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My wife loves to lay-out and soak up the sun. Aft deck is too low and she can't get enough air on hot days. I'm wondering if anyone has had luck with a marine bean bag placed in the walk around between the anchor locker and cabin? I'm thinking of checking out what West marine has at the store...

Don't keep all your secrets. ;) Let us know who did the windows!

A 250 ox66 is plenty of power for that hull. Ours was a 248 with a 225 ox66. Power was never an issue.

I won't go into detail, but there were a number of things I did to get my ox66 dialed in. The linkage rod was one of them. Sold the boat to my Dad's buddy. Still going strong! Dennis, Techron Marine is a different product than Techron. If I had to guess it is likely more concentrated than...

It has been a few years, but I think I bought the blend. Prior to using Techron, I used Startron. After 2 seasons plugs were consistently carboned and gooie. Once I changed to Techron marine, the difference was remarkable. Despite trolling, I could run plugs indefinitely. When I pulled them...

Good to know. There definitely is some technique to the method. Being a weekend warrior, I had it down by the last 2' of 10! Better lighting in my dimly lit garage would have helped as well.

No. Our 1999 225 did not. I tracked hours with self powered hour meter under the cowling. As for ox66 oil, Penzoil marine 2 cycle was low cost, low smoke, low carbon deposits and readily available from Wally World.

I used the discount eraser wheel to remove some stripe on my hull. It was very fast, but left some residue and scuffs that I had to polish out. Ultimately it was no big deal to clean up. Has anyone used the pricey 3M wheel with better results?

The 150-200 hpdi engines were very good. They were a 2.7 liter. Most of the big displacement hpdi engines (over 3 liters) had major issues. Ox66s generally don't like to run for sustained periods under 2200 rpm. We did it with ours, but had the engine really well dialed in and ran Techron marine...

I would assume you stow your side panels on the front birth? Or did you find a creative place to stow them out of the way?

That's exactly what I'm considering. The front panels will be semi rigid, with flexible material around the corners.

95% of the time mine will be stowed below, so ease of installation when needed will be a priority. You all have some very nice looking enclosures!

I completely forgot about Hookups post. At the time I wasn't considering that, but will likely go that route for the front.

I like it! I might go with a different material at the corners to make it more flexible. Your windshield to hardtop height is not nearly as large as mine. I have concerns the material could pucker or flex at speed. Have you experienced anything like that?

Is it permanent? Have any photos? How do you slide it around the corner of the upper track?

I lost my 3 piece windshield canvas. I'm thinking of having a 2 piece done to replace it to reduce zippers and visibility obstructions. My question is, has anyone used a semi rigid clear for the front panels? The thought of window like clarity is appealing, especially on cold days. The 270...

Thanks for the reply fixit. Looks like yours is different than mine. I've decided to have the canvas shop make a new front windshield panel. Mine was 3 piece. Sounds like yours is a 2 piece. Are you happy with it? If so, please send/post a photo if you have one. The 3 piece was a PIA and I'm...

Looks like you have chosen your path, but I'll throw another easier option if only a few inches are needed: Take wheels off 1 set of axles. The added load to the other axle should drop the boat down about 2". Between the above, ½ deflated tire and a ball mount as low as possible, you might...

If you have one of these boats with hardtop and enclosure, I need a measurement from you. Somehow I either misplaced or someone in my house threw out 2 of my 3 front panels. I have the center , but the 2 corner panels are gone. I need to have some new ones made. Thank you!

You can do what I did, but it might take you a bit longer.;) I wouldn't completely deflate the tires. You will likely damage them. I would go with the rollers if possible.