Subject: Grady-White found "Unseaworthy"
From: "MyBoatSank.com"

I would have to agree that Grady Whites can be "unseaworthy" because
mine sank:

http://www.myboatsank.com

The photos on this website are of my Grady White Marlin 28. She is a
1990 model and is equipped with twin Yamaha 250 Sal****er Series
outboard engines. She also has a four stroke 9.9hp Yamaha kicker motor
and all of the fishing gear that you could ever dream of. I purchased
the boat at the Seattle Boat Show in late January of 2004 from a local
Grady White dealer, Jacobsen's Marine in the Ballard area of Seattle,
Washington. She sank seven months later on September 3, 2004 while
fishing with my father at the mouth of the Columbia River. Within
eight minutes of leaving the safety of the harbor in Ilwaco, Washington
the boat had slipped enough water through a cracked open seam in our
splash well to fatally condemn our trip. The experience was absolutely
terrifying as my father who is in his eighties and I crossed the
Columbia Bar, the "Graveyard of the Pacific", in a sinking boat. Worse
yet was not knowing why the boat was sinking. Even worse than that was
the response I received from both the dealer, Jacobsen's Marine and the
company, Grady White of North Carolina. In the near future, this
website will provide more photos, details on how My Grady White Sank
and marine safety considerations that will certainly make your boat
safer.

Let's see, you bought a 13-14 year old USED boat and it sank and now it's the
manufacture and dealers fault.

I got to hear this one.

Did you get a thorough survey when you bought it?
Did you have it professorially maintained or did you do most of the work
yourself?

I crossed the
Columbia Bar, the "Graveyard of the Pacific"

Sounds like an area where one should be extra careful about the condition of
their vessel.

Do you mean to tell us this was the first time it ever shipped any water and
the bilges were always dry in the recent passed?
Did you have a bilge high water alarm?
Your bilge pump/s were working?
Did you have any extra bilge pumps installed?

Even worse than that was
the response I received from both the dealer, Jacobsen's Marine and the
company, Grady White of North Carolina.

What was their reply and what did you ask for?

and marine safety considerations that will certainly make your boat
safer.

Yeah, right. This is all about helping others.

Capt. Bill