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Pretty obvious who the real captan is here. 9yo West Siberian Laika and our goofy 5yo golden!

19 years is a very long time in the marine industry, and I can all but guarantee that Yamaha doesn't provide factory training support for the HPDI let alone the OX66. So there's a good chance they may not have any technicians that have any training or experience working on those engines. This...

If your just day tripping for fish I'd say the Sailfish is fine. But if you plan on taking extended trips and or plan on boating in the San Juan's or up into BC regularly your going to want the Marlin. The extra cabin space is really nice and the extra overall size helps alot when the weather...

I know this sounds weird but I'd go with 300 Yamahas or 300 Mercs. I've got 2018 Yamaha 300s on my Marlin and it'll do 50mph, that being said the new V8 Mercs have so much mid range torque they feel (and perform) just as good, if not better, than the L6 350 Verados. You could also wait until...

Advanced Mid Section, there's no cables to run, you get power steering and in general you can integrate whole package better since you will have the digital helm. People get nervous about all the wiring and modules but overall they have been very reliable. The only real problem point has been...

After I read that it sounded somewhat hostile. I apologize, not my intention. I'm just trying to impart some of my experience. I agree that getting rid of a load of bad gas isn't cheap but I've never seen good stabilized gas go bad over a winter and servicing and or replacing fuel system...

We service the boat every year, before and since this incident, we do the winterizations in the fall and the de-wins in the spring. Since that winter he religiously fills his tank before he brings it to the shop for his winterization and has never seen a problem since and we haven't done a thing...

Always store with full tanks ESPECIALLY IF IT'S AN ALUMINUM TANK! Aluminum attracts condensation like crazy, so if you have high humidity at any point during storage there's a good chance moisture will get in through the fuel tank vent and condense on the exposed aluminum. I've seen it a lot...

It took 195 days since we brought the boat home but we are finally on the water!!! They say patients pays off, and all I can say it that we couldn't be happier with our Marlin! We've had it out the last two weekends and have done almost 250 miles. Last Monday we had horrible seas, I took green...

Congrats on the new engines! I may be a bit biased as a Mercury mechanic but the new engines are amazing, the torque is unbelievable! They have been very reliable so far and I haven't had a single complaint from our customers since they hit our dealer. And just to set the record the new Merc...

It's been awhile since I've had time to update, work is INSAINE right now, the boating industry has exploded because of the virus. The bad news is I haven't been able to make much headway with my projects on the boat, but the good news is the fiberglass repair is almost done! Like a lot of...

Was able to get some pictures of the progress I've made Here's the enclosure I made for the Fusion, I'm really happy with how this turned out! I'll be basically re-rigging the entire stereo from scratch and there isn't much access on this side of the boat for a lot of wires soooo....I made...

Wow I completely spaced the whole idea of the auxiliary charge posts haha! Thanks for the reminder! Does anyone know the part number for the harness or kit I would need for dual 4.2l Yamaha engines? Thanks for the link to your set up! After looking at your diagram I totally understand why you...

Yea we finalized the refi on the house just before everything went to hell in a handbasket, now with that and our stimulus were in a nice place too. I need to decide on which underwater lights I want and what radar package will work best haha! Plus it'll make the trip to the upholstery shop for...

The wiring project has somewhat stalled out, I have a lot of little odds and ends I need to figure out before I can totally finish. I made the new housing for the Fusion stereo, turned out pretty good I'll post pictures of it later today if I have time between my honey-do's. I'm finalizing...

These were all on our Trophy but it still works I think... This was our first boat. 19' 1979 SeaSwirl, It took me almost three years to restore it. Replaced the transom and most of the floor, filled every single hole, faired the whole boat, sealed it with epoxy and painted it with...

Sounds like a good project, I'd also like to see pictures of the spring base. Im trying to get ideas on how to make our marlin more comfortable for our marina hopping trips.

I'm a navy guy because, as leeccoll said best, I'm a fisherman first and ivory is just more work. That being said ivory can look good but it has to be done just right. I work on a 305 Conquest that has ivory that looks awesome, but there's also a 305 in our harbor that has ivory that looks...

This is probably the most important comment said here so far. The F550 I used to tow with came from Ford with a 10k lb hitch if you can believe that, my company obviously upgraded to class V hitches. The largest boats I used to trailer regularly all had BoatMaster trailers, a very well trusted...