New Grady debut at the end of the month. Big, little, or in-between?

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My bet is not big based on the saturation of the boating market. What does your crystal ball say?
 

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There are two models that would crush it:

a Marlin built on the 33’ hull (the ability to fight a fish all the way around the express is a shortcoming of that boat)

An express with an island birth on the 45’ hull
 

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Freedom 415 and Canyon 456 were already announced. To me it looks like the trend is going to high margin larger boats that get bigger and bigger.
 

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Just saw a teaser video on IG. It’s a Freedom model with dual 450 XTO. Looks to me like an update of the Freedom 335
 

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At our local GW club event over the summer, almost half the boats were 335s. Apparently it is the financial sweet spot for those who want a big DC. Wise investment by GW to refine the money maker of the line.
Along that line of reasoning, whatever Pursuit model is siphoning off sales is likely the other model to be updated.
 

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Bringing back an updated 282 Sailfish!!!!

Probably won't happen,,, I'm sure it's another DC or CC variant,,, seems to be who Grady is catering to.
 

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Indeed... probably a 30'-40'+ CC/DC style of boat that I'll never want/need, nor one that I'd ever want to pay the payment on. Would also love to see them come out with another walkaround model, but as mentioned I doubt that will ever happen.