I have been a Grady owner now for going on 15 years. I bought Grady because my brother owned one and I rented a number of center console boats in the Keys and everyone of them were wet rides. I use to get bothered reading critical stuff on THT when it came to the brand. Like I made a bad boat choice or something.
I was reading recently different threads there on dead rise and folks in deep V boats swore by them. Some mentioned Grady and getting beat on them. This past week I got to spend a few days fishing in the deep blue sea. Seas were 2-3 not a lot wind driven chop. Sunday was a bit snotty with wind stuff and coming back to port I was getting my crew wet initially. Then I adjusted my tabs and motor trim and the hull performed well.
I started to think about criticism on THT and if you run a SeaV2 hull in choppy seas without tabs (on smaller boats for sure) then you really can't take advantage of the hull's design at all and you will get pounded and a little wet too.
My 192 did not have tabs and I noticed in some seas I would get wet and pounded. Anyway, the tabs to me make all the difference in how that hull works or not works well in a given sea . If folks dont have them or understand how to use them, then they in my experience are not getting the full benefit of seav2 design.
I was reading recently different threads there on dead rise and folks in deep V boats swore by them. Some mentioned Grady and getting beat on them. This past week I got to spend a few days fishing in the deep blue sea. Seas were 2-3 not a lot wind driven chop. Sunday was a bit snotty with wind stuff and coming back to port I was getting my crew wet initially. Then I adjusted my tabs and motor trim and the hull performed well.
I started to think about criticism on THT and if you run a SeaV2 hull in choppy seas without tabs (on smaller boats for sure) then you really can't take advantage of the hull's design at all and you will get pounded and a little wet too.
My 192 did not have tabs and I noticed in some seas I would get wet and pounded. Anyway, the tabs to me make all the difference in how that hull works or not works well in a given sea . If folks dont have them or understand how to use them, then they in my experience are not getting the full benefit of seav2 design.