Recent content by Mustang65fbk

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!

I remember a thread on this awhile back, of which I believe the OP mentioned that a brand new ski pylon from their local GW dealership was going to be like $2k, or something? Yikes. There's multiple different aftermarket companies you could look at, attached is a link for the GW parts catalogue...

Ummm.... I could be mistaken but I don't believe he's asking about the "placement" for the cleats, it sounds like he's asking for the part number for a stock "replacement" cleat? Which from the catalogues I've seen online, they only seem to go back to 2004, so that's about the closest that I can...

Looking at the pictures on the Grady White website it looks like the middle speakers, especially without having the protection of a cuddy cabin and when cruising, would be difficult to hear as they look like they're essentially inline with where the captain/passengers would be standing at the...

With regards to the wife and kids... my neighbor bought a GW 270 Islander several years ago for the same reason thinking that the wife and his 3 kids would be going out with him all the time, and that was one of the biggest reasons for him buying a bigger boat. I talked with him the other day...

Myself also being a Puget Sound guy, I have a few opinions on the matter. My parents and I have a beach cabin on the south end of Whidbey Island. Of which I've got a 2004 GW 228 Seafarer and she does just fine in the 1'-2' chop. I've thought about "upgrading" to a slightly larger boat like a 232...

I believe the new Yamaha F350's are only available with the DEC variant. I don't think they even have an option for the mechanical controls.

Indeed.... I'm definitely a numbers guy and have been called "frugal" before, of which I don't want to be one of those guys who spends $35k+ on a boat, whether it needs work done to it or even none at all, to have the boat only be worth say $25k, because I bought it out of impulse, a lack of...

I was going to say the question of why not...? as it seems like that's the majority of what outboard manufacturers are selling these days, as well as they seem to be pretty well tested technology without having too many issues. Then, I looked at the updated price list on the Yamaha website, and...

I had offers on two different boats and ended up retracting the offers on both of them for more than a few reasons for each boat. Both boats were talked about in previous threads that I'll link below, but the first one in the timeline was in April of 2021 when I was looking for a 228 Seafarer...

You're welcome, I've helped several other forum members find their boats and I'm always happy to help others find the right boat for them. As mentioned, I think if you bought the boat at that price and then needed a new trailer on top of that, it's going to likely put you into the $70k+ range...