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Folks, the family and I are going to stop in Hatteras next week as we make our way south for the winter. Can anyone recommend an experienced mate that can spend a day or two with us on the water? I don't want to rob any of the charter boats of their help, and I don't want anyone looking to...

Two questions please. First, my Canyon 306 came with a Lewmar V700 which is fine unless you're trying to anchor in a few hundred feet of water since it has no freefall option. Has anyone tried replacing their stock windlass with a Lewmar ProFish? Does it fit in the windlass compartment...

Anyone have a real life, tape measured LOA on a late model Canyon 306? No Pulpit, engines fully raised. thanks

Anyone know what Yamaha technical books estimate for an F250 short block rebuild? Or where to look for such info? My dealer tells me there's no such guideline which seems odd. Thank you

Folks, Had my 2005 F250 serviced a couple of months ago. All the annual work was done but the tech said no need to replace impeller this year, looked fine. Since the service, my overheat alarm will sound after a couple of minutes at idle. Never happened before, good water stream coming out...

Folks, Thinking about a trip from Key West to the Dry Tortugas the first week of May. Anyone with experience making that trip at that time of year? Advice will be welcome. Thanks, Larry

All, I'm planning to trailer my 9'3" Gulfstream from Maine to Florida. Does anyone have tips for acquiring all the necessary permits from each State's DMV? To save everyone some time, yes, I've searched the forums for similar topics, yes, I have enough truck and trailer, and yes, I'm sure I...

Hi All, We're off to a fast start this season in Maine but I have an engine dilemma. My 2005 Yamaha F250 has 1,600 hours, has always been well maintained, and until now performed flawlessly. But.....twice this year I've left the boat for 3-4 days and when I've come back it won't start or run...

For the past couple of years I've been posting answers when folks ask what electronics they should consider for their boats. My standard answer is "don't buy Raymarine". I have a C80 with a chartplotter, sonar, radar and Sirius satellite weather. It's all absolute junk. To top it all off, a...

All, I have been reading a lot about props on this forum and others and decided to try a new prop because my single F250 Gulfstream struggled to get on plane with a full load. I had heard a lot of good things about the "Prop God" and decided to call them. The owner spent several minutes...

Searching this site yields a ton of hits on fuel flow meters but there's much confusion about connecting to Raymarine. Calls to manufacturers are answered noncommittally. So, I thought I'd ask specifically: Is anyone successfully using a fuel flow meter with a Yamaha F250 and connected to a...

Hi All, I need to add more rod holders and I'd like them to be up on the hard top. As you can see from the following picture, I can't add anything directly to the hard top frame due to the amount of overhang (about 12 inches). What have you guys done? Pics or links to products would be most...

Visited the New England Boat Show boat show in Boston with the Admiral yesterday. Not a whole lot new to see but it was good to crawl around on some boats instead of shovel snow for a while. Our favorite this year was the 37' Boston Whaler Outrage - truly a remarkable fishing platform. For...

Hi folks! Reading about the Grady that capsized recently in the Chesapeake got me to thinking about another post I read on this site last year. Someone made a comment about adding some red LEDs to the dash in the helm area that would signal whenever the bilge pumps automatically came on...

We spent an awesome day fishing in the Gulf of Maine on Jeffreys and Platts banks yesterday but 5 minutes into the ride home something broke in the motor or lower unit. Six hours and 30 miles later SeaTow pulled us into Fort Popham. Thank goodness for my membership, right? Anyway, my F250...

All, We love our Gulfstream but have been considering a move up to a new (or newish) Marlin. Is there anyone out there that has made this specific move? If so, was the Marlin all that you were hoping for in comparison to the Gulfstream? We're looking primarily to extend our days...

Has anyone ever buried their Yamaha four stroke(s) while backing into seas? I'm curious as to how easily these engines could be drowned/flooded/stalled etc. If this did happen to you, what was the remedy? I was in short period 3'-5' yesterday and had to be careful not to over wash my...

Hi folks, Getting ready for the season and one thing on my list for the past few years has been an EPIRB. So, I've purchased an ACR iPro 406 Cat 1. I went Cat 1 (auto release) simply for another level of backup, i.e. if for any reason we can't manually deploy the device there's some hope...

Hi everyone. I splashed the boat this weekend and found that my Yamaha trim meter seems out of whack (single F250). Last year it showed one bar when the engine was trimmed all the way down, and all bars when it was trimmed all the way up. Now, it shows four bars when the engine is all the way...

Here are some observations from the Northeast Boat Show in Boston this past weekend. Luckily it was Valentine’s Day so my wife went with me – she said it was the best present I could give her (she's always been a better fisherman than me). • Crowds were nonexistent. Might have been because...