Our New Grady

Where abouts i saw a grady on dolphin today out in the yard with an engine being worked on? Also know of a similar one over here in beachcomber. Im in beachcomber and previously was on dolphin Dr. Nice to hear there is still a few kickin, gerald ushually can cough one or two up. Ill be out this week.
 
She's been moored at Schooner cove for the last week. I'm taking her out as soon as tonight's tide gets high enough.

The fuel burn seems to be about 18 gal per hour at 30 miles per. If I drop down below that I get 16/hour. I expect the fuel economy will improve slightly over time once the Zukes are broken in properly. At the moment I've been on and off the gas to do the 20 hour break in properly. Its a nice ride in rough water, and I looked at other Grady lay outs and this one was the best suited to chartering with the 2 bench seats on either side of the centre helm. The Islanders are nice for sure, but not quite as much room as the Express to get everyone out of the weather. One thing I like about the Islanders is the rear transom has a bench seat on some models which would be good for steering from a rear helm.

Searun.
 
thats about what I get out of my twin 250 zukes. (26.5 foot boat).

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My fuel #'s are similar...maybe even a tad better actually but really close...
I put over 600 hours on them last season without a hiccup...
I really like the 26.5 Express as well and I agree it's a top hull for our type of fishery...
The only stumbling block is price...they are not made anymore and still demand a decent buck and early models only come with 2 strokes...some with the HPDI's and in my eyes that's just simply money wasted.
The 92-93 Sportbridge models are still my favorite by a slight edge...but the Express has a great charter layout and they express helm is awesome..
The 92-93 Sportbridge offer a SeaV-2 Hull(Ray Hunt Design) and 2 bunks below...
Now the extra bunk doesn't mean much for charters but it enables the boat to be a little more comfortable for family overnighters...and I've got little kids...
These hulls offer huge rear cockpit space for fishing and if you can find one in decent shape it's a great ride...
You can't go wrong with either hull...

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Congrats Dave, that's a sweet ride. Grady's are a beautiful boat to fish out of that's for sure.

I hope you don't have any problems with your American Yami's because I did and it was a ****ing nightmare dealing with it. I brought a Grady up from North Carolina last year and had a 2006 Yamaha F250 blow a valve spring with 282 hours on it...on July 29th. I couldn't believe it, not even 300 hours on it.

Long story short, Yamaha Canada and Yamaha USA don't like working on each other's products, even though they are the same engines, and essentially I had to foot the whole repair bill and then hopefully get Yamaha USA to accept my case and pay for my repairs...we'll see. The guys up here don't want help you out, or fix them because they are US motors and they don't like the fact that guys like us are getting US power and not giving them the business.

It's a conspiracy, and it's political ******** and I think another blackspot on Yamaha's record.

Like Pat, I swapped it over to a Suzuki and would much rather be running one of those anyways because the other Suzuki main that I have on my original guideboat has been perfect (touch wood). I hope you don't have any issues with Yammy's, and I wouldn't wish what I had to go through on my worst enemy...

Millsy
 
Nice Rig SeaRun

I was in Schooner Sunday and seen it
I wnated to jump in and have a good look

Did you ever get a hold of MIke or did you take it else where ?
BTW landed a 23lber Sunday and apparently theres a high 20's or 30lber on board this am ( cant confirm all details yet) I have moved east from where I last seen you its been decent [8D]

We should get D and go out for beer one night
 
Hey Mike, we heard you down there slayin them, but it was too far to run so we stayed out front. Got a 25 pound marbled chinook for our efforts so not too bad. Just moved the boat to Port for the season and dropped her off to Breakers for the 20 hour service and a few more mods. The steering system was custom done by Gordie at Breakers. He had to do some custom welding etc to get the steering to work through the port side steering tube as the main engines are on the transom and the kicker is on a bracket so nothing lines up. The system is working well, but does need a couple of adjustments.

Happy to hear I'm getting similar fuel economy with a wider and heavier boat than the others. I can see that I will have to run with an eye on the power - too much and it can jump up to 20 gals an hour - yikes!

Mike, I didn't have time to get your guy over to work on the boat as I have Port Alberni charters to run, so had to do the quick fix as opposed to trying your guy.

D is just back from the Charlottes and is going back again on Thursday....lucky bum...he gets to buy the beers.
 
Millsy, sorry to hear about your Yami issues. Good call on the Zukies, I think they are a better product which is why we bit the bullet and re-powered even though the Yami's only had 200 hours on them. See you up in Bamfield soon......as I can get the servicing completed that is. I have a lot of trips out of McKay Bay this season so we should get together with Jeff the bearded wonder for a beer or something when I'm up.
 
my yamaha 150s are coming up on 200 hrs, so they are still pretty new engines. while i can't reply to their long term reliability, i can add that in virtually every third world location i have fished, yamaha's were on every boat. i really don't believe they were religiously serviced or even inspected by the boat owners on any regular basis. they just kept ticking and doing their job. once i have more hours, maybe i will be able to report some thing on long term reliability.

that said, these engines are the best you can get for fuel consumption. of course it also depends on the hull configuration and gross weight of what you are trying to push. my hull is rated for 500 hp but after much discussion, i stayed with a pair of 150s. now it is true that reelfast's wet weight is #6,100 so being an all aluminum boat the weight is considerably less than a fiberglass hull of similar dimension (LOA 31').

3,200 rpm - 25mph - 8-9 gph
3,500 rpm - 30mph - 11-12 gph

once you crank it up to the top speed of 55mph, well just forget about watching the gph and hope you are really close to port :)
 
Yeah, just don't let 'em break down on the other side of the border or your ****ed unless you take them home with you. I thought the same good things about Yammy's until I needed them fixed. Then I saw the real ugly side of Yamaha...just drop your pants and turn around...not known for their service with a smile.

Searun that sounds good, I'll be in Bamfield chartering from this Friday pretty much through the first part of July and then I'll be off for a bit. Let's get together and have a beer, I'll be on 6 too. How's your season looking, I bet your excited to get those guys out on that Grady eh...man that'll be sweet. Let's do some more fishing together this summer.

Millsy
 
i am confused. you bought your yamaha engines in the US and had trouble back home getting serice. you bought you suzuki's locally and have no problem getting them serviced. therefore, yamaha's stink. is that about it?

i have talked with multiple folks who have gone to canada to purchase small diesel vehicles that are not available in the US and have then had problems getting service from the international company which made the product.

me thinks there are 'differences' in products produced for different markets even though they bear the same logo's. but, hey, what do i know about marketing anyway.
 
quote:Originally posted by The Fish Assassin

Couldn't find a Whaler?

Take only what you need.
Click to expand...

Uh oh...Whaler vs. Grady.... the gloves are off! :D

Boston Whaler has alienated the Westcoast crowd.[V]

Dollar for dollar...GRADY! :)
 
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