On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 21:24:52 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould
wrote:

On Feb 2, 12:55?pm, 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

You had previously expressed some interest in:

http://www.pacificskiffs.com/

Off the table as well?

Not really. I'm probably going to take a ride up to Black Lab next
week and see exactly what kind of custom work they can do.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 21:24:52 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould
wrote:

On Feb 2, 12:55?pm, 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
You had previously expressed some interest in:

http://www.pacificskiffs.com/

Off the table as well?

Not really. I'm probably going to take a ride up to Black Lab next
week and see exactly what kind of custom work they can do.


These aluminum plate boats require slightly different running techniques
than the deep vee hull your Contender had. They're not quite "deep vee,"
and unless you slow down a bit, they pound in a hard chop. Also, the
"noises" from the hull are different, too, and take a little getting
used to before they sort of fade away. But they are great boats.

On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:07:40 -0500, 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.

Same thing with Parker.

I tried to buy a bare boat Canyon 33 - I'd do my own installation at
my dealer.

No. Way. No. How.

Fine - their loss, not mine.

There are other boats and other dealers who will work with me on it,
so that's where the money goes.

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.

Gene Kearns wrote:
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 19:32:57 -0800 (PST), Tim penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Feb 2, 2:55 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Sadly, that's it for the Grady.

Too bad.

Now, onto other boats.

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

I was really young, but I think my uncle bought a new Edsel that had
that same color scheme.

I think that is the first (apparently professional) website I have
ever seen that was written so poorly as to only display in micro$oft's
browser.

When it didn't display in FoxFire, I checked the index page and it
failed validation with 539 errors.

I hope they do better with the boats!



That is one butt-ugly boat, and what's with the huge decks on top of the
gunnels, or are those optical illusions?

HK wrote:
Gene Kearns wrote:
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 19:32:57 -0800 (PST), Tim penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Feb 2, 2:55 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Sadly, that's it for the Grady.

Too bad.

Now, onto other boats.

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

I was really young, but I think my uncle bought a new Edsel that had
that same color scheme.

I think that is the first (apparently professional) website I have
ever seen that was written so poorly as to only display in micro$oft's
browser.

When it didn't display in FoxFire, I checked the index page and it
failed validation with 539 errors.

I hope they do better with the boats!



That is one butt-ugly boat, and what's with the huge decks on top of the
gunnels, or are those optical illusions?



Forgot...I love this part:

· Triple F350 Yamaha’s - 67mph

· Triple F250 Yamaha’s - 58mph

· Twin F350 Yamaha’s - 56mph

· Triple 250 Evinrude ETEC’s - 58mph

· Triple 300 Evinrude ETEC’s — TBA


Not because of the high speeds, which are sort of silly, but because of
the fuel burn that sort of hardware implies. What do we have here, 50
gallons an hour at cruise to go fishing? Insanity.

On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:24:48 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 19:32:57 -0800 (PST), Tim penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Feb 2, 2:55*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Sadly, that's it for the Grady.

Too bad.

Now, onto other boats.

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


I was really young, but I think my uncle bought a new Edsel that had
that same color scheme.

I think that is the first (apparently professional) website I have
ever seen that was written so poorly as to only display in micro$oft's
browser.

When it didn't display in FoxFire, I checked the index page and it
failed validation with 539 errors.

I hope they do better with the boats!

Thanks for that bit of info. I thought it was my computer, but didn't feel
like following up on it.

A question. Grady White has a reputation for a high quality, if overpriced,
boat. Given that, wouldn't they have put a lot of thought into which engine
they choose to put on the transom? If it's just cost, don't you think they
could have worked out a pretty good deal with Evinrude, just for the
additional status given to Evinrude?
--
John H

On Feb 3, 3:38�am, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 21:24:52 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould





wrote:
On Feb 2, 12:55?pm, 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

You had previously expressed some interest in:

http://www.pacificskiffs.com/

Off the table as well?

Not really. �I'm probably going to take a ride up to Black Lab next
week and see exactly what kind of custom work they can do.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Are you coming out to Marysville?

On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 05:50:28 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould
wrote:

On Feb 3, 3:38?am, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 21:24:52 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould





wrote:
On Feb 2, 12:55?pm, 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

You had previously expressed some interest in:

http://www.pacificskiffs.com/

Off the table as well?

Not really. ?I'm probably going to take a ride up to Black Lab next
week and see exactly what kind of custom work they can do.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Are you coming out to Marysville?

I have that on the list - certainly not in the next couple of weeks,
but towards the end of Feb.

Depends on what I find up at Black Lab.

The thought has been running around in my head about having a custom
boat built because, to be honest, I can't find a boat that has
everything I want done the way I want it.

Everything seems to be a compromise.

Or maybe I'm just getting old and cranky. :)

On Feb 3, 12:06*am, HK wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Feb 2, 2:55 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Sadly, that's it for the Grady.

Too bad.

Now, onto other boats.

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

I was really young, but I think my uncle bought a new Edsel that had
that same color scheme.

It's going to take three hours to scrub out that boat after a day of
handling bait, fish, and empty soda pop cans!

I KNEW Harry would be here ****ing on Tom's choices of boats. Why?
Because he doesn't own one.....