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  1. Graybeard

    Yamaha Gas Guage Not Working

    thanks. The dealer still has it while we're on vacation. I'll give them a call on Monday
  2. Graybeard

    Taking the Factory Tour

    We are taking a roadtrip from Annapolis, Md to Daytona Beach, Fl to visit my folks. On the way home we usually spend the night in Rocky Mount, NC, which I learned is only a short distance from the Grady White factory in Greenville. So on the way home we are spending the night in Greenville...
  3. Graybeard

    Yamaha Gas Guage Not Working

    Well that's not what I did so I didn't re-set the damn thing. But the fuel gauge worked fine when I used it after a recent fill up. But the next time out the gauge showed empty and after I turned the engine off and on the gauge seemed to work. So I thought is was just a system glitch until it...
  4. Graybeard

    Yamaha Gas Guage Not Working

    It's the bar graph showing the amount of gas in the tank. All the other functions work. I tried the re-set or al least I think it was the re-set button. In any event the dealer said to ring in in and they would fix the problem while we are on vacation. So it's at the dealer as we speak and I'll...
  5. Graybeard

    Yamaha Gas Guage Not Working

    It's the standard digital Yamaha gauge set that came with the new boat/engine. Everything else works including the Yamaha version of Flo-Scan except the gas gauge
  6. Graybeard

    Why Grady?

    I must confess I was a real anti-Grady guy for many years. I thought they were too expensive and didn't ride that well. I had a Parker 21 walk around cutty, which was bigger and a whole lot less expensive then the 20' Grady WAC. The dealer where I got my Parker also sold GW's so I really got a...
  7. Graybeard

    PLEASE READ THIS AND RESPOND!!!!!

    Graybeard, John Peacock, 2013 Freedom 225, Yamaha F-200 6cyl.
  8. Graybeard

    Trim tabs Overnighter.

    I seem to have a different opinion on this one. Everyone I know with a Grady 20' hull put aftermarket trim tabs on them and it improved the ride significantly. Why not contact the factory and see what they say??
  9. Graybeard

    Yamaha Gas Guage Not Working

    Hi Guys, The Yamaha fuel gauge on my F-200 engine stopped working and always shows empty. My Freedom 225 is 5 months old. Is that something covered under my boat/engine warranty that my dealer will fix or replace?
  10. Graybeard

    Excited - New Freedom 255 tomorrow

    yea....congrats. We lusted over z Freedom 225 but the price caused us to rule it out.: but we did manage a Freedom 225 and that's not too shabby.Enjoy!!
  11. Graybeard

    where do they mount a VHF radio in a Freedom 225

    thanks.....just got my new Freedom 225 in March and it has the new helm format. My chartplotted in mounted in the open space area and your suggestion of a black box VSHF makes a lot of sense
  12. Graybeard

    where do they mount a VHF radio in a Freedom 225

    Hi guys, I got a new Freedom 225 and I'm looking to add a VHF radio. I did the VHF install on my old boat but I have no idea where to mount the radio and antenna in my new GW. any advise would be helpfull, thanks
  13. Graybeard

    opening day on the Chesapeake Bay

    Well it was bad out there and a 20.5 Wellcraft CC with 6 aboard capsized In 4-5 foot waves and 2 of them died. Sunday was colder but not as windy, still it was a tough go none the less.
  14. Graybeard

    opening day on the Chesapeake Bay

    Saturday is opening day of the trophy striper season on the Chesapeake Bay. But on Friday we have a Gale force wind warning until 10PM with Small Craft Warnings all Saturday. 15 Mph with gusts to 25 and a 2-3' chop. I'll see how my new Freedom 225 handles those conditions cause I'm going!! Of...
  15. Graybeard

    opening day on the Chesapeake Bay

    Saturday is opening day of the trophy striper season on the Chesapeake Bay. But on Friday we have a Gale force wind warning until 10PM with Small Craft Warnings all Saturday. 15 Mph with gusts to 25 and a 2-3' chop. I'll see how my new Freedom 225 handles those conditions cause I'm going!! Of...
  16. Graybeard

    Battery charger recommendation

    those are some powerfull chargers. I had a Guest waterproof 10 amp duel bank charger on my old Parker and it kept the batteries charged and maintained. For my new Freedom 225 I got a Bass Pro waterproof 8 amp duel bank charger/maintainer. It was on sale and has more bells and wistles than the...
  17. Graybeard

    Putting Up the Canvas without getting a heart attack

    Thanks guys I got that snap tool but it didn't help because everything was so tight. Letting the canvas get warm isn't an option when it's cold and that's why you are putting it up in the first place. The wife invited another couple to go for a short cruise on Saturday to a dock bar for lunch...
  18. Graybeard

    Putting Up the Canvas without getting a heart attack

    Hey Guys, I put up the full canvas on my Freedom 225 over the weekend and got quite a workout trying to get all the zippers zipped and closure snaps snaped. Is there a stragity to putting up the canvas without getting a heart attack?? Snaps first, zippers second...zippers first snaps...
  19. Graybeard

    Closing Opening Under Windshield on a Freedom 225

    Tri-State Marine told me to give them a punch list of things I don't like at the 20 hour engine service and they will take care of them under warenty, including the filler piece. They think it has to do with the cold weather and the filler piece shrinking, weak snaps or both.
  20. Graybeard

    An Interesting Sales Technique other boat builders use

    I paid for what I got and got what I paid for......or at least got a loan for it!!! I got bashed on the Hull Truth for going Grady and got plenty of good natrued ribbing on Tidal Fish along with some not so nice bashing in the mix. The Ford guys say Chevy's are junk, the Chevy guys say Ford's...