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Another vote for Odyssey AGMs. Running a group 27 for starting and group 4D (>150Ah) house battery in a 1995 220, plenty of juice to run the stereo for hours on anchor. Also a shout out for ProMariner Elite 3 onboard chargers, if you don’t have one or need an upgrade.

They’re spares. I have my chartplotters wired to one.

@mdadgar, on the 220, there is an aluminum reinforcing plate under the fiberglass sole where the seats go. I lnow this based on curly bits of metal coming out while drilling new holes (hopefully you won’t have to do that). The SS machine screws holding down the pedestal just screw into the holes in ...

I put the Wise 8WP21-374 pedestals (bought from Amazon) on our '95 220. Work great, did have to drill new holes because they didn't line up exactly with the old ones.

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Owner's manual here: https://cobaltboats.com/art/manuals/2007_232_OM.pdf
May need to call Cobalt or your local dealer, as the propeller chart on page 1-15 doesn't seem to have a recommended prop for your configuration.

Local Cobalt dealer here also sells Malibus and has both in their rental fleet. IIRC they say the Malibu surf burns about 2x GPH what a similar size Cobalt uses, with full ballast.

Beautiful boat, congrats. She should fly with that motor. Where do you run it?

Last year I replaced all the gauges in our boat, as most of them were in various stages of failing. You can get OEM Faria Beede replacements on Amazon, they're very easy to swap out. Agree with AsLan7 that there are no CBs or fuses in line with the gauges.

I would make sure the survey *does* include a detailed examination of the exhaust hoses, bellows, manifolds and risers. On a 31 year old boat, if any of those haven't been replaced at some point in the recent past, you'll likely be doing so.

VP prop guide:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... A7R48G_U6a

As for the transom remote, we have 3 of these wireless ones on our boat with a Fusion head unit. They’re cheap and absurdly easy to install. https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/641993

Have bought 2 Sunbrella covers for our ‘95 220 from these guys https://www.boatcoversdirect.com/ , recommend.

If it wouldn’t crank from the jump battery, I would check the main circuit breakers (probably 3 of them, on the front of starboard exhaust riser). If any of these are tripped, motor will not run.

Hodges Marine has a big selection of gas springs. No idea about the specific size or lift rating for your bow seats, but you could try calling them.
https://www.hodgesmarine.com/catalogsea ... s%20spring

+1 for the box anchor. We have the medium size (~14 lb) and love it. Attach rope, throw it in, done. No more backing up to set it, etc.