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SWEET! You are going to love it! One of my favorite things about mine are the swim platforms. Only a few Gradys have them. Man, they are convenient. If this is your first Grady you are going to be amazed at how smooth the ride is. The SeaV2 hull is for real. Congratulations!

I like it! The dealership painted mine the Grady cream color as part of the sales deal. Looks amazing!

I'll check that out. The ones that came with the boat are just round chunks of solid rubber. They fall out too easily and let all the water out.

It's a very easy process. You just send in your picture, they come up with an initial design. then you go back and forth on changes. I think mine took about 5-6 revisions to add the Marine flag on the back, make the GW logo on the side bigger, put on the actual registration numbers, make the...

All of their products are very high quality.

That's exactly what I was thinking about. Something that either twists or flips down and expands. I'll check West Marine

Are there any aftermarket drain plugs for the built in coolers? Took the boat out on a 4-day adventure, filled both coolers with ice and was disappointed to see on day two that the drain plugs had come lose and drained all the water out, which made all the ice melt very quickly. I pushed those...

When mine was cracked, one of my friends who works in manufacturing said it looks like the T-Top was tightened down too much. The dealership agreed that was likely the cause. They repaired it and it hasn't come back. Don't know if that is actually what happened, but it kind of makes sense...

Yep. I had that on my brand new 235. The dealership took care of it. Don't know what caused it.

Another good video:

Thanks for the clarification. I just know it sounds different when it happens. That's my queue to bring the engine down a few clicks. Happens a lot when making a hard turn at speed. Here's a good video I just found.

Around here, everyone uses the terms up/down to refer to trimming the engine (outboard). Trim all the way up and the engine is out of the water. Trim all the way down and the engine is straight down as far as it can go. Most people tend to cruise with their engine trimmed up a certain amount...

Yes, boat model and size matter greatly. Hull design, length, width, weight, all will change trim requirements. Grady's are pretty heavy boats, which contributes to their famous comfortable ride. The only time I use trim tabs is when getting out of the hole. Put the tabs and the engine all...

Next time you are cruising at a constant speed, try adjusting the engine up and down. The RPMs should go up or down a few hundred depending on the angle of the engine.

I think there is some terminology confusion. Forward, back, up, down.... When you say forward, you mean down and back means up, correct?

The OP has a new 235. He has the Yamaha display that I posted. The yellow indicator shows the trim position of the engine. No yellow blips means the engine is all the way down. More yellow blips means the engine is trimmed upward. I always start with the engine trimmed all the way down...

At top speed its usually a little bit more, like around 70-80%.

Engine trimmed up around 50-60% like this.

I keep my 235 trimmed at about 50-60% on plane. Almost never have to use the tabs. It's such a heavy boat for its size that it just naturally cuts through the waves without much need to fuss a lot with trim tabs. But I can definitely hear cavitation if I trim up too much.

The Pensacola Beach Blue Angels show was last weekend and it's the biggest boating day of the year. If you go you need to plan to be there early and stay all day. Our routine is to load the boat on Friday night, leave the dock at 5:30am Saturday, drop anchor around 6am and not return till...