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Never used a trolling motor, my concern would be if the weight of the boat is too much for the shaft, e.g. do you run the risk of bending the shaft? Another option would be to use a sea anchor - the drogue chute thing.

Russ, congratulations, I know you looked long and hard, it sounds like a great boat. I think I know the guy with the Sailfish, especially if it has 200's, he's a good owner.

The livewell is well forward of the drains as it's behind the passenger helm seat.

All, the low voltage alarm occurred before when raising the anchor, one of the three original batteries (I think it was the house) was 8.5 volts at rest so that's why I replaced all three. I bought the boat a year ago in April, the Garmin was installed shortly thereafter. In another thread I...

Great diagram, I'm going to post it on the bathroom wall...

Unfortunately the 2003 Yamaha engines don't output that data via NMEA, it wasn't until (I think) 2004 or 2005.

Has anyone ever done this? I have a 2003 and other than a tiny value displayed on one of the Yamaha gauges there's no way to sense the state of the electrical system when idling, running at high speed, raising the anchor, etc.

On a Sailfish, does anyone know how to replace the Port cockpit drain hose that goes to the through-hull? I saw somewhere that if you remove the batteries and hire a small child it was feasible. I'd like to think that Grady White would have kept this in mind (hose replacement, not small...

I've seen several threads with this topic but mine's slightly different. We just made our first trip to Catalina Island to fish, while there we dropped anchor several times. I recently installed three new Northstar AGM batteries (from West Marine) and had the battery selector switches on...

28', I know with the pulpit she's 30' but if anyone give me static I just point to the '282' logo.

Russ, I have a 282 Sailfish, a 2003, and tow with an F-250. Mine is slightly different because I ordered my truck with the diesel so it has tons of grunt. That being said, it tows really well but keep two things in mind. Leave plenty of stopping distance and be prepared for the folks who like...

My Sailfish has Lee outriggers, when I purchased the boat last year I noticed the cords and fittings were pretty ratty but left it for now. I talked to Lee's Tackle (the manufacturer) yesterday about what kit I'd need, they were really helpful but surprisingly didn't have a manual or...

At first I thought it was foam, then I realized it was ice...

I've heard stories about this, the cockpit drain hoses to the through-hulls - how does one replace them?

Thank you, I purchased three brand new AGM's and wanted to make sure they're happy.

On my Sailfish I have three batteries; the #1 setting on the Guest Battery Selector is two batteries wired together in parallel and #2 is the third battery. The section in the GW manual (below) doesn't answer my question - under normal operation you set Port to #2 and Starboard to #1, so when...

What's going on...with the weather? It's chilly in Southern California, I launched last week and it was in the mid-50's.

That's a gorgeous part, but whew, $56 each!

Is there such a thing as cockpit drain covers that let water through but block everything else? Somehow cockpits attract leaves, so I have to cover my drains with 3M tape so they don't clog. Curious what other people do.

I'll start small, one line each, and the premium version appeals to me. Thank you all!