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Fir dual axel trailers, 5% is the appropriate starting point. I agree that your current placement of the boat is too far forward. It is common for the aft end of the hull to sit past the ends of the bunks. You bunks are sitting past the transom. The bunks should not run under trim tabs if...

Trimming an engine up changes the direction of the thrust and points it downward relative to the hull bottom. In theory that causes the stern of the boat to lift up. So in theory changing the trim angle of an outboard will cause the hull to tilt. In reality the force of the thrust has less...

The three holes on the lower edge of the gunnel is where the screw that holds the bolster in place is screwed in. Normally the screw is inserted into one of the grommets in the bottom area of the bolster into the gunnel. It seems that the bolsters may have been reinstalled a few times, hence the...

The old style 'saddle' mount blades are more difficult to find especially OEM Anchor. Saddle mount is the type that attaches to the arm using a thin bolt and nylock little nut. If you current blade is a hook style or a pin style, you have a lot of options. but note that automobile replacement...

Seakeeper has announced kits for filling in trim tab pockets on some boats. I believe a few Grady model are available or will be soon.. The kits include molded filler parts to enclose the trim pocket. That's kind of cool and make the refit a lot simpler. I found this link...

Seakeeper Ride is the trim tab like product.

Gyroscopic stabilizer, very expensive option and expensive to maintain.

Looks like a starboard helm to me.

If you don't have any blisters after 34 years of service, you don't really need a barrier coat. If you do have blisters, you have to fix them before the barrier coat. It can be a involved job. So, assume no blisters. I recommend a primer coat and then anti-fouling coat. Select the primer and...

The tests I have read concentrated on lower speed applications and displacement hulls. For recreational planing hulls, I haven't seem a lot of documented tests. When I see pictures of outboards raised up and propped with sharrows what comes to mind in the back of my head is 'steal me!'

When you take the rams apart, note what direction the ram seals face if they have a v shaped groove on one side. Some years do and some don't.

The boat is wet slipped and I had to haul it on a trailer to clean the actuators. Fortunately at my club, we have a ramp. Most of the assembly is composite fiberglass. SK states not to paint the metal parts that make up the blade and blade edge. The rest of the assembly should be anti fouled. I...

In your photo you show a green wire connected to one of the negative battery terminals. Where does that wire go? I ask because typically green wires are earth grounds and i don't think that earth ground should be connected to your batteries That ECLI breaker is both ground fault protection...

I have the 450s on my other boat. I don't have a lot of experience but they do significantly improve the ride . My hull is 26 ft and the weight of everything is about 7200 lbs. I did and may still do have an issue with barnacles. I just redid the treatment with different primers and antifouling...

If you have a displacement hull, what difference does it make if the article refers to getting on plane at lower revs?

Are you saying that only one battery is wired to the charger? I would think that if there is a breaker reset for the charger, both batteries would not be charged. Perhaps your house bank was not charging during normal running, not shore power maintenance charging. In that case I would suspect...

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all else aside, did it occur to you that if there were blockages in the exhaust cooling plumbing, the telltale stream pressure would be higher. Not that I think that is going on here but the fact that the stream runs like a race horse could be a bad sign:)

2 stroke to 4 stroke in line 4: Better fuel economy, much quieter, less smoke and smell, I don't know what the motor is taller is all about but the key factor is where the LU sits. What's to worry about

Some boaters have cleaned the control trim switch and it resumed working. I am not sure if that is your issue since in the above case the switch acted up and would work some times if you played with it. In either case, checking the wiring to the control and wiggling things while you hold the...