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Used 2 gallons for 3 coats on my Gulfstream. Don’t recall the brand, but it was the heaviest copper load legally allowed.

In terms of where to find a good used GW, I’d look hard at the Great Lakes region - a used freshwater boat is usually in much better shape than the same boat in the salt.

Those sound like very good prices to me. I just had my 232 bottom painted, and that was $2k. The thru-hulls (and hoses) are a PIA to change, particularly the ones midship from the live well and cooler (port) and fishbox (starboard). For 8 thru hulls $600 in labor is well worth it. Make sure...

Just down, but it failed pretty quickly - within a few days.

One of my 2003 F200’s started behaving that way - and shortly thereafter it just failed, requiring a replacement of the motor (which turns out to be a major assembly). Good luck!

Dutch, I’m curious what you’re seeing for pricing. I’m starting to think about this (2x i4 200) for my Gulfstream.

The Yammies have a flip down metal support for that purpose. Do the Merc’s have something similar?

$100? I should have Merc’s! Had to replace this on one of my F200’s two years ago, and it was about $2K installed (done by pro’s - not me). I can absolutely verify that you want to do this before it fails - my motor and boat were out of service until it was fixed, and it did have a long lead...

I used the old school approach recently on my Gulfstream - screwing into the glassed in block, rather than using the metal yardstick. I used a 3/4” screw to mount the base of the bilge pump. A 1/2” was too short to get a good grab on the glass. Regardless of screw length, it was a major PIA...

16 knots is my minimum planing speed and I lift the stern a bit to maintain plane - but it minimizes pounding in a head sea. my normal cruise is about 22 - 24 knots at 3700 and I get a little over 1.5 mpg. Wide open on smooth seas is about 35 knots, 40 mph. I’ve got 20-yr-old F200’s.

Larry, I don’t know which one rides better in the chop. You and I fish some of the same waters, and I would say that I don’t push my Gulfstream over 16 knots going into a light head sea, as I don’t want the pounding for my boat or the crew. I do love the extra width for roominess while fishing...

The spec weight on my 2003 232 is 4092 lb (dry), plus 600lb ea for the F200's. I figured that my wet weight was around 7000lb, plus trailer (2000?). I really should weigh it, as I'm surprised to hear that some are seeing 10000+lb fully loaded. One thing I've adopted recently is that I...

I have a bracket, not a swim platform, so I can’t comment. I climb over the built-in seat when I need to get to the motors, but that’s unique to the older 232’s.

I have a 2003 GW 232 and love the boat for my purposes. However, the cabin is not big enough to overnight comfortably, and mine has a porta potty - not plumbed for a head. I think you have to be looking at a Sailfish or Marlin in the GW line to get the features you want, and make sure you’ve...

Nice!

I made my own from 1/4” black bungee cord from West Marine, and they had the clips as well.

What model motors do you have? My 2003 Gulfstream has F200’s, and there’s a flush port on the starboard side, just below the power head. It’s a small hose with a hose connector. You screw in your freshwater hose to that hose connector.

On my Gulfstream, the livewell is under the passenger helm seat, and the thru-hulls are next to it on the port side. This started with me opening up that little 6" inspection hatch thinking, "I wonder how those thru-hulls look?" Yeah. The lower one was completed covered in corrosion and...

A lot of discussion on this topic already, but if it’s helpful I had this exact repair done on one of the thru-hulls in my Gulfstream, although my original thru-hulls were bronze. I used the Groco 1500 TH for the replacement (1.5”), and you have to buy a separate tailpiece to mate a barb to it...

Zumy, I have a softcopy of the owner's manual for a 2003 Gulfstream, if that's of use to you. It shows (2) 3" PVC runs from the starboard side, up under the jumpseat/fishbox to the helm station. PM me if you'd like a copy of that manual. Good luck. Ron