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I took her out on the Sacramento River yesterday. Ran great. Put $500 of gasoline (100 gallons) in the tank afterwards and investing another $750 into maintenance on Labor Day, including an oil change on the engine and an upgraded 1600 gph livewell pump. Still for sale!

If you're not on the West Coast, you should still consider this boat. I can do a video walkaround and video/virtual sea trial for qualified buyers. Then it's easy to hire a marine surveyor to make sure the boat is as solid as I know it is. I can recommend transporters to haul it anywhere in the...

My boat is resting safely in an enclosed dry stack warehouse waiting for its next owner to come for a sea trial!

Reduced asking price to $115,000. I will personally deliver the boat anywhere on the West Coast for the round-trip cost of diesel fuel. You can also get it shipped to the East Coast professionally for $2-$3 per mile.

I'm looking at a 2006 Marlin. I contracted with Steve Heinrich of Flagship Marine to do my survey and Sean of S&S Marine Services to inspect the engines.

I realized how expensive it would be and didn't do anything. :)

Is that a hatch you have to cut caulk lines to open? Sorry, I'm not familiar with the Marlin yet.

I will laugh if we have a contract on the same boat. The one I'm looking at is north of Dunedin. What surveyor did you use? I'm hunting for one now. Here's my notes in case it's helpful for people in the future: Richard F. Davis - found on SAMS site. Recommended by another surveyor. $30/ft...

So @Atlantic Blue did you end up buying the boat? If not, want to share the link and what negatives caused you not to move forward?

Thank you!

I’m buying a 2006 GW Marlin 300 in a couple weeks. Survey is scheduled for next week. What should I (or the surveyor) look out for on these boats? I know to check for corrosion of the transom bang cap and water intrusion to the transom. I read on there about balsa wood above the waterline on...

There are plenty listed online (BoatTrader, Craigslist, FB Marketplace). What are you looking for in particular that none of those work for you?

The F350 is a better engine than many give it credit for. I have a F350A with 800 hours that has not had any problems. It also cost me so much less than a similar boat equipped with twin F150s that my F350A could fail twice and my boat would still be cheaper than one equipped with twin F150s.

191 has a 14.5° deadrise. 209 has a 19° deadrise. It seems like Grady was trying to design a bay boat but just ended up designing a less good Grady. I say this because the draft is only 1” less. If it were 10”-12” it would all make sense and seem like a fantastic design. But what’s the point...

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...