Hooray! (I think…) Just picked this ole beast up from someone on Craigslist. It was a steal that I couldn’t turn down. I don’t know if I should work on it and play with it, or just try to flip it for a profit. We’ll see. I’ve got to give it a better lookin’ over in the AM. I agreed to buy it “sight-unseen” so who knows what I’ll find tomorrow in some good light???
It’s a 1973 Grady White with an '89 Mercury. It cranked fine and has a new starter and new battery. It is a TOTAL “fix-er-upper”, but we’ll see what I decide to do. I don’t know if I wanna invest the time/money/patience into this thing when I have a seaworthy craft already.
Anyway, here she is:
'05 Wellcraft 232 Coastal
"Kiss my ass, I bought a boat; I'm goin' out to sea." (Jimmy Buffett covering Lovett)
Definitly a sweet older Grady there! Love the lapstrake lines on the older ones. Looks like all the major pieces are there. The hull is probabbly twice as thick as a brand new one!
Russ B.
God is great, Beer is good, People are crazy
My friend has the same boat (maybe a little newer, but the same hull). It is indeed a tank. It is a very nice riding boat, but is subject to pounding in the bigger stuff when going too fast.
quote:Yep, Definitely a harbor/jetties craft only.
No it is actually quite capable of fishing past the jetties. It is a very seaworthy boat; high freeboard, full transom, and no chance of that hull coming apart. You just have to slow down and slug it out if it gets nasty. My friend has his out 30+ miles off of New Jersey.
What blasting media would be used in order to strip the boat of all it’s paint? The white section really doesn’t look too bad, but the blue needs some help REAL BAD! It’s mostly all flat, and between my orbital, belt, and palm sander, I’m pretty sure I can strip all that mess off.
'05 Wellcraft 232 Coastal
'73 Grady White 191 Weekender
"Kiss my ass, I bought a boat; I'm goin' out to sea." (Jimmy Buffett covering Lovett)
What blasting media would be used in order to strip the boat of all it’s paint? The white section really doesn’t look too bad, but the blue needs some help REAL BAD! It’s mostly all flat, and between my orbital, belt, and palm sander, I’m pretty sure I can strip all that mess off.
'05 Wellcraft 232 Coastal
'73 Grady White 191 Weekender
"Kiss my ass, I bought a boat; I'm goin' out to sea." (Jimmy Buffett covering Lovett)
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soda or walnut hulls
The more we just complain...the more things stay the same.
She used to belong to SaltHunter…now she’s my TRAILER TRASH HOOKER
1978 Robalo 210 with 2001 Johnson 200 hp with outriggers…getting new wiring as we type, have a new CM Marine leaning post/bait tank on order. New fish finder in the truck…I need a chart plotter…
The more we just complain…the more things stay the same.
sorry no pics but my first love is my '68 maritime. i have a bigger boat now as well but after 18 yrs she’s been mine i still use it regularly. i love old boats!!! congrats on the grady and keep her alive!
Yeh man, I never met a boat I didn’t like. For some reason I just like the old ones more. Take your time and fix her up. Concentrate on things you can do without putting out alot of money. It’s amazing what a little elbow grease and spray paint can do. either way don’t sell it until spring. That’s when everyone has boat fever. Guys like us…we have boat fever all of the time!!!
1967 Glastron Gulfstream V-204 I/O. Sold it about 6 years ago. Intake didn’t like salt water always flushed it but still put on two intakes, one gimble bearing, and an alternator. Never left me stranded and a tank of gas would take me from West Bank in Jacksonboro to California Dreaming and back cruising 25 @ 3800. It would pull two little skiers, but only one adult.
Just don’t beach it and let the tide go out, that was one heavy boat, don’t know what the draft was but it needed plenty of water. sides were a little high but very comfortable boat to drink a beer and hope for a cobia to come alone.
“When the human race dies out it will
be because it was brainwashed to be
so totally, completely, utterly safe
that it no longer dared to keep on living.” author unknown.
