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I had an Optima red top battery in my 1965 mustang fastback, of which I bought the battery back in 2008 and it worked great until just under 2020, or over 10 years and it was a great battery. That being said, I've heard from several people on the vintage mustang owners forum that have since...

That would depend on the dealer, their location, the kind of fishing/boating that's done locally, weather and so forth. Myself living up here in the Seattle area can definitely attest to the 232 Gulfstream, and walkaround model boats in general, being the vast majority of boats used up here. For...

Another option that you might consider would be moving up in size to a slightly larger boat that is more readily available... as it seems like the 209 Fisherman in the years that you're looking for and without bottom paint is almost like spotting a unicorn.

I imagine the spring and summer would be the "peak" season for selling and is going to likely be the time of year where the seller will get the most money for selling their boat. That being said, it really just depends on where you live and where you're buying the boat from, if they have...

I've got a 2004 Grady White 228 Seafarer with a single 2004 Yamaha F225 on it, of which I replaced my batteries on it in the fall of 2023 with dual Interstate brand 24M-XHD's and haven't had any issues with them. Before doing so, I talked with my local GW dealership of which they said just get...

Attached below is the Grady White performance bulletin for a 208 Adventure with a single F150, in which they used a "14 1/2 X 15 Reliance SDS" prop for their test boat and got a top speed of 40.4 mph @ 6,000 rpm. I'd maybe start off with a prop more similar to those specs, though a quick call to...

Not exactly an apples to apples comparison or anything, but I've had my 2004 Grady White 228 Seafarer with a hardtop, bottom paint and 04 Yamaha F225 on it up to 44-45 mph several times before. As stated, boat has bottom paint on it, around 1k hours on the motor, unknown on the pitch/size of the...

How many hours are you out on the water and wanting to record? I've got an older GoPro, which I bought a second battery for, they're about $20 on Amazon, and each one will last about 90 minutes. The two of them combined will total about 3 hours of video recording, of which I rarely fish for more...

Per the OP's second post, the batteries are a year old

I had a similar issue where it ended up being a bad connection. At the end of the season in 2023, I went out and took the boat off the buoy for the year and it wouldn't start. Replaced the batteries, brought the boat in without any further issues. Next season in the spring/early summer of 2024...

Congrats! Great looking boat, enjoy it!

First of all, it seems like you're being a bit more confrontational here than I ever was. Second, I'm not sure what kind of crap you're referring to in regard to my comments? I thought my comments were very neutral and even gave the OP a good deal of advice by suggesting to him that he should...

If you have a side dock, are they not able to climb over the gunwale and onto the dock that way? I think that would probably be the easiest and safest way of going about doing it. If not, there are lots of guys who use an electric trolling motor up front on the bow and cut the bow rail...

I'm assuming it must be a lack of sales thing, as I can't imagine they'd discontinue a model that's been around for almost 40 years now, especially if it makes them a considerable amount of profit/sales every year. Which is interesting because I see 226/228 Seafarer's and 232 Gulfstream's quite...

Per the Sharrow website, it says that every order comes with a 30 day satisfaction guarantee. I'm not exactly sure what is included in those requirements or if there is a return/restocking fee or whatnot, but it does sound like they'll give you your money back if you're not happy with the...

I'd pass on the turbo swing as well, considering that they're a minimum of $750 on up to over $1,400, depending on which one you get. I would instead buy a towing harness, like something linked below, and then attach whatever tow rope you want to use to that. That way, you can just use the...

I admittedly have no knowledge or experience with the boat model in question but per the Grady White website... if yours has the sun platform insert with the cushion, you could use that and sleep up in the bow of the boat. I imagine that is likely going to be one of your better options...

My uncle used to think the same thing about boating... he wanted a 30'+ boat so that he could have the entire family out and fishing on it. I mentioned to him a couple of times while he was looking for a boat to buy that with different schedules and everything else, it's likely pretty rare that...

That's the same one that I have on my boat as well. Also available on Amazon...

I guess that's where we differ as I just don't see the need to add a custom pilothouse to a GW for up here in the Puget Sound area. I'm admittedly much more of a fair-weather fisherman in that if it's freezing cold, there's 15+ mph winds, really bad chop, etc... I'm likely going to stay home for...