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Yes, Imtra recommends changing every other year: https://www.imtra.com/learning-center/articleid/40/bow-thruster-maintenance . Of course for many years, I had no idea I was supposed to do this, and when I did ask my marina to change it we discovered that the gear leg was in pretty bad shape so...

For what it's worth, I find I use my riggers less and less because I've switched to running wide tracker bars (I love the Sterling 18 inch bars) and they run really nicely outside the wake without riggers. I can easily run a 7 rod spread (2 wide and 1 flatline on each side + 1 down the middle).

That's great. I've made several purchases from BOE and they are always top rate!

Wow - that's amazing! Great job finding that. Did you access the glove by removing the fuel gauge sender?

It is adjustable, but it's also possible your motor has gone bad. Here's the motor I used to replace mine on my 2003 -- it's a pretty easy replacement! https://www.westmarine.com/marinco-heavy-duty-mrv-wiper-motor-80-sweep-281964.html

Yeah - $100k may be too high, but when I bought mine 7 years ago I had the option of engines on or off and I think I only knocked $10-15k off the price for no engines. I think the prices of the older hulls with the original 1500+ hour Yamaha 225's reflect the fact that the buyer will have to...

Back in 2015 I bought a 2003, hull only for about $85k. My guess is about $100k?

I bought mine in 2019 on Amazon for $1470 during our annual Massachusetts tax holiday! I had my marina install it and they put it in the transom area behind the generator. I was a little worried about corrosion there, but it seems to have held up great so far. It's also right next to my Garmin...

My '03 330 had no assist pump, so I added one a few years ago -- very easy upgrade! It wasn't easy before, but I would not have described it as "very hard" so I suspect there is something wrong with your system or configuration as suggested above. I'd highly recommend the assist pump - works...

Just saw this... I was able to replace mine (2003 model) by only removing one small panel directly underneath. I replaced with a 10' plastic hose instead of the original metal jacketed one..

My radar (330 Express) is where yours is, but I mounted a 20 inch single row LED lightbar on one side of the radar. It would have been nice to do it symmetrically, but functionally works just fine.

There are definitely folks out there who are successfully running AC's off an inverter system, and many are using lithium batteries for the inverter. The rough math is that for every 1,000 watts of 120V AC power you will need about 100 amps of 12V DC current. So if your air conditioner consumes...

Bracket would be awesome. Please post what you discover!

As I understand it the Seakeeper Ride is supposed to adjust the tabs very very quickly (they claim 100 times each second) in response to each individual wave. So it's actively forcing the bow down just at the moment the wave is trying to push it up. It also counters roll... Some folks are...

Anyone considering retrofitting a the Seakeeper Ride system on their Grady? https://ride.seakeeper.com/ For those who haven't heard about it, this is *not* the original Seakeeper Gyro, but instead is basically a very active trim tab system that reacts to the waves to keep the boat at a constant...

I emailed Imtra for various issues with my thruster (OEM on '03 330 Express) and they were very responsive & helpful. I ended up sending my unit to them in Bedford MA for servicing and they did a great job. I did the Q Prop upgrade -- I couldn't tell much difference to be honest, but I believe...

Depending on how you use it, you might consider replacing with an inverter and Lithium Ion battery bank. I don't use much 110v power (no Air Con use) and I replaced my FP with a Mastervolt inverter + small battery bank for a small fraction of a new genset. Couldn't be happier! I'm certain this...

No error code? (i.e. the panel just powers itself off?)

I would think it would be relatively easy for a glass shop to fabricate for you. If you go that route, you might like to have them make a single hatch like the new ones. I ended up having both of my hatches permanently attached together to keep the rain out and make it seal better (also added a...

On my 2003, the factory holders are 30 degrees. I wouldn't recommend getting 15 or 30 degree swivel holders -- in my opinion they are pretty useless. I use a 0 degree with bent butt rods for giant tuna fishing. I only have one installed at the furthest back point on the starboard side, right...