Bawshogg

Wakeballast gets it done! Extremely happy with mine . They also ride Centurion which is a bonus!

That was Darkside , @Bongo Fury.....But I totally agree with you. Now on the 257, yes some of the seats are a bit big and cumbersome, and at first I did miss the hinging, but it doesn't bother me a bit now. I kinda like it for all the same reasons.

I have a new slogan ... "Get behind one" . If you don't your missing the preverbial "BOAT". Not only is the proof "behind the boat" , the company and the way it operates is also one you can "get behind ".

Way to step up bud! I dig the colors, but gotta ask.... why the white tower?

All kinds of wierd stuff. Sometimes my QS tabs will be mysteriously down... have to cycle quicklaunch off and on and off to get them back up. Center plate will show the yellow bar where it should be and the red bar is in a differnt nieghborhood. Have to go back to the red bar with that adjustment and then it will start moving to where it's supposed to be. Another revision is due out soon .

I can attest to this FIRST hand. My local dealer, NWBS has been GREAT to deal with . They have taken very good care of me thus far..and this is my first boat through them. I dunno what would have happened with some recent situations I had occur and they went ABOVE expectations and treated me as priority one. I cant stress enough how valuable a good dealer relationship is. I always laugh seeing guys post ONLY looking for the lowest price EVEN if the boat is 3000 miles away.

Bakes Marine are pretty much rockstars when it comes to almost ANYTHING inboard related. They have good relationships with almost ALL the manufacturers and they typically KNOW how to get whatever you are looking for , sometimes from original OEM suppliers. If you dealer channel fails you, don't hesitate to hit up Andrew or Paul at Bakes for whatever you are looking for Centurion related.

So wierd... I wanna know what was going on here. I suppose you could unlatch the fill and drain valves and operate them all manually... make sure the fills are closed get up on plane and open the dumps in the back.. close them after a minute or so and then see what happens. That would eliminate any electronic operation possibly causing this.

Hate to tell you this....but that's a lame reason. This is standard practice in just about ALL areas of transportation. You don't call Ford and ask for an alternator...you call a dealer. Same goes for GM, Chrysler, or any other import. Same with appliances. They send you to an authorized repair and parts distributor if need a part for your dishwasher . Every OTHER inboard manufacturer operates in the same manner. Need a Malibu part...call a Malibu dealer.

Just a thought....there is not an excessive amount of water in the bilge is there?

Are you sure the valves are closing all the way? You can look at them from the small hatch opening on the back under the slide seat, the drain valves re back behind the engine. If your drain valve is not closing completely, it will allow water in from the rear while sitting also. You can in unlatch the motors and operate the gate valves by hand just to do what happens.

Agree. The factory enclosure is decent.... just needs a little butyl around the wires and around the subwoofer flange. Its about 1cu.ft and works well for most 12's.

Umm.... not sure where you came up with this.. but that ain't gonna happen.

The 257 was the first boat with this hull last year. It stays unchanged. The 237 got the rear transition changed a bit and the v angle is slightly agressive at the very back of the hull. I was at the factory when the molds where being changed........ I think they just glued on some "hook"....

I had my left tab stay in stuck down position at one point out of nowhere. Ended up cycling the battery switch and it finally came back up on key up. you can hear the actuators cycle on key up . See is something got out of wack and try that. I only had that problem after the latest update .

The frustrating part of the software issue is not only shared by us, but by the manufacturer also. They don't have a person in house writing code for the control systems. Murphy has to have their engineers rewrite as necessary to the end users specifications. Not only does this take longer than it should but things get missed in the translations as Murphy is not "hands on" with a lot of it. Its more like the manufacturer says "we need to fix the issues with the runway lights" . Murphy does what they can on there end may miss things along the way unknowingly. All these electronic systems in ALL these inboards are third party sourced.

FI dash will be just that. FI. RI will still use SXS screens across all models.

Through the looking glass, things will look different...... I heard..NO MORE SCREW CAPS! but that might have just been a rumor.

The ports are under the dash on the left hand side. Labelled.

Nevermind. Read the heading wrong

@257Tsunami. PM'd ya.

I think the tubing and fabric are a small part of the cost. The machining process for the brackets and mechanisms is most likely where most of the expenses lie. Its super slick. By far the EASIEST bimini to deploy and stow I have ever owned because of those brackets. Its just a REAL quality product and I can see why they charge a grip for one after owning it. Truth be told....I didn't want it. My ginger wife pitched a fit about the half bimini and we ended up with the Sewlong ...she was right. Glad we have it now.

I'll just add more lead.

Same here, Tower up..no issues YET. Cant make it through McDonald's drive through.

I posted on your IG account, I have found that honestly the boat does NOT need much weight at all. In stock configuration I feel like 600-800 lbs is ideal if you run a small crew. I've tried up to 2klbs in WAKEBALLAST bags and the results are dwindling returns.... All that weight..more fuel usage...longer times to plain...and you have to tow it around for really minuscule differences in the wave size/length and feel. Kinda diminishing returns The boat stock has 3 tons of water weight, weighs close to 8K lbs alone and has MAJOR adjustability from CATS, center stinger, and Quicksurf tabs...let alone Ramfill thrown into the mix. How did you score a 257 in one week? In-stock boat? And as badass as the 257 is....I really think advertising wise it was the wrong boat for you! Should have went for a boat that NEEDS 3k lbs of lead to produce. Congrats anyways and welcome to the team!