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1)jimfish; 2)Jim; 3) 1998 Gulfstream 232; 4) 2004 Yamaha 300 HPDI

MY neighbor bought a loaded 247 a number of years ago. My 209 was the only Grady he had ever seen and he was always VERY impressed by the use of space, fit / finish / quality, ride, and ability to handle rough seas - which we get plenty of when salmon fishing off our port on Lake Michigan...

We are still going to spend at least three months in Fla., but we will no longer own property in the state. Our residence will remain in Onekama, at LONGVIEW - the home that you can see up on the ridge when looking north from the Inn (and about everywhere else, too). We have another home...

Bill, we are still in Sebastian. Still looking to sell our house down here, too. Market is rough, but not nearly so bad as St. Lucie county and south - also SW Fla. and Ft. Myers, Everglades City, etc. We'll be headed back to Onekama around mid-April and, BTW, have TWO houses to sell up there...

GradyX - Good advice. Stick with the bunks on that hull.

Just saw magical bill's post stating that his Gulfstream tows at over 10,000 lbs. He has ALL the toys on that boat, and I think he takes his large stash of gold bullion with him wherever he goes. Most of us SPENT our gold bullion to BUY the darn boat!! I wondered why Bill's boat rode low in...

The REAL question is: "What does the Gulfstream AND the trailer AND all of the stuff IN the Gulfstream weigh?" That figure is your gross towed weight. My 232 has single 300 HPDI power, a 15 hp kicker on an Offshore bracket, a radar arch, and a bunch of custom cabin shelving (Starboard) that...

I tow my 232 with a 5.3L Avalanche. I do NOT have the lower geared axle, but the 3.73. I have taken the boat from northern Michigan to Vero Beach and back without any problems whatsoever. When towing any distance to speak of, however, I would pay strict attention to the following: 1) WEIGH...

Was headed up US 1 from Sebastian last week and was surprised to see the building where the Grady dealer in Edgewater / New Smyrna Beach has been for a long time - VACANT. I was told that the former owner, Bill, had sold out a while ago, but don't know what happened to this dealership. Are...

No doubt that going out with the weather that was forecast was not prudent. I read where waves were running 6-8 ft. and later even 15 ft. (that what was in the news here in the Vero Beach area, anyway). Not when they went out, but certainly bad weather and winds were in the forecast...

Don Taylor was the absolute best representative for Yamaha that one could imagine. Technically without peer - which is WHY he is the tech rep for Yamaha in the Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois region - Don is THE GUY who trains the Yamaha mechanics on the entire Yamaha line. I was extremely...

Being in South Florida and with Bahamas trips a big thing here, I was thinking what a good thing it is to have EPIRBS available on a rental basis. Usually, trips are planned in advance and the weather is generally very stable in the late Spring and early Summer - at least well into July...

Didn't Boat US and West Marine RENT EPIRBS? Is that still happening?

OK. I was changing out the thru hulls and that work was mostly amidship. The faint light I could see was when I was peering thru the access hatches (vertical) in the seat / hatches behind the helm and port side. BTW - Mine had the white plastic thru hulls and I discovered that one of...

Gulfstream hull cores... On further thought about a Gulfstream being "...cored above the waterline," if my boat IS cored, why am I able to see (faint) light thru the hull - looking from inside a dark bilge towards the bright, sun side of the hull? I would think that if the hull is cored...

Thanks, GW. I've changed out the thru-hulls, but never noticed the coring.

232... Not cored. Standing room in the cabin is adequate for me, and I am over 6'1' and 220 lbs. At the doorway, you must step down into the cabin. The opening is cut out and hatched so a person can do it standing up (and I would always do it backward, as if on a ladder). No, you don't have...

Gulfsteam 232 On the 232, you step UP to the "bridge" / helm area. This allows for much better vision, especially when manuevering in close quarters, docking, etc. It also means that water is FAR less likely to penetrate the cabin area - at least any H20 coming from the cockpit. This...

fishing wires.. I used my vacuum to pull a leader string thru the tube from my access hole. I put a small button on the leader string. Worked well!!

twins... Well, Mr. O., I take your experiences to heart, as obviously your feelings are heartfelt and your experience wide. I have not found the twin experience to be so pronouncedly effective on narrow beam hulls, certainly not to the point of laying down $15-20K to have it, so I guess that...