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    Day Dreaming ...upgrading

    The truck is defiantly a factor in towing, but the trailer itself makes a bigger difference in my experience. Our current 305 Express tows better than our 272 did, the trailer I had for the 272 was new but I was too close to its max capacity to tow comfortable and would sway if not loaded...
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    Throttling up to Turn in Place

    The video here helped me a lot and it works great. It's easy to get sucked into the "seesaw of despair" as he describes it.
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    Anyone Here Buy the '99 Gulfstream on CWS Auctions?

    I put in a bid but was outbid and didn't see what it went for, last I saw was a little over $3,000. I would have been a lot more aggressive if it was even within a 10 hour drive for me, I was thinking maybe $3k to ship from Fl to MA without its own trailer but that might have been wishful...
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    Question on Yamaha wiring

    They were round on the 2007's because I remember the HPDI's went into old holes without issue. I guess if it was me and there was any difference I would just pull the new cables to keep the OX66 wiring intact for resale value. Also I think there is a shorter harness from the key switch to the...
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    Question on Yamaha wiring

    One of those connectors is probably the oil gauges and alarms, so it might not be needed. I had to go from 2007 F150's back to 2001 HPDIs due to the corrosion issue on my old Islander. I am trying to remember but I think I had to run the new harness, I know opposite of what you are doing but...
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    Question re power at the dock

    Not sure how RI is, but Mass will let you pick your numbers if you go in person and the numbers are available. If RI is the same maybe you can get lucky and not have to replace as many.
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    272 Sailfish with yamaha ox66 225's (2 stroke) and 200 gallons of fuel

    I have the Grady report from when I had my 272 if that helps with your calculations. I would think your in a safe range, I saw 1.5mpg on a good day with bottom paint, I was usually around 1.25 it seemed.
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    Hypothetically..would you rather

    Although I have never been in the market for new, I have never been disappointed in moving up in size. We went down once, from a Sailfish to an Islander, it wasn't the plan but it was a good deal so we jumped on it which ended up helping in the long run. I do not see us going bigger than the...
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    Persistent water intrusion in fuel 19.5 tournament

    I ordered from Jegs, but this is the same one. I had to drill new holes in the tank and I used stainless nyloc bolts to secure it in place with a lot of sealant. My tank opening was shot, so next step was to seal up that hole permanently and rely on a fuel flow meter or replace tank. We used...
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    Persistent water intrusion in fuel 19.5 tournament

    We had a 2001 180 Sportsman with the poly tank. It was drinking water around the sending unit. The top of the tank flexed and pulled the screws out of the fasteners. I found a stainless plate online and through bolted that with a lot of fuel rated sealant with the cork gasket and put in a new...
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    Fuel flow sensor 2000 GW 272

    I believe the fuel flow sensors have their own harness with a 6 pin plug to the back of a gauge and not the single bullet connectors.
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    Anyone with Toddler Life Jacket Recommendations

    To prevent buying a retuning several times form amazon I am curious if anyone has a lifejacket recommendation for 3-4 year old that they like. My daughter and nephew will still fit into the Body Glove jackets from last year but I thought they were too bulky, they are also small for their ages...
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    2000 272 Sailfish good bad ugly

    I had a 1999 272. We loved the boat, we had a 1 year old during the start of the pandemic and decided to try and list it. First person to look bought it and the wife wasn’t happy about the sale! I have boat A.D.D. and we kept the 272 longer than anything else by far. After a year boatless we...
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    Trailering Random Question

    Jack was off the ground, barely. Truck is capable, 2500HD Duramax. Truck is about 1” lower in rear compared to front when I measured tires to fenders, I can live with that. I have a new receiver hitch that will bring the trailer tongue up another 2”, won’t effect truck height but it will level...
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    Trailering Random Question

    Got the 305 Express on the trailer today, I am happy with how it sits, truck didn't seem as low in the rear in person as the picture shows. Also uneven surface. The boat was placed by a hauler and was a little low for this trailer, once we got the boat a little higher on the blocks it went...
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    Trailering Random Question

    My old 272 Sailfish would sway behind my 2500HD at 40mph if I did not get the boat far enough forward. If the boat was just 4-6" off front winch stop it would barely have any tongue weight. The boat was so heavy if it wasn't all the way forward when floating that was it, and before the ramp I...
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    Trailering Random Question

    I feel like any trailer that sways is due to poor load balancing and wrong lounge weight. The load can be adjusted front and back with moving axels and winch post on a boat trailer to achieve this. A camper is more restricted on interior layout and design requiring load levelers on light duty...
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    Seagull deterent?

    The Gull-Sweep works ok, but it sometimes gets knocked down by the birds. I tried a fake owl, but I swear they just made friends with it! Best thing that works for me is trying some clear mono fishing line in a square or triangle around top between the antennas/rocket launcher rod holders...
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    Best place to have cushion made around Boston north shore or metro west?

    I used Darek Nurzynski of Charlton, MA. His cell is 617 312 4297. No affiliation, found him on FB Marketplace and used him twice and he did great work for a very reasonable price. We will defiantly use him again. He will pickup and deliver also.