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    Passenger cockpit panel speaker wire routing

    282 Sailfish, Marlin, Chesapeake, 270 owners . . . How is the wire routed to the speaker in the port helm area cockpit panel? I have a 282 Sailfish that never had speakers installed in the helm area, and now that I have a pair, I can't figure out how I'm getting from the helm/dash to the port...
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    Dash wedge for autopilot control head

    I've ditched the AP11 (OEM) autopilot control head out of our 2002 282 Sailfish, and have been playing around with a wedge idea to orient the display a bit more towards the helm. What looks better? The seafoam/sort-of-matchy-matchy Grady White colored star-board under the black display unit...
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    OEM Wiring Harness FYI (or what I learned today)

    Soooooooo . . . spring's coming soon in RI, t- 45 or so to target launch date for the 282 Sailfish, and a good bit of work to do before then. One of our primary work items is to replace and re-wire the original thru-hull mounted, plastic, live well pump, with a more robust, bulkhead mounted...
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    Spring Maintenance 2015, New Owner

    Much love for the knowledge base on this site! New-to-us Grady 282 owner, tackled a lot of work to catch up on some deferred maintenance from the previous owners including a full bottom job. Learning about 282 fuel tank, water/fuel issues with E10, and other general fuel system concerns, we...
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    1st ever Powerboat! Sailfish 282

    Husband and I are avid sailors and decided we needed a power boat to go romping around Narragansett Bay. Do some dedicated fishing, clamming, shrimping, you name it! We are so incredibly excited, and slightly terrified. She gets delivered on Thursday to Wickford, RI Marina!! :shock: Holy Cow...