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Ayiani: Welcome to the forum! The Spirit 175 was our first Grady. About the most sea-worthy 17-footer you can get. That said, the transom is solid, 1" thick wood inside that fiberglass. The question is whether anything around it has been compromised to let water in. Three places to look...

Halfhitch: Sorry to see that you got your share of Ian. That was a nice Boat/RV shed you had there. Rob

Halfhitch: First, how did you do in Ian? Had intended to go around to the keys and make a stop to check out progress in Flamingo marina. Unfortunately, my buddies house in MO received 11" of rain a few days prior. They are not prepared for anything like that. Although my buddie's son-in-law is...

Bill: Beautiful area you live in. PM me your address, when you receive the charts, you'll have my return address. And I can answer your PM with my address. I'll put the charts in the mail before I get your check. I'm not terribly worried about it! Rob

These three full-size paper charts cover, approximately, Steinhatchee to Tarpon Springs, Florida. The charts are 11407, 11408 and 11409 and all are dated from early 2022. I recently carried them with me doing this segment of the Great Loop. I also practised a little compass navigating on them...

Where we live in West Palm Beach, we have several marine bedding options nearby. We took the Grady mattresses to them (E.J. Schraeder) so they could make an exact fit with 4" pillow tops. Now we just go with the pillow tops. Makes it easier to get to the storage areas below the cushions as...

First, congrats on buying a great boat. A good compromise between fishing and cruising. A 2007 282 for us here. Also no trailer. But we take some long distance boat trips every year. There are many folks who make their living trailering boats. For example, last year, the guy we use trailered...

Beautiful! Really envious of the bow thruster. Rob

One 12" screen is the biggest we could fit. I prefer that to two smaller screens. Especially when navigating in unknown waters. While fishing at home it is usually on split screen of sonar and temp. I've gotten used to seeing a smaller section of sonar. The idea of a backup did concern me...

"I do have the temperature control knob on the inside, back, top, right. I did not know I can turn off the fridge with that knob!" Congrats on your Sailfish. I also have the 2008 which had the 12v only fridge. Assuming we had the same model fridge, that temp control wheel in the fridge is also...

John: Congrats on the Sailfish. Following up with on what Seasick said about getting the garden hose well down into the water tank to let the water pressure do some cleaning. My boat stays on a rack and I'm sure they wouldn't be happy with me to cut the end of a hose, which I think would be...

Beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing!

This may be common knowledge to others, but was a lesson to me. Long story short, I called Bennett for the correct part number on a replacement Bennett actuator for my 2007 Sailfish. Burt, who was very helpful, said I needed the "set number" from Grady White. As Burt explained it, Bennet...

Yes. I believe that is the factory option, although I can't say that I know that for a fact. Looks a heck of a lot easier to get to than where I put mine! The next question is, how is access to cooling water and electricity? Rob

Agree, it isn't an option any longer. But it was an option beginning in 2008 and into at least 2011. I don't know how far past 2011 it went, if at all. The factory is pretty good at providing help. They even came up with a plumbing schematic on my 2007 Sailfish when I did my AC. They likely...

Bully, you got me thinking about my cup holders. I have one favorite coozie that I looked at closely this morning. Turns out, it seems that my cup holders are designed for this style of coozie. It is hollow plastic that holds the can surrounded by insulating foam. A bit of the plastic can holder...

Just recently completed last leg of the Loop, from St. Marks home to West Palm Beach. A friend from St. Louis joined me. He is not a water person at all. He was the photographer and took more videos than I would have. And everything was on his phone, so I did not do the daily posting that I...

Eggy: You may want to post this in the Tips and Modifications Sections to get more exposure. I just recently installed a 6500 btu unit in my Sailfish. Maybe easier to do than a Gulfstream. But I did recently see a photo of a Gulfstream with the factory installed AC. The unit sat just aft of the...

Kentucky: What size are those black socks in your photo? They look bigger than the 60" that I use? Tx, Rob

FWIW, for my 258 Journey, I had to devise a 1/2" hose attachment of a couple of feet that would penetrate the fill line. And I had to open the hose spigot just part way, never full open or it would just overwhelm the fill line and spray back out at me. With that, the tank would fill up every...