On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:27:06 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:50:33 -0600, observer penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:11:47 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:57:49 -0600, observer wrote:

On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:28:21 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 20:21:49 -0500, " JimH" ask penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|We will then move into a 21 to 23 footer, still with a
|small cuddy, but better set up for fishing.

Grin.... Jim's thinking about a Grady!

No offense (I am only repeating what I remember and not my own
opinion) but back in the day when I was into boating I don't remember
Grady held in high praise but I know that could be different now since
that was many years ago. Back then one boat in high praise was the
boston whaler. There were some other boats that were considered
worthy but I don't remember them right now. To me the bottom line is
if the boat works for you and you enjoy it, it's the best boat g.

No offense, but Grady's have been building quality boats since the
wood days. Around Marblehead Harbor when I was growing up, Grady's
were very common and well thought of.

I have to really scratch my memory on this but I think I heard that
Grady did make a fine wood boat but never heard good about their
fiberglass ones. Around where I was growing up in the east end of
Long Island (Hamptons area) they were not popular but I did see some.
What I think I heard wrt the fiberglass ones were that they weren't
that sea worthy but on the other hand, I guess being around a long
time does speak positive for Grady boats.

Anyway as I said before, in my opinion, if the boat works for you,
then it is the BEST boat regardless of brand or other opinions g.

ps-- personally I have nothing against Grady because I never owned
one but being you and possibly others like them, if I do buy a boat I
will revisit them to see for myself!! Like someone else said, I guess
boating never left my blood even after all the years ... a LOT of
memories/adventures.

http://www.jdpower.com/boats/ratings...g-boat-ratings
http://www.gradywhite.com/news/index.php3#53


Just to add to my last post, I just took a look at some old posts and
they also have some saying the same about Grady boats being
unseaworthy as I remember about 30 years ago. I won't give them much
weight tho but I was surprised to see it. And I swear that I didn't
read them prior to my earlier posts but of course I have no way to
prove this. Your references do speak highly of Grady boats and I
think even if they are not completely correct, likely Grady boats are
at a minimum worthy of consideration at least in my opinion. Even if
my memory was correct 30 years ago about Grady boats, in all this
time, things can change. I know I have....unfortunately maybe not
always for the better .