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Not worn through (yet) but there's always white chalky residue on the inside edge of the black bunk pads so there's no doubt the gelcoat is wearing.

I bought a new Load Rite bunk trailer rated for 6k lbs from the Grady dealer I bought my boat from a few years ago. The issue I'm having is the bunks are not flat to the hull so the sharp lower edge is grinding off my gelcoat. I brought it back to the dealer and another Load Rite dealer who...

I keep my 22' Seafarer on a trailer near the West Ocean City public launch in the summer and OBX in the fall through spring. I run mine as far as the Hotdog but the inshore bite didn't developed like usual and canyons here have been slow so I've mostly been fishing the canyons on friends boats...

Late report but we fished Little Italy area on Saturday morning. Blowing 15kts from the NW as we rounded Sandy Hook but since they only forecast 5 to 10 I figured it would pass... wrong. By the time we arrived it was blowing 15 - 20 with 4' - 5'+ white caps stacked up at 3 seconds. No...

I'll message you my inreach and thanks once again for the input.

Thank you Skunk and good luck if you get out. I'll be monitoring 68 and 71 and will respond to "Seafarer Bob" but I'll be running a 28 Regulator. I also have an inreach and I can message you my garmin address if you have one.

Looks like a great offshore weather window coming the next few days, anyone else going? I'm planning to run my brother's boat out of the Highlands Saturday AM and maybe Sunday if we have enough energy. Probably start around that break near LI and keep going to Resor, AP, Triples until I find...

A guy in our marina with tripple 300s left the dock pre dawn and ran all around on Sunday, loads of bait but he didn't see any signs of tuna at all. We caught 3 keeper fluke within sight of the dock that morning .

We stared Saturday at the Rattlesnake outside of the Shrewsbury rocks, lots of short Sea bass and only one keeper after 45 minutes so moved out to the edge of the mudhole. Lots of marks but nobody was catching so went all the way to the Shark River reef and ended up with 14 decent ones but had...

Thank you very much. Hopefully I'll have something to report back.

Hi Skunk, thank you for all the reports and Intel! The weekend weather looks great so I'll be running my brother's 28' Regulator out of the Highlands this Saturday and Sunday. Planning to Seabass in that wreck zone (not sure what it's called) about 5nm North of LI / Humpty where those big...

Another vote for black Starboard. I think I used 3/8"

Even if you cut the hole in the bulkhead (which sounds difficult and a bad idea to start with) you'll still need octopus arms to service that pump through a small opening anyway. My advice is find a skinny kid that can follow instructions and wants to earn a couple bucks (if such a kid...

If I had room I'd install 2 but need to be mindful of how much electricity they'll use, especially if you like to leave them on while fishing.

I camp out in my Seafarer all the time and can't sleep without my CPAP. The unit I have from Philips has an optional 12v cord I just plug into a 12v outlet I installed in the cabin. I don't use the humidifier because it uses 4x the electricity but I'm usually camping in the summer when it's...

Agreed. I just installed an 8' on the roof of my 228. I bought the shims but it stands straight without so I omitted them, very stable, great reception. Let me know if anyone wants a great deal on the shims. Also have a spare set of shims for my TACO outrigger bases I didn't use.

"Also do you get much water coming back up through the self bail scuppers?" I have a 9.9 kicker on one side and 3 batteries on the other. Full live well, fuel, coolers, crew it'll be a little wet.

No way. My Seafarer 228 gets just over 5kts with an almost new Yamaha T9.9, just under 6kts if I tilt up the main engine. Against a strong headwind and seas, with the curtains on I barely make headway and I've had windy days I could not tack into the wind if I didn't tilt up or help steer...

I made another tuna run on my Seafarer 228 out of OC last Sunday. Really calm so i was able to cruise at 24kts going out which is rare and good since neither of my crew had ever been offshore. Got a little late start and arrived at Massys around 7:30, probably 75 boats or so. Pulled into the...

Hi KY Grady, I'm getting ready to install the same antenna and bracket on my Seafarer and notice you have leveling blocks installed. Did you fabricate them yourself or where did you purchase them?