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    Show me your custom baitwell

    thanks for the pic, Curmudgeon. I'm trying to decide if I want mine up against the old tank, all the way back like yours. The option is to mount it mid deck and leave space for a medium size cooler between the new baitwell and old bait well. This will push more weight forward. Can you give me...
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    bow cleat and eye backing plate replacement?

    Where do I get the big steal plate that's inside the bow hull? The towing eye and the bow cleat both attach to this. Min is completely falling apart and rusted out. This is a huge problem. It's fiberglassed in but parts of it are hanging out into where my anchor rode is stored and pulls out...
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    Show me your custom baitwell

    I was reading on greatgrady that those boxes have raw fiberglass exposed on the underside of the top of the box. I haven't poked my head in there, but some say it get fishy smelling so bad that they can't get it out. Do you have this problem? Last trip out, I put two bags of ice and all my...
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    Show me your custom baitwell

    Thanks for that info. If I decide to go with a baitwell in the middle of the deck, I will have to figure out a better fish box solution. Right now I use a LARGE cooler for a fishbox, since I don't have one in the floor. What are you using for a fish box on your boat>?
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    Is it normal for fuel to come out the vent

    I would get the tank pressure tested. There is no reason to have so much water in your fuel. I had a similar problem. Turned out that I had 2 large holes corroded thru my tank. Since my floor panel wasn't properly sealed, and my access hatches had rotted o-rings, every time I took on spray, or...
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    Show me your custom baitwell

    Newbie here. :noob I've been restoring a 1988 228G seafarer WAC with single 200HP outboard. I really want a bigger bait well, and would like to modify the transom well to be a general storage area that is easily removed to access the bilge. If you have pictures of this type of mod, please...
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    Introduction

    Newbie here. Hi folks, I'm Steve from Jacksonville. Lug Man is my business name...no real significance. I deal in Automotive parts. I bought my first GW about 18 months ago in May of 2011. She's a 228 Seafarer WAC with 200HP Yamaha 2 stroke OB. She spent all of her life in Cujo Key, Florida...