Recent content by Tuxedo4123

Will do. I have a single 2006 250 Yamaha 4 stroke on it, and in all honesty, after buying the new trailer (3 yrs old) when I bought the boat I’m looking at 50k into it After fixing it. Thought about twin 150 but I’m getting + - 11.0 gal per hour at 23 mph. Not bad, gives me around 350 miles on a...

Yes, going to keep it. I could not sell it as is, just don’t do that. Everything will be brand new and no chance of rot as all materials used are as rot proof as modern technology can make them. Also Troy, who is spearheading this rebuild, is going to beef up the stringers, transom, etc. to far...

Update 1994 263 Chase. Bad news…stringers are rotten up to and past fuel tank. Rear bulkhead is rotten. Transom is rotten. Estimate now 20,000$ . Basically everything below the deck is rotten. But the good news is the battery tray is in good shape!

Thanks for all the pictures. Just dropped my 263 1994 Chase off at Woolard and Nelson in Greensboro NC. They do warranty work for Grady and know them well. Estimate guess before tear down is 10k+. Unfortunately they are 4.5-5 hours from home so pictures will be difficult. I will post what I...

Grady dealer in ColombiaSC and my outboard guru here in Lake Wylie SC recommended raising the moto 1 or two holes. Going to give that a try on the 21st. Thank you all for your input.

Blue tape shows water trajectory off swim platform. Problem is if I raise motor then there is substantial turbulence created from boat transom to end of swim platform due to substantial rise from end of keel to bottom of swim platform

Transducer isn’t the issue, this is massive spray 4 ft high in a fan config with water actually crawling up the engine to cover/drive housing interface…wish I could get you a pic but don’t have one…yet.

Good stuff… just started posting here, new to gradys, built my first boat with my dad in 1967.. built lots more since then, i will post some pictures here but the bottom line is I know the outboard is too low, Caroline at Grady customer service said she had never encountered this. Still wonder...

The original model did not need a jack plate..and I would assume Grady would not offer a model that had issues….wondering if anyone knows the original engine config.

Ventilation plate….should have been more specific. Talked to Grady and they don’t really have info or specs on that old a model. The 30 inch is what is on the repowered engine that I bought the boat with. If I just raise the engine there would possibly be severe problems with very turbulent...

new to 1994 263 chase that was introduced with the transom extension. Single 250 Yamaha gets spray wicking all the way up to the engine cover. Cavitation plate sits even with the hull transom….not the added swim platform that Grady used to extend length for this model. water is hitting lower...