We went to the coast this weekend and signed on the dotted line for a new
Grady White 282 Sailfish. Now we have to wait 2 weeks for the boat to be
rigged and the electronics installed. Argh, I feel like a little kid waiting
for Christmas! It was a tough choice - we also tried the Pursuit 28 footer
and it is one terrific boat. What really sold us was the GW seats and the
fishbox, both much better designed than on the Pursuit. And to my surprise
the GW was about $5000 cheaper!

Thanks to everyone who helped answer the many questions I have posted.

--
Peter Aitken

"HarryKrause" wrote in message
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Peter Aitken wrote:
We went to the coast this weekend and signed on the dotted line for a new
Grady White 282 Sailfish. Now we have to wait 2 weeks for the boat to be
rigged and the electronics installed. Argh, I feel like a little kid
waiting for Christmas! It was a tough choice - we also tried the Pursuit
28 footer and it is one terrific boat. What really sold us was the GW
seats and the fishbox, both much better designed than on the Pursuit. And
to my surprise the GW was about $5000 cheaper!

Thanks to everyone who helped answer the many questions I have posted.


Congratulations. You bought a great boat. Are you planning to trailer it,
or will you be keeping it in a slip somewhere?


We'll be keeping it in dry storage at a marine.


--
Peter Aitken

I also suggest you wash that boat by hand each time you use it, to get
rid of the salt and to check the hull for damage. Let the marina
operator know you are doing it to examine the hull.

Good luck.


First Congrats!

I second Harry's comments about washing to remove salt, you should flush
the engine(s) each time it's hauled, or if the marina has a flush tank, use
it. It's amazing just how much wear, tear & corrosion damage a dry storage
marina can put on your beautiful new boat. A lot of that damage can be
started by drippage when a wet salty boat gets put above you, so try for a
top bunk, or a bunk with no upper neighbor.

Happy & safe boating!

--
Steve (remove anti spam XYX in return address for correct email)
http://www.gulf-stream.net

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:55:25 GMT, "Peter Aitken"
wrote:

We went to the coast this weekend and signed on the dotted line for a new
Grady White 282 Sailfish. Now we have to wait 2 weeks for the boat to be
rigged and the electronics installed. Argh, I feel like a little kid waiting
for Christmas! It was a tough choice - we also tried the Pursuit 28 footer
and it is one terrific boat. What really sold us was the GW seats and the
fishbox, both much better designed than on the Pursuit. And to my surprise
the GW was about $5000 cheaper!

Thanks to everyone who helped answer the many questions I have posted.

YAY!!!

"Peter Aitken" wrote in message
om...
"HarryKrause" wrote in message
...
Peter Aitken wrote:
We went to the coast this weekend and signed on the dotted line for a
new
Grady White 282 Sailfish. Now we have to wait 2 weeks for the boat to
be
rigged and the electronics installed. Argh, I feel like a little kid
waiting for Christmas! It was a tough choice - we also tried the
Pursuit
28 footer and it is one terrific boat. What really sold us was the GW
seats and the fishbox, both much better designed than on the Pursuit.
And
to my surprise the GW was about $5000 cheaper!

Thanks to everyone who helped answer the many questions I have posted.


Congratulations. You bought a great boat. Are you planning to trailer
it,
or will you be keeping it in a slip somewhere?


We'll be keeping it in dry storage at a marine.


--
Peter Aitken

Peter,

Be careful with any advice/information Krause gives you...it has been proven
he doesn't even own a boat. He gets his information off the internet, and
passes it off as his own. He has also been caught in many many lies.

Just a friendly heads up...good luck with your new boat!

--
-Netsock

"It's just about going fast...that's all..."
http://home.columbus.rr.com/ckg/

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:55:25 GMT, "Peter Aitken" wrote:

We went to the coast this weekend and signed on the dotted line for a new
Grady White 282 Sailfish. Now we have to wait 2 weeks for the boat to be
rigged and the electronics installed. Argh, I feel like a little kid waiting
for Christmas! It was a tough choice - we also tried the Pursuit 28 footer
and it is one terrific boat. What really sold us was the GW seats and the
fishbox, both much better designed than on the Pursuit. And to my surprise
the GW was about $5000 cheaper!

Thanks to everyone who helped answer the many questions I have posted.

Congratulations Peter! When will we see pics? What power did you get on it?
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

"John H" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:55:25 GMT, "Peter Aitken"
wrote:

We went to the coast this weekend and signed on the dotted line for a new
Grady White 282 Sailfish. Now we have to wait 2 weeks for the boat to be
rigged and the electronics installed. Argh, I feel like a little kid
waiting
for Christmas! It was a tough choice - we also tried the Pursuit 28 footer
and it is one terrific boat. What really sold us was the GW seats and the
fishbox, both much better designed than on the Pursuit. And to my surprise
the GW was about $5000 cheaper!

Thanks to everyone who helped answer the many questions I have posted.

Congratulations Peter! When will we see pics? What power did you get on
it?
--
John H


Twin Yamaha 225s, 4 stroke of course. We hope to go down in a couple of
weeks, 3 at the most, to take possession.


--
Peter Aitken