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Another point I forgot to make in my reply above: NO BREAK IN PERIOD! Run em like you stole em as soon as you take delivery. This plus all the other input listed in all the posts above....Again I ask...Whats not to like?

Another (biased) vote for the Etec.... You wont even see the gas gauge move after trolling 6 hours at idle speed with Etecs. When the fishing day is over, open her up and run full throttle for a mile or so and you will blow out any carbon that might tend to accumulate. Fly by wire STANDARD...

Try telling your crew to "hold on" and goosing the the throttles in reverse. The jump backwards will usually cause a hung anchor to loosen and drop.

Why not just make that jump to a nearby ground permanent? As long as the livewell pump still goes on and off when you toggle the switch its all good. The pump doesn't care where the ground wire comes from... Don't fix it if its not broke.

If your ball does not float your 14# Delta and 25' of chain, maybe you need a bigger ball? I use this 15" diameter ball and it floats my delta with 30 foot of chain no problem: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000M ... UTF8&psc=1 Regarding zip ties, try it out on land first by wedging the...

I agree 100% THESE BOATS ARE SEAWORTHY! They will take A LOT MORE than the crew can take, that's for sure. I did that same run myself but in reverse...left Manasquan Inlet and ran those 7 miles north to Shark River Inlet a day (or two? cant remember now) before Sandy hit...that was the SCARIEST...

Good post, this needs to be done periodically...I've replaced mine three times in my 30 year old boat.

Thank you.

My 30 year old bracket needs replacing too. What I did in the meantime is affix a wire tie through the weaves of the rode approx 10 feet from the very end of the anchor line...so I know that when I see this tie come up through the anchor locker I need to STOP letting out line and tie off to the...

Agree 100% that this method should not be used for overnight anchoring, I'll just use it for a few hours at a time while fishing. I will carry an extra shackle aboard, and simply add the shackle to the chain at end of the anchor shaft around the zip ties to secure it properly if I wanted to...

Live and learn....Gonna rig my new anchor from the top hole and use zip ties to hold the chain along the shaft. Next time it hangs up, the ties will break away and the anchor will (should!) come out easily since it will be coming out "backwards". like this...

Wow, horrible story indeed! But, if you read again what I posted, I was NOT trying to free the anchor by pulling off the stern cleat directly, what I used to retrieve the stuck anchor was an ANCHOR BALL....big difference. I tied off the rode to the stern cleat AFTER deploying the ball, in...

Was testing out my new BALLYHOOP (great product by the way) and after catching over a dozen Hoo's on 2 hauls, decided to leave the bait spot and go drift the reef for muttons when.... Uh Oh...the anchor is stuck! Clipped on the anchor ball and tied off the rode to my port cleat and proceeded to...

Easy way to remember which way your boat is going to spin....just look at the tops of the throttle handles. They all have handle-tops that point towards each other...when both throttles are in neutral they almost meet, right? Notice that the top of the Stbd handle is pointing left, and the top...

yep, try a wax first....I found this one to be SO EASY to apply and remove, excellent for items in and around the helm. AND it does a great job of removing those garden hose streaks! https://www.turtlewax.com/our-products/ ... -spray-wax

Great to see others keeping these classic Grady's updated, and welcome to the G2 club! More torque, better fuel economy, electronic fly by wire controls, no maintenance at all for 5 years or 500 hours and a TEN YEAR warranty! What's not to like?

Just installed these... http://lumiteclighting.com/product/capr ... ood-light/ VERY cool when the blue is activated, and very bright with the white. Expensive but very well made. (in the USA)

....and new horns too eh? LOL those "marine" horns are NOT designed to last in a salt water environment, lucky if you get a few seasons out of them!

IMO, the RX4 is the best prop for a Grady with a G2. See discussion here, taking particular note of post numbers 1, 6 and 24: http://www.etecownersgroup.com/post/com ... on-8482031

True, but Jonah posted from Nassau, and I'm assuming he is in the Bahamas, not in NY. ;)