Recent content by Mustang65fbk

I will say one last thing and then leave it there, and that is I do love modern times and having a simple keyword search feature readily available. I just did one and found a whopping two posts where I mentioned how much I could lift, one was referencing turning a stiff steering and how it's not...

Have you considered a 232 Gulfstream? They were produced up until a year ago or so and seem to be much more common/desirable than the 265 Express, as well as the 268/270 Islander is. They're also a bigger, heavier and longer boat than the 228 Seafarer, along with having a considerably larger...

Several paragraphs of filler coming from those with supposedly 20+ years of experience in the industry yet are claiming an estimate that's 1,200 lbs less than what Grady White themselves advertise the boat to be at. Funnily enough, the "little girl" at 6'2" and 265 lbs was spot on at just over...

Agreed! I imagine that's why GW, and I'm assuming other boat manufacturers, list the weights of their test boats during fuel economy testing. Then you've got a much closer figure, instead of just ballpark, which can again be off by 1k+ lbs or more. Most of the time it probably doesn't matter...

B. Appears to be the center line length. E. Appears to be the beam width.

Exactly... as mentioned at least a couple different times, the boat fully loaded could very well be at over 10k lbs, possibly even more than that and closer to 10.5k lbs, depending on fuel, safety gear, water, fishing gear, ice, food and so forth. I admittedly do always have to giggle at the...

Odd... I had/have the older flattened style of Grady White rod holders on my 2004 Grady White 228 Seafarer and they looked/still look quite nice. Not sure if they changed the materials used on them over the years, but the new ones are not chromed, they are a polished stainless steel. Though...

That's not normal. The shocks should keep the lids open as that's what they're there for, of which they should also close with minimal force, not a lot of force as you mentioned is the case with your particular application. Sounds like they're needing to be replaced, where if I were you I'd call...

Yikes... that's a considerable amount of damage if it's wobbling around like that just from moving the engines. I'd definitely look at other boats or go into this one knowing it's going to need a transom replacement. Fortunately, there's a bunch of 232 Gulfstream's available, though not many of...

You're debating on the idea of moving up to a bigger boat, and it sounds like your wife is already on board with the idea and has already given you permission to do so? What else is there to talk about?

Like all things/professions in life, not all surveyors are created equal. Some will be great, some won't care and/or just do it for a paycheck.

Same here, I sold my first/second boats and wanted to find something bigger, heavier and nicer. Looked at Grady White as well as Parker, Pursuit, Boston Whaler and a few other different brands of boats. I really liked the Grady White 228 Seafarer/232 Gulfstream as well as the Parker 2320, but...

I live in the Seattle area and have bought 3 different boats over about a 4 year period, all of which oddly enough were located in Maryland, and then I did the road trip myself to pick up each one. In regards to the purchase itself... the first and last boats were from dealerships/brokers and...

Per the Grady White parts catalogue for 2004, I can't find one that's older than that, it shows the 306 Bimini as having a part number of 18-511 and being a 12"x20" trim tab. When doing a quick Google search for "trim tabs 18-511", it appears as though they're likely Bennett brand trim tabs. I...

I would. They should have a copy of the performance bulletin with more specific numbers like gallons of fuel onboard during the test. Let us know what you find out.