2008 Grady White 226 $34,995

Doc Stressor

Doc Stressor

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Well, my boating and fishing days have come to an end. I put my 226 up for sale at Homosassa Marine. This is an exceptionally well-maintained boat that was always stored indoors at a high and dry marina. Everything works except for the trailer brakes that needed servicing when I turned the boat over for consignment.

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I purchased the boat new in 2010

Repowered with 250 Honda in 2019. This is a legitimate 3-mpg boat at high cruise speed

Manual jack plate to allow optimal motor height adjustment and to avoid motor mount impingement on the transom bang plate.

Simrad NSS Evo3 fish finder with transom-mounted 3-in-1 transducer plus an internal Airmar B60

Furuno Navpilot 300 autopilot with heading sensor.

Standard Horizon 1850 G VHF

2-year-old Deka 27M6 batteries with Blue Sea ACR

Ultra Safety System Ultra bilge pump switch

Scotty electric downriggers with weights

Additional rod holders added

Marine toilet with macerator (disconnected to pride more storage space is supplied)

This is a turnkey fishing setup for someone who appreciates a good boat.


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Sorry to hear, we’ll all be there one day, hope all is well and good luck with the sale, they are very desirable hulls.
 
Doc: Sorry to hear you're retiring from boating and hope you have new interests to look forward to.

You gave me valuable information when I passed by your home waters while doing the Great Loop. Thank you. I hope you continue to stay involved in this forum.

Tx, Rob
 
I'll stay involved with the forum. I can live vicariously through you guys.

My wife's Alzheimer's has progressed to the point where she can no longer be left alone. So I'm a full-time caregiver now. But hey, I am almost 80 and had a really good and interesting life. Been fishing since I was 3 and owned boats since I was 12. No regrets at all.

By chance, I got to see my Grady being towed to its new home in the Daytona Beach area. It was a nice goodbye.
 
Doc Stressor said:
I'll stay involved with the forum. I can live vicariously through you guys.

My wife's Alzheimer's has progressed to the point where she can no longer be left alone. So I'm a full-time caregiver now. But hey, I am almost 80 and had a really good and interesting life. Been fishing since I was 3 and owned boats since I was 12. No regrets at all.

By chance, I got to see my Grady being towed to its new home in the Daytona Beach area. It was a nice goodbye.
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So bittersweet. I don't know you but if you ever get out to Santa Cruz CA, you have a spot on my 228.

BTW, 3mpg???? My 228 averages 2.2mpg over the lifetime of the boat. When coming back in from 73 miles offshore on the fumes, my buddy pulled the tabs up, trimmed the engine back a little, he played around until he found the best MPG, we came in at 2.5mpg.

Is the 226 that much more efficient?
 
BTW, 3mpg???? My 228 averages 2.2mpg over the lifetime of the boat. When coming back in from 73 miles offshore on the fumes, my buddy pulled the tabs up, trimmed the engine back a little, he played around until he found the best MPG, we came in at 2.5mpg



There are a couple of factors involved here:

1. The 228 always gets a little lower fuel economy than the 226. That shows up in the original factory performance data sheets. I don't know if the 228 is a little heavier or has something to do with the physics of the longer centerline.

2. You have a hardtop, and I have a bimini. It may be the increased weight or more wind resistance. I can pick up an additional 0.1 mpg if drop the bimini top.

3. The Honda is just more fuel efficient than the Yamaha. I could barely squeeze 3 mpg out of my original 250 Yamaha if the seas were flat and I kept the rpms below 4100. The Honda stays in lean burn mode up to 4600 rpm.

4. We run our boats in very different sea conditions. The Gulf typically has no swells and I would not take long runs in anything more than a 1-2 ft 3-4 sec chop. I used no tabs and ran the engine trimmed out 65%. Any higher seas and I would need to trim the engine down to cut through the waves instead of riding on top. Under these conditions, I wouldn't get more than about 2.5 mpg.
 
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