Shopping for Grady White Sailfish

[Plum Crazy]

Hello everyone I am new to the site but have been doing a lot of reading. I am looking at two GW one is a 1994 272 Sailfish with 225 Johnsons motors and the other is a 1998 272 Sailfish with 225 Yammies motors. I will be travling this weekend to take a look at these boats, I read about the plastic thru hull fitting, but is there anything else I should look out for?
Thanks for any help.

 

[richmake]

the list goes on...but seriously...the hull will most likely be in decent shape...it's all about the power!
e-mail the photos of each vessel to me and I'll give you an honest answer..

 

[BobP]

Welcome, a professional surveyor experienced in Grady's checks many things, there are many many things that are more substantial than thru hulls.

The 1998 Sailfish has the SeaV2 hull, the first year to appear on the Sailfish model.

Good luck!

 

[Capt Bill]

Welcome, a professional surveyor experienced in Grady's checks many things, there are many many things that are more substantial than thru hulls.

The 1998 Sailfish has the SeaV2 hull, the first year to appear on the Sailfish model.

Good luck!

Bob, not sure where you got that information, but my '93 Sailfish had the SeaV2 hull, and I think they had it on the '92. Certainly by 1994, all the models had SeaV2 hulls.

 

[richmake]

Welcome, a professional surveyor experienced in Grady's checks many things, there are many many things that are more substantial than thru hulls.

The 1998 Sailfish has the SeaV2 hull, the first year to appear on the Sailfish model.

Good luck!

Bob, not sure where you got that information, but my '93 Sailfish had the SeaV2 hull, and I think they had it on the '92. Certainly by 1994, all the models had SeaV2 hulls.

I think your right 93 for sure...maybe even a 92
90/91 they changed the interior for sure
the 92/93 sportbridge models with the bracket are fantastic fishing platforms....

 

[BobP]

Whoa !, I apologize.

I meant to say, the 1998 is the first year the running V bottom of the hull went all the way to the stern, prior the bottom under the euro was flat.
Yes, 1992 is the first year of the SeaV2 hull on the Sailfish.

I'm still recovering from withdrawal of GG being offline for many days !

 

[Plum Crazy]

Thanks for all the replies, both owners said the boats have been survey an have the papers and the engines has been tested for compression. All motors tested good. I have question from my wife she wants to know does the water heater works only at the dock up to 100v?

 

[megabytes]

Yes, water heater only works on shore power unless you have a genset or an inverter system.

I recommend the OX66 225 EFI Yamahas way over the carb Johnsons. My boat burned 135g on the same trip where a buddy with the same boat using Evinrudes burned in the 160s. The EFIs are also a good deal less noisy.

 

[Tunacious D]

I think your right 93 for sure...maybe even a 92
90/91 they changed the interior for sure
the 92/93 sportbridge models with the bracket are fantastic fishing platforms....[/quote]

AMEN!

 

[Gary M]

I had a 94 Sailfish with 225 Evinrudes. Smokey, thirsty, guzzles the oil. If the 98 Yammies are EFIs you'll get about a 15-20% boost in fuel economy as well as burning far less oil. If the Yammies are carbed, I'd still go for those.....

Better resale on the newer boat with Yammies too........

 

[ahill]

My 1998 Sailfish is quietly for sale. email me and I'll send info.