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I've got the same hull and until last spring was running the same engines and factory original props. I also have 10 years of bottom paint build up - which I really need to media blast and redo as it's rough and chunky but probably makes my rig very similar to yours. With a typical load of...

I trailer from southern MD but so far have only gone to Virginia Beach. I'm 9'7" on the beam (does require a permit to be legal) but found my height (13'6" at the radar) to be the bigger concern. I'd recommend avoiding the 64 bridge tunnel into/out of Hampton Roads, it's narrow and low. The...

Got mine from Midwest Control Products (midwestcontrol.com), part number is SQI-312 for the 5/16-24 thread that was a direct replacement. Cost me around $32 for the pair.

I keep the fridge on to keep the beer cold so I just leave the switches on while charging on shore power. My earlier research into this indicated that with a high quality smart charger it was okay to charge the batteries even while they were under load. There may be a long term impact on...

The JLs were a drop in replacement for the original speakers that are in the cockpit "steps".

Now that I've figured out how to resize and post photos I thought I'd share a few from some of the off-season projects on my 265 over the last two winters. A lot of the work was wiring and is out of sight but it was a rat's nest under the dash and in the electronics boxes. I now know and have...

So I took some time and moved a few photos online so I could try and share them, when I'd originally just pasted them in the images were huge. Let's see if this works. The original mesh pocket: Redone with the new panel: Another angle, I'd finished running the wires and this was before I...

No help on the sub, when I redid mine I just put in some nice JL Audio M650s which was plenty of sound for me. For the amp that I added it went on a piece of starboard (the seafoam color) along with the remounted stereo enclosure which I moved from the factory location under the shelf on the...

The performance improvement all around with the 250s was pretty remarkable. The boat ran good with the 225s and if I'd caught the corrosion before it hit the powerbeads I'd have done the midsection work and kept on running, they had a bit over 1,100 hours but were going great. The 250s...

On my 265 with the F225s and stock Yamaha props I was seeing about 1.7-1.8mpg at ~3800 rpm pushing me along at around 25-26 mph. This past spring I upgraded to new F250s as a result of the dreaded corrosion issues, I transferred the old props onto the new motors and at the same rpm/speed I'm...

I repowered my 265 Express this spring with a pair of 2015 F250s, new gauges but used the existing rigging as the 3.3L engines are backwards compatible with the manual stuff from the original F225s (manufactured November 2004 and victims of the dry exhaust corrosion issue) as well as being fly...

Went the other way and hung a pair of F250s on my '05 265 this spring after falling victim to an undiagnosed case of dry exhaust corrosion that had hit the power heads . The performance improvement over the original 225s is significant and if the reverse is similar I can't recommend the 200s...

SIM Yamaha had the best per case price on the 32oz bottles when I was looking around a few months back. Ordered from them and had it in hand pretty quickly as well.

I used to carry a booster pack, one of the big heavy things normally carried in vehicles, never had to use it on the boat but it was a nice addition and would preclude having to wait for Boat US to come out just for a dead battery. I replaced that this year with one of the Micro-Start XP-1...

Re: 228 Seafarer seacock rods for livewell and washdown seac Can't say what the technical name is but I call them ball joints and I found replacements for the seacock rods on my 265 from Midwest Control Products. Pulled the old rusted out ones out, cleaned the rods up and these were direct...

Not sure where you're located but I found a guy here in Southern MD who fixed some snaps and re-foamed a couple cushions and completely redid the cockpit bolsters on my 265 for $500. The embossed GW crest that was in the middle of the stern piece couldn't be replicated (though he was willing to...

My 265 came with the full factory enclosure (blue canvas and whatever factory glass was) and the separate summer cover. Both are great and the full enclosure is really nice to have early and late in the season as a wind-block if nothing else. I use the front and side zip windows all the time...

I went through this on my 265 last year when the linkages finally rusted through and broke apart. The joint on mine is a separate, threaded on part - took a bit of heat and some work to get them off but once clear the rods polished up nice and I ended up ordering a pair of stainless quick...

Don't believe either needs to be open. I use a pump out with my 265 and it works fine with both seacocks closed. Brett