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Rob, The ICW in SC and GA is pretty and not loaded with manatee zones like in Fla. I have not spent a ton time in either. Just south of St. Augustine is a really nice b&b I have stayed at twice... Marker 38 (I think it is the name, they named after a nearby channel marker). There are also very...

I like the set up with the fish boxes alot. Then again a below deck box is something I have not experienced, not sure what the pros are versus the cons on it. If you are buying a new 228, I would highly suggest if you can get it with that new 300, then do it! I think that extra 50 hp would be...

My first boat powered by a motor had a Johnson Ocean Runner 150 or was it Ocean Pro..either way that motor on a cold start up was great! It had great torque and power band for sure, but man was it a gas hog being a carbed motor. I had it for 2 years, bought the boat used and it was a 4 year old...

I m sitting here about to settle down for a long winter's nap and what does my channel surfing eye see, but a Grady White 192 in sci-fi movie Sea Beast. More cheesy than a bag a Cheetos this movie did play, but the main characters drove a Grady, so I had to stay. More stable than Whaler did it...

Hey Megabytes..yall might get more snow than us :shock: for your white Christmas ....

Merry Christmas from the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina...have a happy and safe New Year. Here is to tight lines and fish in the box plus fun on the water anywhere you are in 2011

Congrats on your new boat...the waiting is the hardest part for sure. I have plans to one day move up into a 305 or 330. However, I too am puzzled about the comfort level in the 275. That is a sweet ride for sure. I pick my days for sure when I fish offshore and have been 30 miles out in my...

CONGRATS! I am on and off the forum and I missed it. She is in REAL great shape for a boat that is now 17 years old! :wow You should be proud of her. Maybe I will bump into you one day when I am in the Keys. I hope your insurance folks are good to you in regards of the electronics and so...

282 Welcome to the great grady forum. Without knowing your background on your offshore experience, perhaps some of us did assume some things on your skill set we should not have. With that said, I have been aboard a few boat myself and while not USCG master license holder, I can say I bought...

Hey Yall: I just posted and joked a bit about shacking up at 2nd home/condo place a member here has down in Miami. I have 5 fairly nice vacation homes here in the Smoky Mountains and they are part of my income stream. lately however it has been a little tighter on that stream than I would like...

Magic and Parth: I read the trailer specs the manufacturer put on the tongue...the load capacity is 7500 pounds but it is short. I barely have room for a spare tire and the keel of the bow hits the tire where it is mounted, which by the way is the only place to mount it. The trailer is a very...

Congrats and what a sweet ride... :D enjoy her.... it is amazing to me how big these boats really are... she dwarfs everything else around her...

Magic, If and when the economy turns around and our vacation rentals pick up, I will look into a bigger trailer. It does have some nice torsion axles and my next trailer will have them for sure...significantly less bounce than leaf springs for sure...I think each axle is rated at 7,500 pounds...

Magic: I think my trailer is under sized although Magic Tilt says it is 7,500 pound trailer. It may well very be, but it is short in my opinion. The wench stand is all the way forward and there is about a foot of boat beyond the wood. When I say foot of boat, I mean the hull, not the bracket. I...

Gillzonker: (cool screen name by the way)... the bracket adds just under 3 feet to the LOA which the factory says is 22.2 feet, this makes it just under 25 feet from the bow to bracket not including the motor add a couple more feet if you include a pulpit. The 226 does not have the bracket and...

The SUV of the Grady line...yep that is perhaps what it is. I have a 228 with the F250. We use her for water sports on the mountain lakes around here to offshore fishing in the Gulfstream down Florida way. She is quite a capable boat. We have a fully loaded 228 with hardtop and she took some...

I find here on the internet or even in real life what one man's comfort level is another man's nightmare. There is a clear difference between 3 to 5 seas with 8 seconds or more inbetween and 3 to 5 chop. Like others said, the shorter the wave period the nastier the ride in many boats. I have...

Thanks Captain on the power tech site.....I want better cruise performance, holding while turning is a plus for water sports and overall performance while offshore fishing. Before I plunk down $500 or more bucks for a new wheel, I am hoping to find the best answer.....

I have been reading here and there on the fuel savings of going from a 3 blade to 4 blade prop. I understand the top end drops off, but I did not buy a Grady because of her speed. :wink: When switching from a 3 to 4 blade prop does the diameter typically stay the same, but the pitch changes...

I have been reading here and there on the fuel savings of going from a 3 blade to 4 blade prop. I understand the top end drops off, but I did not buy a Grady because of her speed. :wink: When switching from a 3 to 4 blade prop does the diameter typically stay the same, but the pitch changes...