Gene Kearns wrote:
On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:49:28 -0500, HK penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Sadly, that's it for the Grady.

Too bad.

Now, onto other boats.

http://capehornboats.com/index_files/Page540.htm

http://www.contender.com/boats.aspx?id=458

http://www.regulatormarine.com/32fs.html#javascirpt


Wouldn't sell it to you with the six etecs, eh?

*One* would be the problem. Grady has their head so far up yamaha's
ass they won't even talk about installing a different manufacturer's
engine.



I'm just shocked!

I wonder how much of the reluctance has to do with unwillingness to
train the factory guys to install a different line of engine, or not
wanting to keep track or inventory of another line's parts, or not
wanting to complicate warranty work. I know other manufacturers will
hang about any engine off the transom you want, but Grady and Parker,
for example, are relatively small manufacturers, and Parker is family
owned, and for whatever reasons the Parker family doesn't want to deal
with it.

I don't blame them, actually.