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The 275 Freedom has the same hull as a 273 Chase; both are 8'6" beam. The 271 Canyon has a 9'6" beam. The result is a much more substantial boat: the 271 (5790 lbs dry) is about 50% heavier than the 273 (3975 lbs dry), despite having a LOA within 1" of one another. Anyway, on the 275 Freedom...

You're right... I found 2150 for the 209 on https://www.apmarine.bm/index.php/grady-white/fisherman-209 but other sources (e.g., NADA, BoatGuide.com, etc.) list it as 2600. So that's another pro for the 191 - 250 lbs lighter which might make it easier to tow. Updated my original post.

I'm looking at getting a second, smaller Grady for the inlets and bays near my parents' house in Beaufort, SC. The use cases will be 80% cruising and 20% inshore fishing. The models rising to the top for me are the 209 Fisherman and 191 Coastal Explorer. Looking at the floor plans and...

2011 Grady-White 275 Freedom for sale for $120,000. The boat is powered by a single Yamaha F350 outboard engine with digital controls (824 hours) and sits on a low-mileage 2020 model year Venture aluminum tandem axle trailer. Full offshore electronics package: Simrad NSS12 display, 3G radar...

The only meaningful difference between the earlier versions (original, A, B) of the F350 and the final F350C version is the exhaust manifold design. The earlier models would drain cooling water slowly or incompletely so some water would sit in the manifold. If you didn't flush your engine with...

LOL, good ol' Chesapeake. @luckydude , I agree with you about Coastside. I think the tone there is reflective of West Coast boating culture generally. My impression is that it's dominated by blue collar, salty dog fishermen who have been out there in big water for years (and so have their...

Coastside?

I also had to pay more than I wanted (albeit just $500 more) to get my glass guy to put the effort into achieving a reasonable gelcoat color match. I wasn't happy about that at the time but the end result was what mattered. As you said once you start you're committed to the pro and they have the...

I paid $2K in the SF Bay Area to have the aluminum bang cap on my transom glassed over, including glass work and removing/installing the single outboard. That required removing the existing gelcoat, adding ~10 layers of glass to strengthen and true the transom, and applying new gelcoat (a couple...

I get out twice a month on average. Not always fishing - sometimes just to catch a ball game!

I think a bow thruster is something for boats 30' or more in length. I have a Freedom 275 with a single F350. I can dock it fine, no need for a bow thruster. The only time I struggled was when I was tied to the windward side of a dock, with boats in front and behind me, trying to depart on my...

I'm late to the thread but congrats on the new boat! Always good to see the West Coast Grady community grow.

Mine finished up last weekend. It turned out well. I hope yours does too, @Fishtales

Hey all - old thread but just to close the loop. I reached out to Cal Flynn but got referred twice to others in his network. The guy they ended up putting me in touch with was a hotshot trucker with no USDOT number so I wondered what I was paying a premium for. I ended up using a guy I found off...

I got the boat back today. I can't tell any difference in the color now that the gel coat is cured and the engine is re-installed. In addition to finishing the transom I had the fiberglass guy repair some trailer rash and 6-8 marks (voids, impact points, etc.) under the waterline and compound...

After 3-4 attempts this is the final result on the gel coat color match. Not 100% perfect but it's pretty darn close. It should blend once the engine is back on.

I've found Coastside (https://coastsidefishingclub.com) to have the most West Coast boaters. I've got a Grady 275 in San Francisco.

Here you go CharlesM. It's the white piece on the back corner of the motorwell transom.

A surveyor measured low moisture in June when I bought the boat. I had the transom cap glassed over. My pro is reworking the gelcoat color match a bit but you can see below how it now looks functionally. It was $500 to R&I the engine. I could have replaced the aluminum piece with the vinyl...

I can feel the money draining from my bank account at WOT. 5800 RPM = 33.3 GPH = $150/hour at current California marine gas prices. At least I'm moving 45 MPH (1.35 MPG). At 4300 RPM I burn 14.3 GPH. That pushes my boat at 32 MPH, which works out to 2.2 MPG. Not bad for a 27' boat.