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I have a 2005 Marlin with F250s. We love everything about this boat - the looks, the handling, performance, comfort, space, genset, A/C, etc. When we overnight, it's just my wife and I and it's plenty of boat for that. My one and only complaint - for a fishing boat, the rod holders under the...

I went from a 22' WAC to a 30' Marlin in January. The first few months, pulling up to the dock in a current or wind was a white knuckle experience. You learn your boat and how to compensate for those conditions and now, I can approach the dock under most conditions with a fair bit of confidence...

We're not talking about early 225s or 250s here. The motors are brand new.

It's a pleasure craft - there's no good reason to spend any money on it, except that it's fun. The other thing you can't really put a price tag on is the confidence that you can go out and come back to the dock under your own power, safely and relatively efficiently. There's nothing really...

My '05 marlin does fine with the F250s, although I wish it had electronic controls. My boat's performance come really close to the performance numbers on the Grady site. It cruises fully loaded in the low to mid 30s and although I haven't ever really opened it up, I've seen over 40 mph. I don't...

Re: Side imaging transducer mounting on a year 2000 Grady 26 I put one on my Marlin as an isolated backup to the Furuno, mostly for the chartplotter (and I also wanted to evaluate the side imaging technology). It's also the 698. I would think that what works on the Marlin ought to work on the...

If you like the idea of a winch that doesn't require you to tie the anchor line off to a cleat, maybe have a look at the windlass from Good Automatic Windlass Co. I'm installing one on my Marlin in the next couple of weeks. Lots of research indicates the Good windlass will be durable, reliable...

Clockwork makes an apt comparison and Slacktime's experience is similar to mine. The wife loves it and that's 90% of the battle. In January, I went from a boat about the size of yours to a 2006 Marlin and the difference is profound, mostly in a good way. Bad stuff - Fuel consumption is going to...

smoky - I lived for may years in Homestead and fished from there to about Sugarloaf Key extensively. I can recall a lot of days when the gulfstream looked like a mill pond but really, as you noted, it's nearly impossible to predict. The solution seems to be to spend much more time down there and...

Lots of pics and videos. When I figure out the process for posting them here, I'll add some. I should have mentioned that we visited Bahia Honda state park on the last day. It's an absolute jewel, with some of the most beautiful waters and beaches I've seen. Also, we had key deer around our...

My wife and I took the trip we'd been planning for a couple of months. We trailered our 2006 Marlin from Plant City to Marco Island and put in there. I've learned that you can never really take the weather forecast very literally but this was ridiculous. We check the marine forecast For Marco...

That's correct. And I throttle back to 4200, but there's really not that much difference in mpg a few hundred up from there. I think the main thing is getting as much hull out of the water as possible. I just want to run at 4200, so that's where I keep it and it works out that I'm running 30 mph...

wjs - thanks for the advice. I'll definitely do some open water practice. My experience with the Marlin is obviously very limited but I'll be happy to share what I've learned. If conditions permit (like the other day) I keep the tabs all the way up, unless I need to level the boat. Then it's one...

RebThunderroad - we probably boat the same areas. Hope to meet you out on the water someday. Have you made the middle grounds trip? megabytes - 64 mile radar, it's connected to a Navnet 2 display, along with AIS sounder and 1kw transducer. Also has Simrad autopilot. The original owner put some...

A bow thruster is definitely on my list of "wants". People seem to love them. Thanks for the tip on the side curtains!

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My Marlin at the dock, morning after our first overnighter.

Thanks for the comments. Magicalbill - we're putting in at Marco for the reason you stated. Fuel costs for that part of the trip will be about one tenth and the run from Marco should be long enough to make it feel like a pretty good adventure. I'll save enough in fuel to pay to replace the...

I have been admiring Grady White boats for years, from afar and up close when I could. I upgraded from a nice little 22' Chriscraft walkaround to a 2005 Grady White Marlin with twin Yamaha 250s in January. We nearly made an offer on an Express, but when we thought about it, somebody always ended...

Our 2005 Marlin 300 has a genset and an updated charger but I don't rely on that to get me going if the batteries went dead. It's never happened, but if we needed to jump start the engines, we carry a portable battery pack. We keep it charged up and just stow it under the port side seat. I know...