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I am seriously considering woven acrylic carpeting for my 2024 Grady White 215 freedom. The advantageous, are in my opinion are softer on the feet, less slippery, easier to clean and slight amount of noise reduction plus I think it looks better. We don’t fish and use the boat for day trips...

I purchased a new freedom 215 Grady white with a 200 hp engine. we took possession in the June this year I wanted to give you an overall experience thus far. I have used the boat approximately 40 engine hours thru Aug. 20. I do not fish and use the boat primarily with my wife to go to. Small...

Very excited to acquire a new freedom 215 with 200 Yamaha….previously owned 248 Voyager 1997 with ox 66 2 stroke of the same year. Never fish …Use for day trips….and some overnighters staying ashore in visiting port. From Marblehead Mass. Love to hear about ride experience in chop and...

I am doing a round trip cruise from Marblehead Ma to Fishers and Montauk with have dozen stops along the way. I have a voyager 24 and did a similar cruise to casco bay maine last year. Last year I was able to ge good info on wave predcitions for NH and the gulf of Maine and we travelled very...

I have a 1997 voyage with a 0x66 250 and a 9.9 4strole yamaha kicker that I have been using more latley. I like the gas mileage and quiteness for harbor tours and watching sailboat races. I used the motor for about 4hrs. today and it stopped peeing (water flow) It has happened before and I was...

Tomorrow 5/4 is launch day for my voyager 24. It is my second season with the boat and although the weather isnt great I am psyched and a little nervous. I have made the following improvements on the boat (done by pros) -1) high water alarm-thanks to alert by GW forum. 2) brought the...

Hi Guys-Girls? So I just finished reading some posts on the Marlin 30 and a fellow was describing his only problem with his Marlin was (vintage late 90's) some delamination on the hard top which Grady replaced. So I have about 3inches at the edge that is starting to Peel and delaminate. I...

So I just went to West Marine and bought some woody wax non skid spray bottle. I read all the instructions and went to the web site. I am still a little confused about the application on the hull. How do you apply this product to the hull ? Is it designed only for non skid deck applications ...

My dear wife and I just completed an 8 day cruise on our 97 24ft. Voyager. We couldnt be more pleased with the boat and the experience. Here are a few details: The ports of call-starting in Marblehead Ma-1) Rockport Ma -docked nest to Motif # 1 @) Portsmouth NH -Moored in Pepperll cove 3)...

I am planning a cruise to Maine on my 24 ft. voyager and was considering taking(towing) an 8ft. inflatible dingy with me. Has anyone done this for any distance. In medium seas 2-3 ft. would the dingy be stable when the boat was on a plane 20 -23mph ? Any advice appreciated-Lew

/We did our first trip out to Stellwagon Bank (approximately 15 mile at 120 degrees off coast of Marblehead-15 miles from Boston). Saw about 10 whales mostly humpbacks. Some were very close. Hope I can post pictures from picturetrail. So I could not get pictures up from web site. I will get...

Hi ! My 248 1997 voyager has dual (port starboard) chocks leading to a single cleat on the bowpulpit. I was not able to run the mooring lines through the anchor roller (3/4 inch lines with loops). The mooring lines are chaffing the fiberglass under the bowbulpit as the boat swings sideways to...

This forum adds substantial value to ownership of a Grady. Beside all the good advice I recieved relative to "pounding in a seaway" "White Cloud" came out with me for an hour and showed me a few tilting motor pointers that really made a big differrence. What I learned was that I had the motor...

:D Hi ! I have owned my 1997 Grady Voyager since Nov 2009 and put it in the water about 3 weeks ago. I am new to this size motor boat-I hve mostly been a sailboat racing guy. I would like to get some opinions about how this boat should run in a chop. To me, it bounces around too much in a 2.5...