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When I bought this Grady (about 6 or 7 years ago), I did not immediately drop the lower unit from the Yamaha OX66 250HP. Well, two years later I tried... no luck. Tried again the following year, no luck. I tried everything... wedges, hammer, a bigger hammer, leaving the securing bolts loose...

If you haven't seen this, yet... how 'bout a 600HP, 7.6L V12 outboard? No, I did not make a type there. V12! Fixed engine with articulating lower unit, dual props. Might have to reinforce your transom, though as it weighs almost 1,300lbs! But that's a lot of engine sitting in one location...

Just starting to look for a little runabout for my parents. Found a 2000 192 Tournament. I've only seen it in pictures, so far. But I had a quick question regarding the cockpit scupper hoses... what's the access like? I know that can be a loaded questions, but with only seeing it so far in...

In contrast to the other thread of towing rigs, got any good stories of what NOT to do? I'll start... I was probably about 17, working at a small marina - and looking back, lot's of corners where cut at this place... which is kinda the underlying theme of this post. Well, we had to move a...

I don't even know what to say... you just have to watch...

On another forum, a thread popped up about a boat that started sinking due to a broken (plastic) thru-hull. The thru-hull was above the waterline, but not by much. Once some water got inside, it weighed the boat down enough where things started to get worse and worse. The colder couple (who...

John, I'm having some kind of trouble with my PM's and have a favor to ask. If you get a chance, could you please contact me? You can email me at dennis@petersmarine.com or call at 610-390-5035. Thanks! Dennis

I figured that subject heading would get some attention... :) I just wanted to pass this along -- hopefully you find it helpful. As some of you might know, I've worked in the marine industry for about 25 years - with a mix of full and part time. Now, I'm a firm believer in what Startron can...

Silly me, I measured the 'ledge' where a filler cushion board would set in the v-berth (to make the v-berth into a full bed). A quick winter project is to make a filler board and then have a filler cushion (along with new v-berth cushions)made. I wrote down the length of ledge, but I neglected...

I'm thinking of installing an anchor roller. While this is nothing new, I just want to make sure I get the proper size roller that will allow for enough overhang off the bow. I believe there is enough room - might need to mount the hawse pipe off center, though. There is 16" of flat space...

The digital display for the engine trim (little LCD bars that range from 1-5) is acting funky. When trimming the engine through it's full range, the only thing going on with the display is that it "looks" (even if engine is all the way down) like the engine is all the way up and the LCD bar at...

So far, my brother has the most time on our "new" '82 Offshore. The 250HP Yamaha is mounted on a bracket. He told me about an incident trying to back away from a dock and I was curious if the cause is simply due to having the OB on a bracket (it seems to make sense to me, anyway). He had...

I'm in PA, my brother is with the boat in ME... He mentioned that at 3700RPM, the engine surges a little up and down. Sort of like someone was slightly advancing and lowering the throttle a little bit. If he either upped or lowered the RPM by about 100 or so RPM's, it ran rock steady. If I'm...

I have an old Evinrude 7.5HP laying around. Is it worthwhile to put this on the back, or is it a waste of time? I'm guessing/hoping it will "do the job"? Do any of you with similarly sized Grady's use a kicker? What are your experiences?

So as I was working on rebuilding the floor, I happened to take a look at the remote oil tank (boat side) hold down (Yamaha OEM) and noticed it was starting to have seen better days. Rusted, but still relatively solid -- nothing some sandpaper and paint wouldn't fix. But, I thought that maybe...

I'm recoring the floor of the Grady and I thought I would try something different for the floor hatch. Given that it's easy enough to rectify, either now or even when it's in the water, I thought it might be fun to try something that hasn't (to my knowledge) been used before. There are...

With a single 250 OX66, I assume a 30GPH is enough? If both filters are rated at 10 micron, what are the pros/cons to using a 60GPH?

So... I've started to tackle "the project". Bought the boat, with my brother, near the end of the season and knew the floor was soft so I had planned on doing this over the winter. I built a wooden structure off the aft corners so that I could shrink wrap the boat "high". That way I would...

Sounds like a silly question, but how do you do it? I looked into buying a plastic 55-gallon drum ($10-$20 on Craigslist). But, if I am correct, a drum is 24" in diameter and the length of my anti-ventilation plate is longer than that. Will the drum stretch/elongate enough to fit the lower...

This is the spare engine for the boat so it's just sitting on a stand in my garage at this point. The guy I bought the boat from gave it to me as an "extra" and said that something is wrong with it, but wasn't 100% sure of what it was. I did a compression test and got 72 - 80 on all cylinders...