Boats on Used Victoria and Other Areas

kaelc said:
Never been on one but there is a Grady cat needing a transom in Hardy and I believe another member said they were a failed graaaaady experiment to stay clear of.
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My family had an early Glacier Bay cat for a few years. It rode smooth but did not handle forward weight very well.

I've read about these Grady cats quite a bit on The Hull Truth. The story seems that Grady engineers spent a lot of time at Glacier Bay and a partnership was imminent. Then suddenly it wasn't. Shortly after, these Grady cats came to market. Grady had attempted to add some chines and get the hull up out of the water (compared to the early Glacier Bays which sliced through the water). The Grady's had some quirks compared to the typical monohulls and were also very weight sensitive. Some later posts on THT indicate that if you don't overload the boat and keep the weight aft they run pretty well.

That Grady cat in Hardy looks pretty rough. You'd have to do your own labour for the transom repairs to have it even sorta make financial sense. This one posted recently looks pretty decent but I wonder how many people want to spend $50kUSD on something that the internet regards as a failure?
 
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