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Well after a long search I've found a new home. Brought her up Yesterday. I bought a 2004 Grady White Gulfstream 232. She has twin 150 four-stroke Yamis with 545 hours and is 23 ft with a 9'3'' beam and rides like a tank weighing in at over 4000 lbs. Our Fearless leader said to me over one year ago "Don't a boat ,buy THE BOAT". After a long pain staking search and being talked out of a couple boats, I've got "THE BOAT" for me and my Family. Thanks to RobB who actually found it on Facebook and Gerry for answering my questions. A lot of others who I've spoken to as well, Thank You. Can't wait to get her out and put some blood on the deck.

Nice ride best wishes

Best of luck and welcome to the Grady club!

Joe T.

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Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski (Post 496169)

Congrats Tony!!

Thanks Gerry. You were right. I knew it was the one when I saw it.:D:D:D

p.s. For sale 1999 Palm Beach 19' Boat Motor Trailer:D

Good luck. I have a 1989 Grady 232 gulfstream. You will love it.

Bc

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Originally Posted by Foul Hook (Post 496172)

Thanks Gerry. You were right. I knew it was the one when I saw it.:D:D:D

p.s. For sale 1999 Palm Beach 19' Boat Motor Trailer:D

Good for you Tony.... Biggest mistake you could have made was being impatient and buying the wrong boat.

My old 25 Grady Trophy Pro was one of the best designed boats I've ever been on. Heavy and does well for sea keeping. Not so well at the pump. I had two tanks- 150 & 72 Gallon. Used every bit of it.

Storage spot up the waazoo. And Yamis are great and 4 strokes are very durable.

Just make sure the insurance Co covers the value. Not the look up $.

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Originally Posted by Foul Hook (Post 496168)

Good point on the insurance Frank.... If the boat is worth more then the blue book value, make sure your policy is an agreed to value.

I did a search and didn't find any mentions of it on this forum. The 150 Yami's of that vintage have a issue with the harmonic balancer shredding which can clog the oiling system and blow the engine. It will whine at low RPMs when it is getting ready to go. One of mine started to whine at 400 hours so I had them replaced. The new ones have a better oil flow to the balancer.

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Originally Posted by Tomm24 (Post 496591)

Thanks Tom Both engines were already done.

Congratulations and good luck!

Just curious, is 500 hours a lot on a four-stroke outboard? I think I've seen some with 2,000 hours but I can't imagine that's typical.

Congrats on the tank!