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I currently have Lee Jr bases and original poles on my Grady 272 Sailfish. The poles are the originals from the late 90s and need replacement. (1) I don't want to spend a ton of money and (2) I'd like to get collapsible poles to make transport and storage a little easier. I've search the...

Thanks TopsulTime. Hopefully I will hear back from Grady next week and can start making a plan of attack.

It got to a 10 year low here in south Florida. I think it went down to 34. Some places out west more inland even had some frost. There are no visible cracks in the pockets from the outside. I put a straight edge on both the bottom of the euro transom\integrated bracket and the bottom of the...

Is this the crack you are referring to on the Port side? I don’t think it’s a crack or delamination, just some discoloration but I'll take a closer look. Too cold today though for this Florida native.

I've sent the pics to a contact I have a Grady. We will see what they say. @TopsulTime when you say unbolt the L brackets, I assume you mean where they are bolted to the stringer, not the transom? Are you suggesting fiber glassing over the L brackets? Also, so everyone knows I’m looking for a...

Thanks all. All the thru hulls I'm replacing are above the waterline with the exception of the scuppers which are partially submerged. I replaced with new scuppers from Grady and I think they only come in stainless. I don’t thing bronze was an option. All of the thru hulls truly below the...

I’m replacing all my nylon thru hulls and scuppers with stainless ones and while down inside the bilge saw these cracks in the “stringers” that the metal transom reinforcing brackets are bolted to. It’s a strange "stringer" in that its only about 12 inches long and tabbed into the trim tab...

Well, I'm about halfway through my project to replace all my thru hulls and scuppers and may have found a terminal issue. It appears the stringer that the metal transom reinforcing brackets are bolted to are badly cracked and de-laminating. It’s a strange "stringer" in that its only about 12...

I started my thru hull replacement project today by pulling the livewell and removing the thru hulls for the livewell and aft bilge. The 1" livewell drain thru hull snapped off in my hand just like the other 1" thru hulls did. It seems these are the weakest of all the thru hulls. They appear to...

My project is going to encompass replacing every one of the plastic thru hulls with stainless. I've started making a list and trying to figure out sizes. The scuppers seem to be pretty obvious that they are 1 1/2 hose. What hose did you use as the replacement hose? Now I’m trying to figure out...

Thank You, great info! Im hunting for parts now so I will be sure to have all the parts before I start taking things apart. Dont want to get the boat torn apart only to have to wait months on parts.

Hi Boosted1, Your post and pictures are going to be very helpful as I’m getting ready to undertake this project as well on my ’97 272 Sailfish. Not that I’m so concerned about the hoses, those things are tough, but the plastic thru hulls are a concern. About three weeks ago one of the plastics...

I've spoken to a few fiberglass guys and what I plan to do is have the boat restored to like new condition. This will be about an 8-month job and will include new gas tanks, new none wood stringers, none wood transom, none wood recoring the sides, powder coating the aluminum tubing, paint or...

Thanks for the encouragement. Yes if I move the scuppers up and they are above the waterline I'll go with stainless but if part is below I'll do bronze. However, if I move them I'll move them all the way above the water line. No bigger deal to go 2 inches up vs 1. The only thing I need to...

OK so this is the preliminary plan for now. I have good access to the thru hull that broke off and one just forward of it that broke off while I was trying to remove the attached hose. Since I have such good access from the back, I’m going to cut out a section around the thru hull holes and...

That's really good to hear. I have fishing trips planned every weekend in December and wasn't sure if I was going to have to cancel. Sound like as long as I'm not going way offshore or in big seas I should be good and can adress the issue next yeargiving me time to research the right guy to...

Pipehunter, did you ever get your sides recored? I just discovered rotten cores in the sides of my 1997 272 Sailfish and need to start making some decisions on how to handle.

I took my boat out today to go fishing and test my new electronics and one of my plastic fish boxes drain thru hulls broke off. It’s a pain to get to but a pretty simple fix. However, I can now see that the inside coring of my hull side is complete mush. I press the side and it does flex. It...

I have 272 Sailfish with 6,000 BTU A/C and its more than enough. I would think 5,000 would be plenty.

Well, all finished. I screwed up big time with the console template in the top left corner but it works for now. I had to button up the job as I have multi day fishing trips planned for every weekend in December except this weekend so I need to use this weekend to test everything out. Overall...