Recent content by Rdelaespriella

I bought those at Great Lake skippers, and the tackle holders below I got from boatoutfitters.com.

A piece of advise Whenever doing any type of electrical repair, make sure you are doing it with good quality MARINE GRADE cables, connectors, and components. I know that going to the parts store and buying those cheap assortments that are not even automotive grade is tempting.

When the battery selector and battery on/off switches are off, all the batteries are independent, bank 1 engine 1 , bank 2 engine 2, and house. That is how it should be when charging at the dock. When you turn the switch on/off, you connect the house battery to whatever battery bank you chose...

I would recommend the full cooling system, you’ll only need to replace the risers every 5 years. Also replace the manifolds with the new style, dry joint. Sierra brand or Mercruiser if you have the extra cash GLM, in my opinion are not good. Your risk on those, but had one that was porous and it...

From looking at the picture, that burn is cause from loose connection. After reparing the burned area,make sure you torque it to specs.

If the boat is used in salt water, this is the time to retrofit to closed cooling system

More than likely your joystick is faulty, bad contacts. Move it in all directions several times, disconnect the batteries, not just switching the main battey switches. But disconnecting the grounds at the batteries for about a minute. This might erase the codes and see if it works. If it does...

Do you like your boat? 25 foot boats with 10 foot beam are not common, A brand new one cost over $150000. And depresiates like a diving bomber. Buying a used one comes with unknown problems, at least you know what yours need. I would Fix it.

All bilge bases are usually strapped every 12 inches with ringed tie straps, and some of those straps hold 50 pounds each. Also when a hose goes through a limber hole it is stiliconed in.

Here are the pics of the rear seat. You’ll need piano hinges made of stainless steel, Garelick swing legs and stainless steel screws. You could uses King Starboard or Marine wood. But I would recommend drawing it out and using cheap wood to make the initial template. Once you are done have an...

I’ll get you the detailed pics thi weekend

It looks easy. You’ll have to remove the two coolers and what ever panel is behind, Draw it out you’ll see it’s not as hard as you think. If you want I’ll take detailed pictures as how it’s build and post them for you.

Why don’t you put the fold out seat that came with the 300 series boats.? You get the best of both worlds, the space needed when not in use with out compromising seating.

Once I took the interior apart, my wife and I sanded all the Wood including the tambour doors, stained and sprayed them with Minwax Since I not only wanted the boat for family outings, I wanted to use it for fishing. I found the front seats and recovered to match, and had to figure out how to...