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Everyone has their opinion on which engine is the greatest, and you won't change their minds otherwise. Yamaha, Evinrude, Suzuki and even Mercury are all good engines and none of them would be a bad investment. However, I like the E-TEC for a few reasons, and these are in no particular order...

I hope Grady weathers this storm well, but I fear they will be hit hard. Why, the best selling Grady is still the 208. Take away the middle-class due to rising fuel, food and utilities and Grady loses their best seller. That has to be an economic blow to any company. I was hoping to upgrade...

As sad as it is to hear Dave is having trouble with his dealer, isn't there a bigger concern? Grady is putting hardware on their boats that are made in CHINA?? :shock: It may only be canvas snaps for now, but do they plan on eventually having all of the deck hardware made from an inferior...

Evinrude just came out with a new 300HP E-TEC, if interested in a 2 stroke.

I went on Saturday. They had the Tournament 205, Seafarer 226, Gulfstream 232, Canyon 336 and Express 330. I was hoping to see the Adventure 208 there as I am planning on an upgrade in a year or so. I noticed the 205 and 226 were less than 10K apart in price. Is this normal? The 205 was well...

I have a Garmin 545s with the internal antenna and couldn't be happier. I don't like drilling holes in the boat if it can be avoided. I flush mounted mine on the console, but may not have room for a VHF radio. Using a handheld unit for now. Good luck in your decission.

HOOPER 2006 Tournament 185 2007 Evinrude E-tec 150 HP The name of the boat is "ON STRIKE" I am in the transportation workers union so the next strike I am on well,,, you see the pun coming, right? Good idea for the list. I hope it helps.