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I haven't ridden on a World Cat so I can't comment on that, sorry. Generally speaking cats will handle rough conditions better but they do handle a bit differently than monohulls: https://boattest.com/view-news/6522_How_to_Handle_a_Power_Catamaran%3A_Driving_a_Cat_is_a_Whole_New_Ballgame The...

I own a Freedom 275 and have looked at the line extensively. Here's how I differentiate them: The 285 is the only one trailerable by mere mortals (and even it is a foot wider than 'legal'). The 307 feels like a different, larger class of boat from the 285. It's worth the upgrade if you don't...

All done! Re: the recent discussion, they replaced the splash well drains like for like with brass tubes, flared and set in 5200.

Asking price updated to $88,000

Coming for sale soon: 2011 Grady-White 275 Freedom. About 880 hours on the engine and hull. Factory options: hard top, rocket launcher, marine head, electric sliding lounge seat, wet bar, livewell, windlass (factory build sheet below), three side isinglass enclosure. Full Simrad electronics...

They said they will drill the new transom where the original holes were (the inner splash well skin is original, so the original drain holes are there) and insert a tube bedded in 5200.

I will ask on Monday... if you have any recommendations on what I should listen for or ask for, please let me know.

Getting close to end of job... finding the right color tint and putting on the gelcoat finish.

It was a bit rainy and cold this week but progress resumed today. Looks like the new transom is all glassed in. Gelcoat is next, I guess. hoping they can do a good color match.

The tech seems pretty confident it came in around the drain plug. That was the wettest part of the transom. It was still quite structurally sound and I probably would not have known it was wet if I had not glassed over transom cap… by doing that, I encapsulated the moisture, which led to...

More progress... now in the rebuilding phase. The original wood transom was removed except for a small section on the port side (to the left of the trim tab pocket) which was bone dry. The rest has been rebuilt with multiple interlocking layers of Coosa.

More progress… the tow eyes are off (they had to be cut off because the original SS screws were seized in the aluminum backing plate). The only wood left to remove is on the lower port side. The fiberglass tech confirmed that he thinks the water was seeping in from around the drain plug. There...

When I bought the boat in 2020, the aluminum cap on top of the transom was corroded. That is common (Grady switched to vinyl caps in 2012) and could have been a path of water intrusion. The typical repair is to replace the cap with a new vinyl part but I elected to glass over the top of the...

Exactly right - digging out wood under the glass and tucking in new pieces. The new transom will be built with Coosa Bluewater 26. The tow eyes are seized due to them being stainless steel bolted into the aluminum backing plate. They cut the port one off and will get the starboard one off on Monday.

No, Gradys are known for it.

I bought my boat, a 2011 275 Freedom, about four years ago. At the time the original “bang cap” for the transom, an aluminum piece at the time, was heavily corroded which created a route for some water to get into the transom, but the boat surveyed well. After buying the boat, I had the top of...

Grady's performance test with twin 200s on the 275 shows it's a 30 mph cruise and 49 mph top speed. That is exactly the same as their test for a single 350, so there is really no reason to repower at that point. (In the real world with gear and bottom paint, my 275 actually has a 42-44 mph top...

I looked into the Mercury after your post. I admit I have a negative impression of the brand due to reliability issues I heard about in the past, but I’ve never owned one. I like that the Mercury 250 is a V8 instead of a V6. It’s also much quieter. The specs seem like it’s lighter but some...

Anyone other than the local Grady-White dealer will do whatever I want. The best prices I've found are $50K rigged for twin Yamaha F250XCBs (or Honda BF250s) with 5 years of warranty, $37K rigged for twin Suzuki DF250s with 7 years of warranty, or $35K rigged for used 2019 F250XCBs with 300...

Thanks for the response... super helpful, since the 263, 273, and 275 all share the same hull. 26'11" center line length, 8'6" beam, and SeeV2 hull shape.