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After cleaning it well, spray out with boeshield t-9, lasts a couple of months depending on usage

That’s a 41’ freedom that belongs to Eddie Smith. The factory was doing testing and fine tuning before they release the official product onto the market. At the point I need 41’ I’m just going to bight the bullet and get twin diesels, teak, and a fighting chair. On the un-fishable because of...

$560/month for a 40’ floating slip in very protected marina just off ICW in NC. Includes club membership/acess, pool, etc.

Trailering the 330 express you’d need a bigger truck. My marina neighbor has one and he tips the scales around 15k with half a tank of gas and whatever his wife has stowed away in the cabin. Not sure about FL but in the Carolinas you’d need to get a wide load permit anytime you wanted to haul...

The comment I see the most often that may explain the lack of popularity of WA style anywhere but the NE and PNW is that any further south those cabins are completely unusable for anything but storage with our heat and humidity. So until you get up to the Marlin with a genset and AC you’ve got a...

$15k upgrade from digital engines to full helm master for dual F300s (sticker price of upgrade)

It's awesome! We did the full maneuverability option (joystick, autopilot, staypoint, driftpoint, etc) it took some playing around to understand the best way to position the boat before using one of the locking approaches but once you understand it it's great. Makes it easy to wait a few feet...

JMAT talk to your dealer and see if their rigger or rep can help train you when you take delivery (my rigger knows the electronics/NEMA but doesn't seem to be much of a boater so I struck out there) the Youtube videos are pretty basic (at least the ones from Garmin), I actually reached out to...

Thanks everyone! So we've had her 16 days and she's already overdue for the 20hr service. Will get that done next week. And if my reels will ever show up (ordered in May/June) I will hopefully have some fishing porn for y'all soon!

I guess I’m official now, after 9 months of impatiently waiting we took delivery today of our new Freedom 325! Of course Murphy’s law being what it is our delivery date is the first day with 25kn winds and a small craft advisory in over a month but it did give me time to get all the electronics...

If "we" means you and a small dog and you are well under 6' tall then maybe the 325 cabin will work for you. Ours is good for kids wanting to get out of the sun or wind for a bit but I can't imagine trying to actually sleep in there (I'm 6'1 and not exactly petite) It is a fantastic place to...

Truly weird, that is completely different than my bill-of-sale and this dealer brochure I found before they changed things. Noticed they discontinued another Gelcoat color recently as well. Maybe it is related to supply chain shortages and the labor challenge they are facing. Still wonder why...

I think someone at Grady steered you wrong on this (or your color is Harbor Blue not Sea Port Blue), our Freedom is Sea Port Blue and it is a gel coat color not paint. I believe the only paint colors are/were Harbor Blue and Cape Grey. Double checked our bill of sale on the options selected...

Congrats! We've had an order in since November and the boat is at the dealer but still waiting on some parts so maybe by labor day we'll have her. The wait wasn't too bad until the last couple of months.

Not just boats. Building a house and so far we’ve had issues with any engineered lumber product (glu-lams, plywood, OSB), insulation, lighting, appliances are completely insane, and windows. And in my day job (IT infrastructure) our lead times have doubled or worse. The deep freeze in Texas...