Recent content by Bob Coco

I have a 283 and have no problems towing it anywhere. According to N.Y.S. law, The 283 is not legal to tow so the 306 would be really pushing things. I do dock my boat but I haul it a few times a year for 100 hour service, hurricanes, mid season wax and detailing etc... You would need a huge...

I have a 2009 283 and also love it. I traded my 282 Sailfish in and went with the center console. I don't miss the cabin at all. I've been out to the canyon multiple times, done raftups, lots of daytrips sight seeing as well. I love my boat It's the perfect size. I fish it very comfortable by my...

You probably already own the boat by now so I'll start out with Congrats On your purchase. I have an 09' 283 and love it. I sold a 282 Sailfish to buy my 283. The cabin was a huge waste of space for me. I can drift inlets comfortably on my 283 solo. I couldn't do that on my sailfish. I've been...

I waved to you and you waved back. My boat doesn't have a name on it. It seems as soon as I name it I end up selling it and buying something different. LOL I saw you in Greenport then over at Greenlawns and a few other places. The water was very cold, I tried so many different baits and rigs...

Well it started out promising, The weather was nice. It was sunny but cold. I left my dock at about 9:15 and got to the Greenport area around 9:45. High tide was around 10:00 so we had the outgoing tide to fish. We had four guys onboard fishing many different rigs and baits. Their were Gradys...

Hi Jeff, What is it your interested in? Fishing or the East End Club? Bob

That was areat class. I went to that one too. I unfortunatly missed the last class. I bought some Daisy chains from Fat Boy Lures from there. Bob Coco

Hi BK, Welcome to Great Grady and the Peconic Bay. I keep my 283 in North Sea. I fish the Peconics quite a bit and do a lot of trips to the Gut and Race as well. It sure is nice boating out here. The 283 is my second Grady. Well Good luck with your new boat and there's a bunch of local guys on...

Thanks wdlfbio, I will seriously look into the GSD-24. I didn't even know such a thing existed. Everyone around here pushes Furuno. Well, I will have to wait until August to get it which allows me to save some extra money to add a second 5212. I think I might have to change the transducer as...

I am going to look at the new Sitex equipment. I was at a boat show yesterday and a dealer told me the Furuno 585 was about 2 years old but after reading posts on here and other forums I see it's been around quite a bit longer then that. So that makes me want to look at the Sitex equipment even...

I presently have a Garmin 5212 and was thinking of adding a second 5212 but now after looking at dedicated sounders, I'm thinking differently. Today I looked at the Furuno FVC-585. This looked like a nice unit . Does this sound like the direction to go? I love my Garmin but hate split screening...

I don't know if the islander is the same as my 04 Sailfish was but I'll share my knowledge. I installed a new radio in the dash where the remote was and I left the existing stereo in the cabin.I needed to get a new wire to the port side helm speaker as these were now used for the new radio. I...

If the (guys at GW.) means the Grady White factory then I would take that advise and run with it. I have not heard of anyone on this forum getting bad advise from Grady White Boats. Now if you are talking about your local dealership then I would research it further. I have called Grady White...

And to add a thought or two, Gas at the local auto filling station will be cheaper and fresher this time of the year. Well maybe not depending on where you are located(like Florida). But up here in New York I won't get marina gas until they get the first or second delivery in the spring. I would...