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I open and close my seacock at least once a week when the boat is in the water and always leave the seacock in the closed position when the boat is unattended in the slip. Opening and closing weekly ensures that the valve will remain operational and not seize and leaving the seacock closed...

Deal of the century…..

Anchor Ball and a tote to store anchor, chain & rode is your friend. Buy an autopilot with the $$ you didn’t waste on a pulpit & windlass…..

This is a technique somewhat akin to folks who stretch a tarp over a leaking roof of a building and nail it down as a semi permanent repair, but here it is. Try as I may, including multiple replacements, I could never get those pie plate hatches to be 100% water proof. Subsequently, I keep a...

I had one fail when the boat was about 10 years old, and then another when the boat was 15ish. In both instances I was somewhat relieved that it was only a breaker since replacing it wasn’t major surgery….

While we’re on the subject of potential failure points, m So far I have had decent luck with battery switches (KNOCK ON WOOD), but over the years I have had 2 of these breakers fail.

Beautiful, make & model?

Boat isn’t gonna be a speed demon but IMO if it’s propped correctly, you should get on plane ok, top speed around 40. I’d guess 2.5 mpg around 4600 RPMs cruise which would be around around 30. I’m speculating using nautical miles. I would say performance would be adequate for your described...

I steer clear of battery arguments but I will confess how I have always managed the batteries in my current boat, a Parker 2520 equipped with 2 batteries and a single engine and previously, a Grady White outfitted with a single engine & 2 batteries , dating back to the 1980s. Both boats equipped...

I own 2520 Mod-V (16%) and have for many years. The Mod-V is a great boat on the drift but is gonna pound more while underway then the 21 degree boat. I obviously like my boat and have no desire/plans to replace it but if you’re still in the shopping phase, there are more reasons to buy a 21...

Thinking that I’m gonna let the sleeping dogs continue to sleep. I know I’ll be that guy who ends up with bolts that will loosen but won’t come out and won’t tighten back up OR the last bolt I need to remove will “SNAP” and what was supposed to be a simple pedestal swap results in a lot more of...

Thanks for this, 2005 model year as well. Thinking I’ll be keeping with my stock pedestals. I don’t want to deal with that……..

I was on a 3 year cycle when I had a Yamaha F225 on my boat. That translated to approximately 600 hours with almost 0 skinny water running. The impeller always came out looking almost like new and I never had a problem getting the lower unit to drop for the 1800+ hours I ran the Yamaha. I...

I put in an Arrigoni Helm Chair in my 2520SL back in 2017 . I do 200+ hours a year in the open ocean, mostly seated so the chair sees some action. The chair is more comfortable than the stock seat that came with my 2005 but it’a mounted on a stock pedestal without suspension, you still “feel”...

For you guys who have removed and replace your pedestals, what year are your boats and what type of fasteners did you encounter when you removed the bolts/wood screws holding down the stock pedestals?? I have contemplated many times doing some sort of suspension seating but I have always feared...

Great looking boat and “50“ in a Parker is FLYING……👍

Of all the species I target, Tautog is the one I worry the least about netting. Tautog are tricky to hook on the bottom but once they’re hooked up, they rarely come off without having to wrestle the hook out of their mouth‘s using fishing pliers. Boating Tautog, including keeper sized fish, I...

Yea it would be a real gas trolling in a rolling sea with a 40 mile ride home in August….

Not good day if you’re offshore on a hot Summer day and the AC quits. There is a used Steiger 31 on the market at $400kish with a trim level comparable to this one but IMO more practically set up. You couldn’t give me see keeper in a 30’ boat…..

Or maybe someone with a budget that made buying and setting up a Parker 2830 like that an inexpensive option vice buying a larger inboard express and then they came to the realization that even if you put a lot of lipstick on a pig, it remains a pig. In this instance the “pig” happens to be a...