Recent content by Gary M

I agree with K2 above. Mercs on a Grady are a bit 'unique' but do your best to take perfect care of them including breaking them in correctly and by the book. Thanks magicbill! We've had the HEY MON! over to the Bahamas about 14 times between 2006 (Four Bimini trips that first summer with the...

We have done many, many stay-aboard trips to the Bahamas on our 2001 Marlin. Two, were 18 nights! We have found that the mid-berth is fantastic storage as well as below that deck. We prefer to set up the big V-Berth as our bed. This allows either of us to get up and not have to crawl over the...

I'd go with 250s. My 2001 Marlin (OX-66s) has them and I cannot imagine putting 225s on it. There were fine on my 1994 Sailfish. But that weighed over 3,000 lbs less! Once you take on a full load of fuel, water, supplies and some people, you'll be glad that you went for the 250s. Also, you...

My 2001 Marlin has Pompanette seats and the rubber arm rest pads are beyond cleaning. Anybody know of a good place to buy a new set other than my Grady dealer? Thanks.....

Thanks for the Replies. They are 2001 OX-66s and getting tired. Boat is limited to 500HP hence no 300s. I will use the IRAN method for this job. Inspect and Replace As Necessary. From the top of the throttles to the props. Batts, cables and new key switches are 2 years old. New-er steering...

Looks like I'm going to repower the old 2001 Marlin with Yammie F-250s. I will hope to use the old, mechanical throttles, etc for cost purposes. What are the pros of the F-250s? What are the cons? What about props? I don't care about speed/acceleration but more concerned with fuel economy at...

Thanks guys.......... I'll be working with Matt the Service Manager here. I can bring the boat to their docks and not have to trailer it.... https://boathousemc.com/boat-repowering/

The old 2001 Marlin and her engines are pretty tired. If I went new........................ Suzuki 250s ? Yammie F-250s ?

Had my Marlin docked up with 1/2 inch lines and it all did very well during the 90+ mph winds from Hurricane Irma last Fall. I'm able to easily use two lines on one cleat and that's why I use 1/2 inch. In the Bahamas, I'll use my 5/8 line for my spring line as that one takes more stress than...

My wife is from New Zealand and her Dad built a boat in their living room when she was young! Going to look at a possible first boat to buy in 1997, she said, "You know my father says that it's very bad luck to change the name of a boat." Pulling up to the house, there's the boat on a trailer...

Anything being used in a rod holder would be best served by getting a backing plate for that rod holder first.

Storage on a Sailfish will NOT be an issue! You'll have the big mid berth below as well as good storage under the V-berth....... Can't recall on my Sailfish, but my Marlin also has storage under the mid berth. For long Bahamas trips, I can stow cases of water, the spare props, etc down there...

My aft bench seat needed to have bolts and I had to pull out the drink holders and get my arm in there...... but it worked. That was on a 1993 Sailfish though. No matter what, they WILL come off!

Had an older Sailfish for 5 years and made over a dozen Bahamas trips in it. My buddies loved the ride and the big cockpit. It was bit tight to overnight for my wife. But it rode well, is Grady tough and was a fishing machine. Moved up to a 2001 Marlin and it was like night and day on the first...

That's probably the biggest reason that the 330 Express doesn't appeal to either of us. If we were stick people we'd be okay. But I still like to 'stick my head out the window' to see birds, etc as well as pulling up to docks, etc. And the helm bench while it looks appealing, my wife would be...