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I'm looking for some better ideas for tackle/gear storage around the cockpit of my 282. I have life jackets just under the hardtop and then there are the drawers/compartment under the helm seats. But that's it. I'm hoping for ideas for the room between the seat bottom and top of the...

I'm not in love with the location of the stock tank and I'd like a nice place for folks to store a rod while getting bait. So, I figure I'll add a new tank and convert the old one to a third fish box. The new tank will go mid cockpit, but a little forward of center. I'm thinking I can run a new...

This includes 17 minutes of successful action on a Barbie Pole. Total video is 42 minutes of non-stop action, but it is amazing. We had greasy flat conditions, tons of willing fish, and a very, very red 282 Sailfish... Ended up able to fit 32 20-32# albacore between the stern box, midbox, and...

I have a 2007 sailfish and last week i was back home with it and plugged shorepower in. Things are fine when I turn the AC panel on, but when I turn the battery charger on, the GFCI in the garage pops. This happened at two homes, so apparently something is wrong at the Guest charger. Where...

Finally got to put my new Garmin autopilot to the test tues/wed. Had a long tuna run both days, roughly 52 miles each way. The ony times it didn't work well (twice) were when I was crossing the "bar" as we headed out of the river into the ocean. The time we wanted to cross coincided with a -3...

I have a 2007 282 and wondering how many turns are typical stop to stop? I bled the steering and want to make sure I configured the autopilot correctly. I got 6.5

I'm adding a few electronics to the Sailfish and want each on it's own switch. But, the dash is pretty well full of switches for all the existing toys. I'm sure many of you have added switches and done so in an aesthetically pleasing manner. I'd like to see what others have done before I...

The one on the left side of the country. Sunday was the opener for halibut. Coupled a day for flatties with some lincod fishing. Took us about 40 minutes to get our 10 lings (5-26.4#) and 4 drifts to get our 5 flatties (14-28#). Our water was glassy smooth on Sunday. 7+' on Saturday and...

I'm adding an Autopilot finally and was at the hydraulic shopping talking about having 3 new lines made to go from the helm to the Garmin 2.1L pump. I had measured the necessary length, but neglected to get the fittings size on the helm. So while at the shop, I call Grady. The gentleman I spoke...

I sometimes feel a little bad for crew sitting on the fish boxes. Whenever we are out in the rain (which happens occassionally in western WA) or we take waves over the bow, the water from the hardtop rolls aft and drips/pours onto those folks. I'm thinking a little awning off the rear of the...

The factory rocket launcher for 282 is a 5-hole. But that just wasn't enough. Found a great deal on an OEM 6-hole launcher from Southeastern Marine and got it installed today. Looks great and the rods seem pretty well accessible. Plenty of room underneath that I'm not concerned about anyone...

Had a great opportunity to upgrade and add a VHF200, so I took it. Went from 8" to 12". I think I'm going to like it :dance I need to move the original VHF over to the AUX switch and the new Garmin VHF to the radio switch (assuming they are different batteries).

Should be a fun weekend. I sold my Garmin 4208 to my buddy and picked up a 4212. Gonna install that and the Garmin AutoPilot (or most of it) this weekend. I also have a few hundred I need to spend strictly on Garmin goodies, so I thought I'd add a VHF200 (and maybe the extra wired mic) and...

Where's the most affordable place to find a replacement? I know there are marine salvage places, but not finding any that look good online...

Trying to figure out a better way of storing rods. We troll 4 (sometimes 6) dedicated rods for tuna and have 4 for iron, live bait, swim baits, etc. I know the rods in the rocket launcher are a pain to get to because of height. I want pretty much each rod to have its own holder, and none...

I'm finally getting around to installing the Garmin AP on my Sailfish. I'm looking for where others have their components installed (not the display controller). Not sure if I want to mount the pump and ECU in the forward bilge (under the midberth), in the stern bilge with the 3 batteries, or...

I'm having a custom rocket launcher built for my Sailfish. 7 holders up top. I'm wondering what you would change about yours or any recommendations for mine, especially where would you want the top of your rod holder to be relative to the top of the hardtop?

2007 282 Sailfish. No rocket launchers yet, but I'm having some built. Right now, when we take water over the bow or our normal rainy conditions (seattle), any water that hits the hardtop ends up dripping down onto the baitwell and fishbox seating area behing the helm seats. No problem for...

It's a 2007 282 Sailfish. got it at the beginning of summer, so I'm still learning tons. Took it out a few weekends ago and had some chovies die off in the bait well and get stuck in the standoff. Caused it to overflow onto the deck. Noticed a few inches of water in the cabinet above the...

I love all the room in the back of my sailfish. Only the 4th time out in it chasing albacore in western Washington, and I'm getting the hang of it :) I was already hooked up when I turned the video camera on. Then my brother gets bit. his fish literally then grabbed my dad's bait too, so...