m about to drop a deposit down to have a 2021 208 Adventure built. I sold my first boat a few years ago (a little 18’ runabout), and have had been keeping an eye out for a good used walkaround since then. Hawaii has limited...