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Over the holidays, I started a large winter project to renew my 2007 Parker 2510 XLD “Hard Core”. I rigged her myself in Oregon, and then had it in Puerto Vallarta for 5 years catching huge tuna and marlin. I even won entry into the Bisbee’s on her, and ended up winning the Bisbee’s in 2010 with...

I took my Parker 'surfing' a couple weeks ago out of the Columbia River bar. I felt very comfortable in the boat powering up 10 foot rollers, then pulling the power back, and free falling (lose you stomach kind of stuff) into the face of the next roller. Of course, my passenger from Southern...

I wanted to get the last of the pre-Lowrance merger SIMRADs. After a long ordeal tracking down a SIMRAD AP26, I completed the installation in a couple of weekends. I think it turned out pretty good. A big thanks to Chris on this board (forget moniker) who pointed me to a good source of the...

I had painted myself into a corner in my dash to install the Simrad AP26 control head that just arrived. Even though I had saved a spot for it, I no longer had room to maneuver a jig saw in there. Also, as many of you know how heavy duty the construction is on these Parkers, I wasn't looking...

I did a search, but couldn't find too much on this. I'm putting in a Simrad AP16VF system on a Parker 2510 XLD, I am unsure of the best location to tee the hydraulic lines and mount the pump. It also appears I need to run a line to the back of the steering wheel unit to allow for expansion. I...

Here's "Hard Core", a Parker 2510 XLD with twin 150s. I've been rigging the boat since I got it last April, on and off, as much as work and fishing allows, including all the electronics, arch, outriggers, bait tanks/tubes/pumps, etc. I didn't realize how much work it would be. Tops out at 37...