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  1. Mustang65fbk

    Need some measurements please for a older Seafarer Hardtop

    I think your only other option then would be to buy something like this, remove the hardtop and then sell it off without. Or you could always ask if they'd sell you the hardtop separately. The worst thing they can say is no. https://www.boats.com/power-boats/1986-grady-white-seafarer-22-9094599/
  2. Mustang65fbk

    Insurance

    I had Traveler's insurance for almost 5 years total on my previous homeowners insurance, cars, boats and other policies, and even for a month or two with when I bought my current boat. When I first started using them, they would insure the boat for whatever you wanted to insure it for with their...
  3. Mustang65fbk

    Please make a Coastal Explorer in a 20 or 21 foot model

    With Grady White boats being built in North Carolina as well as their water temperatures being in the low 80's during the summer months, I would definitely agree with you on that. Comparatively, the warmest average water temperature for the Seattle area is in the month of August and that's only...
  4. Mustang65fbk

    Repower for our 2001 Express 275

    I'm looking online and can't find anywhere as to where they mention having made an F200 in 2001, though as mentioned before they did definitely have an F200 in 2002. Also, I don't see any 200 hp Yamaha outboard in 2001 with a weight of 580 lbs. The heaviest Yamaha 200 hp outboard in 2001 was 488...
  5. Mustang65fbk

    Repower for our 2001 Express 275

    Maximum horsepower for your hull is 500 hp, though a few guys on here have rewpowered their boats with Suzuki 200's and had good results. Skunk boat would be one of those members, I'm sure he'll be along here shortly. Also, if your motors are 2001's, then I don't believe they will be 4 strokes...
  6. Mustang65fbk

    Need some measurements please for a older Seafarer Hardtop

    I was going to say... I think you've mentioned this on here at least a time or two before. Looking at some of your other posts, it appears that your boat is a 1988 year? How much total do you have into it at this point with the repower? I think the likelihood of finding an original top that is a...
  7. Mustang65fbk

    WTB Adventure 208 / Seafarer 228

    I've seen a few early 2000's GW 232 Gulfstream's recently in the mid to high $30k range, which makes me think a decent late 1990's/early 2000's 228 Seafarer should be in the high $20k's to mid $30k's at the most with original power. Now, obviously if it's been repowered to a brand new motor, or...
  8. Mustang65fbk

    NE Boat Show

    I found this website on Google awhile back and while unfortunately it doesn't go back to the year of my boat, which is a 2004, it does go back to 2011 to give the original manufacturers cost for my boat. For essentially the same boat as mine but built in 2011, it would've been just over $100k to...
  9. Mustang65fbk

    NE Boat Show

    I personally have never seen the point of buying something brand new, other than it being a vanity purchase and the fact that you can say "I bought x brand new off the lot." That's never made any sense to me in that buying a brand new car, truck, boat or whatever is always going to be full bore...
  10. Mustang65fbk

    Need some measurements please for a older Seafarer Hardtop

    As mentioned above, I think you can get just about anything to work with enough time and money. That being said, I think one of the biggest issues you'd have of going with the hardtop you're considering would be the width. If I'm reading the measurements correctly, the one for the 232 Gulfstream...
  11. Mustang65fbk

    WTB Adventure 208 / Seafarer 228

    I'd be patient and keep looking on Boat Trader, Boats.com and Yacht World as well as Facebook, Craigslist and so forth everyday until you find what you want. It took me just over a year to find my boat and Imo, a late 1990's to early 2000's GW 208 Adventure imo shouldn't be in the mid $20k's...
  12. Mustang65fbk

    Please make a Coastal Explorer in a 20 or 21 foot model

    I got an email from GW the other day about the new release and I was curious to see what they were going to release next, though I figured it would be another CC/DC style of boat. Personally, the CC/DC styles of boats don't do anything for me, especially up here in the PNW and I'm honestly still...
  13. Mustang65fbk

    WTB Adventure 208 / Seafarer 228

    I also think that for those who are looking at possibly buying a 208 Adventure, I'd honestly also consider a 226/228 Seafarer as well. Here's a 2005 GW 226 Seafarer with the factory style of hardtop for $31k. My previous boat was a 21' Arima, of which I figured a 22' Grady White would be...
  14. Mustang65fbk

    Need some measurements please for a older Seafarer Hardtop

    I'm sure with enough time and money that just about anything can be made to fit, and yes that's what she said! The beam on the Seafarer is only 8' compared to the beam on a 232 Gulfstream which is 9'3", which makes me doubt it'll be an exact fit without some modifications. How much is the guy...
  15. Mustang65fbk

    Marine decking questions

    I leave my boat uncovered on a mooring buoy for several months during the summertime, usually between early July and late September or early October and my biggest concern would be upkeep. The birds crap all over the boat, especially the hardtop and floor around the helm/cockpit area, as well as...
  16. Mustang65fbk

    WTB Adventure 208 / Seafarer 228

    No hardtop on this one, but here's another as well... https://charleston.craigslist.org/boa/d/charleston-grady-white/7693047670.html
  17. Mustang65fbk

    WTB Adventure 208 / Seafarer 228

    Yikes... that boat is dirrrrty and looks like it's been sitting for sometime. You'd think they would've cleaned it up and detailed the boat before posting the video. How much are they asking for it?
  18. Mustang65fbk

    WTB Adventure 208 / Seafarer 228

    That's been on Craigslist for months and months now, and I think that's because of a few reasons. The first would be the price, imo. I look at what I paid for my boat which is a 2004 GW 228 Seafarer with a hardtop, 2004 Yamaha F225, 2009 aluminum I-beam trailer and basic accessories/electronics...
  19. Mustang65fbk

    Yamaha new outboard

    I'm honestly shocked that it took them this long to come out with an F350 as it's been years since they discontinued the last version and the next largest outboard that they offer after that is the F425. I guess the F350 works if you needed one or two, but definitely not something that I'll ever...
  20. Mustang65fbk

    Direct replacement battery switches?

    I've got a "Guest" brand of battery switch on my boat, which is a 2004 GW 228 Seafarer. The link below is probably the newer version of the one that I've currently got. I spent a few minutes looking on Google and couldn't find an exact replica of the one that I have, which makes me think it's...