Soundings magazine -- article on a Grady Refit

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Hi, I am a writer for Soundings boating magazine. I am looking for an owner of a Grady-White who has recently done a significant refit of his vessel (transom, decks, engine, electronics, etc.). This is for a feature article for Soundings. Good photos of the refit process are a plus. Anyone out there with a good refit story to tell? Thanks. C.L.
 
I don't know how good it is, but I did a 4-stroke re-power ($25,000), dual custom fuel tank replacement ($4,000), new curtains ($1,200) new Raymarine C-Wide/radar/sounder electronics upgrade ($7,000). Plenty of pics. Nearly what I paid for the GW Sailfish new in 1986. The only "story" involves the fuel tank R&R and a construction anomaly, but nothing particularly out of the ordinary there as far as production boats go.
 
Replacing 12 feet of rotten balsa in stb side now on 1991 252gt sailfish.
 
chris.soundings said:
Hi, I am a writer for Soundings boating magazine. I am looking for an owner of a Grady-White who has recently done a significant refit of his vessel (transom, decks, engine, electronics, etc.). This is for a feature article for Soundings. Good photos of the refit process are a plus. Anyone out there with a good refit story to tell? Thanks. C.L.

Get in touch with Vero wing, a member here, who did an amazing job on his Grady. Here is the thread on a different forum http://forums.bateau2.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=19949
 
Chris - I sent Steve Knauth a lot of information and pics late last year that you may be interested in.
 
Chris,
Here are some progress pictures of my restoration of a 1983 Grady White Tournment 20, with an inboard/outboard. I bought the boat off the internet for $800 and the goods folks at High and Dry Boatworks in Charleston, SC are helping with the restoration work (read: they are doing all the work and I am occasionally supervising via e-mail). I would love to have you feature the boat in your magazine so that I could use it as an excuse to push harder on the guys to finish. :D The estimated completion date was july 2010. :-|
 

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More pics of the 1983 restoration being done by High and Dry Boatworks...
 

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Here's another update with the inside now painted. The interior will be Oyster White while the exterior will be Flag Blue.
 

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