Recent content by Mustang65fbk

Have you thought about doing the trek yourself? I've purchased 3 boats in the past, all of them admittedly quite a smaller than yours where they were in the 21'-22' range, but I either flew out/drove out to the east coast, bought the boat and then trailered them back the 3,000+ miles to the...

You've got the seacock opened, correct?

Unless they changed something up over the years, which I'm kind of doubting that they would do, there's a fore and aft bilge pump on the 228 Seafarer, or at least on my boat there is and it's what it shows in the brochure as well. Not sure what the benefit of moving it would be? I always flip...

Per Google, it looks as though Grady White actually designed/had their cockpit step manufactured specifically for them, and imagine it's likely not sold by other companies or whatnot. If you're wanting that exact part, I'd check with your local Grady White dealership and see if they have one in...

You've got the registration number on the side of the boat, do you happen to have a picture of the license plate, the Hull Number, an old registration or anything else? I know that for Washington state, most everything is digital to where you can look up previous vehicles/boats that you've owned...

Sure thing. I just threw that out there because it doesn't seem like there's a ton of traffic on here, and I'm guessing not more than maybe 40-50 or so members that frequent/interact on the site on a daily basis? Or at least that's what it feels like to me? Glad to see you got a few replies from...

I can't give a personal recommendation for that area, as I've had surveyors do pre-purchase inspections for me in the Baltimore as well as New York areas. But I'd look on the two websites below, see which surveyors in your area are accredited, then do a Google search and look for reviews on them...

When you say you've got a Tournament, I'm guessing you're referring to a 192 Tournament with the 150 hp outboard on it, or are you referring to the 225 Tournament? If the former, though not exactly an apples to apples comparison, but Grady White has a 180 Fisherman on their website with a single...

Between the two, I'd go with the 225 as it's the bigger boat, and 450 hours isn't a ton or anything. As mentioned in the other thread, definitely have the lower unit on the outboard dropped and inspected for the dry exhaust corrosion issue though before buying it.

I looked into it out of curiosity back when I bought my boat on the off chance that I'd need to do it myself. Thankfully, both the Grady White dealership that I bought it from as well as the local one said pulled the lower unit, looked up and said it looked great. As mentioned, out of curiosity...

I don't know very much about the boats in question, other than the numbers/stats on the Grady White website, which is a wealth of knowledge, especially their archived brochures section. Attached is the 1994 archived brochure, of which your 280 Marlin says it has a centerline length of 28'...

I'm thinking you'd likely get even better fuel economy numbers than what you mentioned, as you're comparing your boat to a brand new one. When in reality, your boat is a 280 Marlin with a dry weight of 7k lbs, compared to the new ones which are a 300 Marlin with a dry weight of 8,221 lbs. That...

Screenshot of a 1994 Grady White 232 Gulfstream that's currently for sale on BoatTrader.com as we speak. To me, the cleats look identical to the ones I posted/linked above. Not the best picture quality on here, but look at picture #5 in the posting if you still don't believe me. Good luck...

I figured as much, and as mentioned unless they're somehow vastly different over the years, it should be the aforementioned part number of 10-283, along with the links that I posted above as being the correct cleats. Good luck!

Nice, clean looking boat. Good luck with the sale!