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This is going to sound really stupid, but I've used Desitin diaper rash cream on my trim tabs. The longest I ever keep my boat in the water is 2-3 weeks at a time, but if I apply the stuff at the beginning of the season, it's still there and effective at the end of the season. Is it the best...

My experience fishing offshore in southern California is that while there is a lot of bickering on the radio, especially when fighting over fish, for the most part people look out for each other. First story: I was out fishing albacore out of Ensenada, Mexico with a buddy in his 20 foot...

That's every weekend in San Diego! Last year we pulled up to a school of foaming bluefin in the 70-100 lb class. I cast a jig right into the middle of the foamer and was instantly bit... line starts peeling off my reel and here comes another boat flying in to get into the middle of the action...

Don't forget paravanes, Dennis... ;-) https://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/maintenance/paravanes-stabilizer-option

Speed and fuel savings... that's tough to answer because it depends on conditions. What trim tabs allow you to do is stay on plane at lower speeds and level out the boat due to conditions, whether that be where passengers are sitting while underway or wind and chop direction. Things like getting...

Ahh, I missed the Canada part. That does change things... especially if the amount of cash is >$10k crossing the border...

Wait, the USA has turned into a 3rd world country where cops pull people over and confiscate money with no warrant and no probable cause? Maybe I'm naive, but if you're worried about that, I can see why you may have scared the seller off...

Yep, I agree with this, Dennis. Every day on the water is different, and the trim is always something that I adjust by feel. Though there are times where having a position indicators would be nice, like when I make a course change and have to adjust trim. In those situations, I retract both tabs...

Trim tabs are very worth considering if you do a lot of offshore runs. I mostly launch out of Dana Point, and those long runs back from the 181 or 43 are so much nicer with them. Even runs up the coast along the beach are nicer with them. Without tabs, the boat will lean into the wind, it will...

Not surprising... Real-life data is usually not quite up to specs, since we rarely ever do our boating in 100% ideal conditions. Here are my performance numbers with a 175 HP Yamaha carb'ed SWS. The boat has bottom paint, a radar arch, a bimini top that's always up, trim tabs, and a 32 gallon...

My boat used to have a thru-hull transducer installed just forward and outboard of the water intake on the starboard side, kind of where that clean spot is I marked with the arrow in your photo below. It was a very large transducer the previous owner used for rockfishing 600+ feet deep and it...

Just adding my 2 cents in. I have Bennett 12x9's installed. I ran a couple seasons without them, then installed them. I would never run this boat again without them. By far the best upgrade I did on this hull. As stated above, they are most useful to level the boat in a crosswind and quartering...

My thought was to adjust the sacrificial zinc torque tab on the aft of the anti-cavitation plate. It sounds to me like that's not adjusted properly and you're experiencing prop-walk. You're then compensating by having the motor slightly turned to starboard to go straight, which is causing the...

1998 would be correct. My 1995 hull was replaced in 1998 under warranty. It went back to Grady with a deck hatch and aluminum tank. It came back with a solid deck, poly tank, and a bow pulpit. So I may have the only 1995 hull with sealed in poly tank.

I also think it's number 4... 1. What you're experiencing is not normal 2. There's no way an improper trim would put such a load on the motor that you'd drop ~1500 RPM from your rated max. 3. You're not over-propped with a 14.25x17 prop on that motor with that hull 4. The only thing left is...

Haha... For sure. At the time we were staying at a dock that was a 45 minute, 5 mph harbor cruise to the open ocean. Neither the thought of a 1.5 hour round trip to and from the dock, potentially up to 6 times, to try to determine the bad plug, or trying to change a spark plug out in the open...

That's good info... now it sounds like a stuck or flaky oil level sensor. I don't remember the details on how it works, but it's connected to the cap on the main tank with the wires.

Yep, I'm in agreement with Doc. 4000 RPM WOT is way too low and is about the top end drop I'd expect with a cylinder not firing... Could be something simple like a bad spark plug or loose spark plug wire. FWIW, I have a different motor, but many years ago I had just had the motor serviced which...

From what you state, I'm leaning towards what the others have said... the inline filter in the remote tank is partially clogged, so that the main tank will fill, but not fast enough to keep up at high RPM's when the motor is consuming more oil. You shouldn't need to start the engine and apply...

My first thought was that was a (polite?) way of saying they don't have the capabilities of servicing older motors. Unlike the auto-makers you named, Grady-White is not manufacturing the motors they put on their boats, so getting Yamaha certification (and any other motor certification) is...