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Larry, if you can get down to 1.5 to 2 I think you are doing fine for salmon. Look at the speed some of the commercials go when it their season starts. Sometimes if I’m going 1.5 I’ll kick it up to 2/2.5 and occasionally get bit (not this year yet…went Friday and got skunked. And people were...

I also tow a 228 with a Tundra 5.7 4x4 with no problems. I would be hesitant to go less than a 1/2 ton truck or full size SUV unless it's just short distances. I am also towing often over a mountainous highway (CA 17) so my perspective is more conservative perhaps.

There is a similar thread from a month or two back. I have recently had a Fantom 18 mounted directly to my 228 hardtop without any apparent issues yet. Several others prefer a wedge or lift/riser arm. https://www.greatgrady.com/threads/installing-garmin-18-fantom-on-my-grady-white-seafarer.31665/

I just installed a Garmin 8616 in my 228 but it’s a 2006. Along with Fantom 18 radar, a TM275 LHW transducer, which is the size of a melon, and a Simrad pilot. Had to have a new dash built to accommodate the display. There are several posts from Seafarer owners with pictures over the last year...