Recent content by luckydude

So bittersweet. I don't know you but if you ever get out to Santa Cruz CA, you have a spot on my 228. BTW, 3mpg???? My 228 averages 2.2mpg over the lifetime of the boat. When coming back in from 73 miles offshore on the fumes, my buddy pulled the tabs up, trimmed the engine back a little, he...

I think you'd be better off with twin 150 or 200s. 225 is way under powered for that boat, I have the next size down and I have a 250 and she is rated for a 300. The gulfstream is rated for 2x 200 for 400hp max. I think they are fine with twin 150s but anything less than that is a hard no in...

As a 228 owner, I am underwhelmed by the 218. I paid $130K in 2020 for my boat and trailer. When the 218 came out, they wanted $167K for the same setup and the 218 is a serious downgrade from a 228. I think it's a downgrade from the 208. It's got a tiny cockpit. Might be ok for rod&reel...

15 knots is crazy in my book. We get white caps at 12 mph, so more like 10 knots, and that's when I typically head home. The wind builds once it starts. I 100% agree on the comfort thing. I'm on the ocean to have fun, not to prove how macho I am. So I like good weather windows. For tuna...

Hi from the SF Bay area. 228 with Santa Cruz as the main harbor but I fish from Monterey to Fort Bragg. Mostly Santa Cruz and Half Moon Bay but I go to where the fish are. Pull the boat with an electric Silverado, Chevy made a real electric truck.

Well, your 3 feet thing doesn't work here. I fish 6' @ 9s, it's not pleasant, but you can fish it. The worst I've been out in was 10' @ 12s, that was horrible, never again (I wasn't captain, in a friends boat, he's tougher than I am). 5@9 is getting there, 4@9 is quite pleasant. In my...

He probably means the oil changes, they are very expensive.

Sounds good to me. But someone still has to step forward and agree to moderate it or it will just be a clone of THT. That's a big ask.

I tow with a Silverado EV with the huge battery pack. I can do a 116 mile round trip from the Santa Cruz mountains to Half Moon Bay harbor and back on about a half a charge. I babied it the first time and I used 49% of the battery, drove it like I stole it the second time, used under 60%. My...

I have a login on THT and Bloody Decks and I never go there anymore. I like the GG forum, it's the 2nd best forum I've ever been on (first is the Duramax forum, that is a tightly run ship. I made friends with the moderator and it amuses me that you guys mentioned "keyboard cowboys". When I...

Normally I like to be helpful but I hate going to that side of the hill. I put in my 30 years and I am so done. Someone else needs to hassle Zucky.

There are two things I'm aware of that push people towards newer gradys: a) Wood, especially in the transom but also the stringers. It can rot and does. b) Seavee 2 hulls. So the wood is a problem because it can, and does, rot and it's very expensive to rip things apart and fix the rot...

I'm about 20 miles north of Morro Bay right now and I've seen 4 fishing boats up here. I'm not sure, but I think the closest boat ramp is Morro Bay, right? Do boats come up here to fish because there is less pressure or what? I'm completely clueless about fishing out of Morro Bay but would...

I'm in Cambria right now, little mini vacation with my wife. Love the area and when rockfish opens I might pull my Grady down to Morro Bay and try my luck for a few days.

This thread reminds me of when I first put my Grady in the water. It was 2020, so covid, so I was solo and didn't know what I was doing. At all. The hull truth had told me that the 228 was a really soft hull, I was gonna love it. I put it in the water, lowered the engine, but left it trimmed...