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Mines a 2005, 650 hrs.

Fished the gulf stream off Topsail Island NC on Thursday in calm seas. I've been out to 30 miles several times over the past yr that I've owned my Sailfish but finally made it all the way to the break (about 55 miles). We fished The Devil's Hole and Nipple areas. We were loaded down with 5 guys...

Weight might be a concern. I'm a big fan of redundancy but if going diesel I'd think about single power and keep up with maintenance. Lot's of far bigger single powered diesel boats running every day off NC 50 to 100 miles and rarely have problems. I'm better with gas myself and with the costs...

The last boat owned, after the repower, had the scuppers underwater. I trailer stored so made some modifications which worked fine for 10 yrs til sold. I put manual shutoff valves in my scupper tubes which I never had to shut because I also installed 2 ping pong ball scupper covers on the...

I use a control transformer out of a furnace (I'm a hvac contractor), made a bridge rectifier with 4 diodes, a load resistor, a filter capacitor, and a zener diode. ;) I was in electronics before hvac. I made that contraption because a drill charger got damaged but now modified it to 12v to...

My old boat (28' cc) and my new (28' w/a) both cruise at 27 kts but with all the protection of the w/a it "feels" slower but it isn't. 32mph or 32 kts? 32 kts is pretty dag on fast on the water. water is over 8lbs per gallon, driving around with a water filled bracket ...

So the hippies were right???

Thanks for confirming Robbo, that's what I thought as well (fishbox not removable). So, remove seat/mount, lay on belly/side, remove heavy azz batteries at arms length. When I was younger I could replace them but couldn't afford this boat. Now that I can afford I'm too old and weak. Life can be...

Some F300s, like 2008s for instance are heavier at 800 lbs. Somewhere around 2015 the F300s did drop those 200 lbs. I've got 2005 F250s but my boat is rated up to 600hp. If I ever have to repower it would be to 300s but it would have to be the 600 lb ones...no way I'm adding 400 lbs back there.

I got my Sailfish several months ago then sold a 28' cc I had for 10 yrs. Had a 23' w/a before that and a 21' cc before that. At some point as you get older and wiser you realize getting wind beat and sprayed gets less tolerable. I've been out a few times but have not fished it yet. It was...

Just seeing this, been a long week. Yes, just unbolt the L bracket from the stringer and flex it a little out of the way while doing the repair. You should be able to move it away from the stringer and put a spacer there to hold it away while working. You'll have to re-drill the bolt hole thru...

Subscribed to see what you find about the fish box. I just remembered the main reason I was looking at it. It wasn't for battery access but looked at fish box removal because I'd like to surface mount some rod holders on the vertical wall just aft of it (in front of the engines). I would need...

Fishtales, you are correct about the pullout trash bin on port side beside the fishbox. I have that on my '05. When I pull that out on mine it doesn't help much accessing my 3 batteries as they are (going from memory here) under the fishbox but from the middle of it towards the starboard side...

My '05 282 Sailfish has 2 battery switches and 3 batteries. 1 Battery is connected to one engine and the other 2 batteries are in parallel and connect to the other engine. All of the electrics/electronics are powered off the double battery. I have a couple of questions. If either switch is...

I just pulled up the '08 brochure on Grady's site and it looks just like my '05. There's no pull out trash bin. I'm not sure how hard it is to get the rear fish box out but the batteries are directly below it. My batteries are/were newish when I bought my boat a few months ago but I've looked at...

I'd unbolt the L brackets and fiberglass across that crack with several layers. Start small and increase the size of the fiberglass patch to cover the one below it. I think 3 to 5 layers should do it. Then you'll have to redrill the bolt holes. Coat/seal the inside of the holes when putting the...

I thought about that when I was installing them. I just couldn't bring myself to cut 6" holes in my new (15 yr old) boat. Hopefully the $90 set of speakers will last a few yrs and the replacements will cost only $100. On the other hand if they only last 6 months the replacements will cost $300.

I'm sorry. That was not directed at you. I quoted you and provided info about the towing standard. The attack comment was directed at the one that tried to (incorrectly) say my meaning then attack that meaning (that they conjured up).

Anyone could look it up and do their own research to comfort themselves with info rather than comforting themselves by attacking me. I posted this standard above to make it easier to verify everything I said previously: Most of the major truck manufacturers are now using SAE J2807 as the...

Thanks for posting. Mine is a 2005 and I need to inspect mine. I suspect I'll have to address this maintenance item in the not too distant future.