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I ran out of Oregon Inlet today, 10 minutes down the beach the Talica 16 with a Stretch 25 chirped a little drag and quickly netted a 34" Cobia, not a bad start. 10 minutes later the same rod goes off but this time it was a screamer. I'm thinking I must have snagged a ray or a shark but...

I'm in OBX on Vaca so ran solo about 25 miles out of Hateras yesterday. To say that inlet is tricky would be a major understatement but followed other boats and made my way. Boated a couple Dolphin and missed a few, and shagged a hundred lbs of weed out on the 100f line. On my way in I...

I also bought the 16" x 24" DPI hatch and just getting ready to break out the saw... unfortunately I pulled my deck panel and my lateral supports are much closer together than PNY's. I could probably squeeze it in between using a router but it would then the water tank would start to interfere...

Not perko but I added a second FW outlet under the SW on my Seafarer. I still plan to use the Cockpit shower most of the time and move the hose from the SW to the FW when I want to do a bigger FW washdown. My first trip out I discovered I messed up the SW connection so just kept the hose...

I put a pull start manual tilt F6 on my Whaler about 20 years ago so I have some experience with manual and last spring I put a F9.9 with electric start and electric trim on my 228, it's like night and day, love it. Plus, all the bouncing around eventually destroyed the bracket assembly that...

I was down in KCB a few weeks ago. If you're not familiar the west entrance where I marked is a good bait spot. Put out a block of chum and you can get pinfish on bait and pilchards on sabinki day or night. The other spot I marked is the channel on the south side just east of vaca cut is...

I bought a set of the large washers and bolts used to mount engines and that transom is much thicker than expected. 2.5" if i recall. One word of advice is don't drill into the transom dead on horizontally. If you do the washers won't and the bolts won't sit right because the transom...

That's what I would recommend. The Jacobsen bracket is made of 1/2" aluminum so very solid construction and the way its mounted I could probably lift the entire boat from it if I attached it to a crane, seriously. Also the powder coat is the same color as my hull, the Adventure bracket is...

It's been a year but as I recall if I positioned the bottom of the Adventure bracket on top of that piston then the upper bolts would come through that horizontal cross beam making it wonky to through bolt and I didn't want to use lag bolts on the upper. When I spoke with Adventure Marine...

I returned it so I really can't say. My issue is I didn't want to cut it to fit around that trim tab piston since it's powder coated (on the exterior) and it's hollow so it'll fill with water and corrode. The other issue with the Adventure Marine bracket is its much longer so the kicker will...

I exchanged the motor and got the 25" shaft and returned the Adventure Marine bracket and bought the custom one from Jacobsen Marine in Seattle. Rock solid and perfect height on my 228.

I've also heard this but what's the problem turning it past off and what happens if you do?

I'm also in a 228, I go up to 40 miles out in the mid Atlantic and have all of these in my ditch bag. Plus, a waterproof flash light, head lamp, a couple water bottles, chapstick, hat, several white trash bags.

Roberth, Your pulpit is different than mine but I'm interested to see how it turns out. I almost bought a Mantus this winter but I often anchor in big rocks so I'm afraid it would be more prone to getting stuck (and costly if it does). I get good holding with my Danforth and never lost one...

So far the light is holding up great. My only complaint with installing under the pulpit is my Danforth anchor flukes block some of the light and causes some glare but If I'm doing any more than I quick run I take the anchor off the pulpit and that solves the issue. If my pulpit...

I did a lot of reading on this and here's one thing I know. The Blue Sea ACR is installed between the voltage regulator and the battery so it combines both batteries when it detects a positive charge coming from the alternator and disconnects them when there's no charge detected. The Yamaha...

My inlet is also at the bottom of the well, bad design.

Thanks that makes sense. I'm planning to turn that area into a big fish cooler/ storage area so trying to figure out what i could need access to in there, besides the water tank.

Just went through the entire fresh water system of my new to me last year 05 Seafarer 228. That screen before the pump was totally clogged with black slime. But the pressure was still bad after spraying out the antifreeze so checked the screen and it was totally clogged again. I pulled the...

I totally agree with Dennis on this, I've never made so many trips to the bow and back since I have a windlass. If you want one I think you need to add a pulpit or extension. If you do, one thing I can say is drill the hole as far back in the locker as you can so the line falls to the bottom...