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Will do! Boat runs great but gale force winds every afternoon has prevented me from getting out much. I have been working on installing the kicker motor (see separate thread) but that is now done. Supposed to take 3 friends out Friday for halibut and rockfish but we may get blown out, looking...

Hey Mustang - hope you are having a good summer! I thought there was a thread on the forum that stated these were no longer available from GW, but I could be wrong, will call them this week. Checking dealers is a good idea, but I am 3-5 hours away from them where I live.

Excellent! I used to live in Bay area and had a Sunbird Neptune 202 to fish for stripers in the delta. I now live down in San Luis Obispo, and bought the 228 to start ocean fishing - will have to learn the best techniques for trolling for salmon and tuna!

Good advice - I have been looking for a supplier that would have a size that would work and have yet to find anything close. The other issue I see is the lips on these tubs are usually rolled or reinforced underneath, so they would stick up far enough to raise the compartment lid which would...

Thanks Timcan - yours looks great too! Where did you get your bracket? Looks like it is taller than mine, so would not need the spacer. We hope to get out fishing on Friday to try mine out!

Yep - batteries control how deep you can make them. The factory bin is 4.25 inches deep. I think they could be a bit deeper but I have not made any measurements and don't have a way yet to make a form for a deeper bin (although I may try some ideas).

I thought about doing that but for a couple of reasons decided to go the other route. First of all there are a couple of bolts placed where the nuts sit right between the bracket and the swim platform - I would have had to completely remove the bracket again to get those two nuts off. In...

You are correct, the cover sits on top of the lip of the bin so the lip has to be pretty thin. Let me fab one up and post a picture of it - you can decide if you still want a couple.

BTW - these bins drop into the storage boxes below the transom seats, on either side of live well

Next task was to find a suitable place at the helm to mount the 703 Yamaha controls - best place for me was on the left side of the console - the cabling is routed down under the footrest and behind removable cover (notched the cover where cables pass through). all the cables pass under the...

Just completed the install on my kicker (2016 T9.9 on a 2008 228 with F250 and full swim platform. First of all, after much research, I purchased the PDR swim platform bracket because they also make a brace that bolts under the platform to add extra strength and tie it in with the transom...

Hello everyone - this forum has been such a great resource to me I thought someone might be able to help me with some suggestions here. I recently purchased a 2008 GW 225 with F250 and just got through adding a T9.9 kicker to the swim platform. I am now looking to purchase or make a second...

For those that need the whole blade assembly: when I bought my 2008 Seafarer it had a black painted blade holder that was rusty and with a blade that was falling apart. I found a stainless steel blade holder and blade of the same length on (of all places) the Home Depot website. Bought it and...

Thought I would post an update here - still not in the water yet but SOON! I have been working hard on getting the old boat sold - completely cleaned, polished and waxed, got all the gear sorted on what I wanted to keep vs what went with the boat. I was thinking of asking $15K for it with the...

My error - this was listed in the Santa Barbara Craigslist but on looking at it again, the windshield is located east of San Diego. I hope it finds a good home!

Not mine, just spotted on Craigslist, but someone may need it so here is the link! https://santabarbara.craigslist.org/bpo/d/el-cajon-grady-white-windshield/7446637426.html

The boat I just purchased needs new screens, but I have a few questions for anyone that has already replaced theirs. Thanks for all the great information above - very helpful. My screens were inside the cabin and when I pulled them out to install, I realized they were pretty rickety from sun...

Congrats on your 223! Very glad to hear at least some of this was useful or entertaining - the people on this forum are wonderful and I have learned so much reading their posts, very glad I can add to the discussion.

Regarding Captain Chair armrests - I looked at several boats that had lost the covering on the arm rests and also found on a couple of forums what people are doing to remedy that. There seemed to be two modes of action - some had covers made that slide over the arms but they are apparently...

Yep - I have one but forgot to grab it!