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Reminds me of my VHF antenna on my Seafarer 228 that I kept forgetting to lower before trailering. Shakespeare had me on their automatic monthly replacement program :( I contemplated putting a reminder sticker at the helm but after enough financial pain, lowering the antenna became part of my...

Parker stores can usually fab up new lines with proper connectors on both ends. Not sure if they shorten existing lines.

On their website they use the term “adhesive” and I may be incorrect calling it “epoxy”. The 2-part comes in a mixing tube, but I still squeeze it out on to a piece of cardboard and mix it thoroughly. If you look at the back of their blocks, the perimeter holes are machined with an undercut...

Stern Saver is a brand and a company that supplies a kit for the installation. The kit consists of a starboard block, a 2-part epoxy, sandpaper, alcohol wipes, gloves, and a mounting template system that makes locating and keeping the block in place very easy. The starboard block is machined -...

Here’s a couple pics that are hopefully helpful. I’m holding an aluminum square flat against the hull bottom adjacent to the transducer. The square is about 1/8” thick. You can see the nose of the transducer slightly lower than the hull bottom and is at a slight angle downwards at the rear. The...

That’s called a transom saver. Epoxy a chunk of starboard to the transom to mount the transducer. I also epoxied a couple cable tie mounts, too. No holes drilled through the transom below the waterline.

Here’s a pic of when I mounted a transom saver to my 215. For the transducer itself, I used a level to project the hull bottom and set the transducer height with the front of the transducer’s mid-line even with the hull bottom and the rear of the transducer slightly lower than the hull bottom...

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I have a 12k lb Hi-Tide lift and kept a Back Cove 29 on it for a few years. Boat was 10k lbs, 9’6” beam. I think lifts have an amount of safety factor built in to their ratings and should hold their rated capacity. When I was selecting my lift there were small price increments by upping motor...

My main polisher is a Flex. I think the model is #3401, which is their 6” model. They do make a smaller version. Expensive. Excellent quality.

I found the raised name and gw logo on Etsy. They were 3D printed.

This is from an Edgewater 248CX I had. Factory option, so not much help on how it’s installed.

Welcome! Post some pics when you get her.

I probably just take a battery operated impact gun and move the stand all the way forward. Load the boat where you want it on the trailer then move the stand back to the boat, tighten the wench stand there. Assuming it’s a bunk trailer, not a roller.

I looked at these at the Charleston boat show. They’re a local company: https://laporteproducts.com/shop-boat-shades/ Their shade package was $750. Not sure if it will work for your boat, but I’ve bought a Console curtain from them and it was high quality.

Uneducated guess from reading their product literature…switch for the reclining backrest? It may be electric.

Ambitious project! Looks great and functional.

Both. Ideally, assuming it’s used. First is a contract with the seller and likely a refundable deposit contingent on a survey by a marine surveyor and successful sea trial.

I did a quick search on BoatTrader and that seems to be in the range of dealer asking prices, but too many unknown variables to give you a definitive answer. 200 hours is about average use for a boat used recreationally.

No, I’ve owned quite a few. I have a short attention span when it comes to boats… This is my third Grady. As to ride, comfort in the bow at 30 mph depends on sea conditions, and as a new captain you should take things easy and learn techniques like quartering wakes, trimming the hull for best...