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IN THIS ISSUE: Plantations Tour | Club News | Owner Spotlight | Customer Tips | Tournaments and Events | Owners Rendezvous | Letters and Photos
Grady-White Adventures: Plantations Tour
A lazy summer day is best spent with family, friends and new acquaintances in a flotilla of Grady-White
boats winding down the Pee Dee River of the South Carolina low country. That was the idea behind the
Plantations Tour, an event for new customers sponsored by Nautica Marine out of Georgetown, SC.
The July 21 outing began with
Nautica’s Marshall Truluck leading a
fleet down the Waccamaw River to
join more boats at the Prince George
and Reserve marinas. The group continued around Sandy Island. Altogther
gling board or simply sitting out on
the lawn, we enjoyed visiting with one
another and sharing boat tales.”
“We were all pleasantly surprised
how cool it was under the live oaks
surrounding the home,” added Kirk
Carter of Greenville, SC. “My children
Outta Controls II, our Express 330. We
all had a great time.”
Dr. William Myers III from
Charleston, SC, was also enthusiastic
about the wonderful family outing.
“Please express my appreciation to Mr.
Smith and to Nautica’s Kay Crocker
A FLOTILLA OF GRADY-WHITES makes way down
Mississippi Coast, I’ve finally found
the ideal boat for me—she’s a GradyWhite Seafarer 228. She’s easy to handle,
rides smooth as silk, even in rough
water, and she’s stable, roomy and dry.”
The group of 85 enjoyed barbeque
chicken, grilled hot dogs and all the
fixings. Goodie bags with GradyWhite hats and t-shirts were a big hit.
Mid-afternoon, the group ventured
back to their boats and headed home.
“On the way back we kept talking
about how enjoyable the day had
been, and how we looked forward to
future outings with our Grady-White
the Pee Dee River in South Carolina’s low country.
there were 15 boats including 12
Grady-Whites traveling down
Thoroughfare Creek to the Pee Dee.
Amid the rice fields and moss-laden
oaks were several plantation houses
including the disembark destination: the
mid-1800s Exchange Plantation.
“We were at leisure to walk about
the grounds and tour the antebellum
home,” wrote Ruell and Deborah
Hicks, Fisherman 222 owners from
Myrtle Beach, SC. “Whether rocking on
the front porch, relaxing in the Pawleys
Island hammock, bouncing on the jog-
LUNCH UNDER THE OAKS of Exchange Plantation was a perfect time to share boating tales.
were shocked to tour a house without
air conditioning! We really made a
family event out the trip. My parents,
Churchill and Penny Carter, my
younger brother, Kent, my wife,
Margarette, and my daughters,
Maggie and Lucy, were all aboard
and Clay Livingston for arranging and
attending our outing. I will be looking
forward to other such fun events. As a
past Commodore of the Charleston
Cruising Club with 48 years of both
sailing and power boating from
Charleston to the Delaware Bay to the
GRADY-WHITE’S EDDIE SMITH demonstrates the
joggling board on the porch of Exchange Plantation.
friends,” reported the Hicks.
Your Grady-White friends will be
looking forward to great trips with
you, too!
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Pinup Boats
ADVANCE 257
NEW & RE-DESIGNED FOR 2003
VOYAGER 258
ADVANCE 257 CENTER CONSOLE
A fisherman’s dream. A completely
new running bottom that loves to jump
on plane and track like a champ. A fold
away bench seat at the transom really
opens up the cockpit.
VOYAGER 258 WALKAROUND
CABIN MODEL
A new hull with a ride that feels like a
true 25-footer, offering great performance either with the economy of a single engine or the reliability of twins.
EXPRESS 265 EXPRESS CABIN
We’ve enhanced the helm area seating
with forward facing seats with backrests to invite socializing. The wide
open cockpit is armed with a tackle
station, a 300-quart fish box, and a
40-gallon livewell.
ISLANDER 270 WALKAROUND
CABIN MODEL
This big but trailerable boat has a new
deck, liner, helm style, and a fantastic
galley redesign. Fishing features
abound including a 250-quart fish box
and a round 34-gallon livewell with full
column aeration inlet.
EXPRESS 265
Tournaments & Events
ISLANDER 270
Opportunities
abound in the
Grady community
for great family fun.
Bayside Marine sponsored its 2002
Boat Doctor Marine, Ocean City, MD, held
fish aboard Last Toy II, a Seafarer 228. A
Grady-White Owners’ Tournament on August
its 9th Grady-White Owners’ Tournament,
crowd of 140, young and old, enjoyed the
17 out of Duxbury, MA. A beautiful Cape
July 19–20. Family fun highlighted Friday’s
cookout and weigh-in festivities.
Cod day and calm seas were enjoyed by the
crab feast and Saturday’s banquet; both
crews of the 38 boats participating.
evenings featured live music. Seventy-three
Crocker’s Marine, Wrightsville Beach, NC.
Congratulations to Paul Romano who won
boats and over 300 anglers participated,
The annual O’Boy Will/Ocracoke Tournament
the bass category with his 27 lb. 8 oz.
and quite a few fish were caught offshore.
graced Silver Lake once again the first week
striper, and to John O’Neil who took the
Trophies were awarded in 20 different cate-
in June with 25 Grady-Whites full of fun.
blues category with his 11 lb. 9 oz. catch.
gories, including Largest Overall to Mike
Cliff Williford aboard Sea Fox, a Sailfish 272,
Webber for his 125-lb. bluefin aboard Fine
topped the dolphin (54 lb.) and tuna (37.5 lb.)
Line. Philip Cathell’s pending Junior IGFA
categories, Dennis Bazemore weighed in a 46-lb.
World Record in the Atlantic spadefish
wahoo caught aboard Sunshine, a Sailfish 272,
category was a real highlight; the 5.25-lb.
and Mark Swartz brought in an 18-lb. cobia from
fish qualifies attendance at the Inaugural
his Sailfish 282, Goodkoogamooga. At the
Junior Angler World Championship to be
13th Annual Owners’ Tournament held July 27 in
held in the Florida Keys in 2003.
Wrightsville Beach, 74 Gradys participated.
Kid’s fishing categories dominated the day,
Central Valley Marine, Campbell, CA, spon-
along with a nice sailfish catch-and-release.
sored their annual Owners’ Tournament June
15 out of Santa Cruz Harbor. Thirty-eight
Morehead Marine, Morehead City, NC, held
boats fished, and almost everyone made a
its 13th Annual Owners’ Tournament on July
catch. Jim Hart caught the winning 20.4-lb.
20. Over 300 participants with the 72 boats
A HARBOR FULL OF GRADY-WHITES awaiting the start of the Bayside Marine Owners’ Tournament
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Letters & Photos
What’s happening? Have an interesting story or photo? E-mail us at [email protected]
or write to Anchorline, P. O. Box 1527, Greenville, NC 27835.
A Sight to See
The Extra Mile
Dear Anchorline:
Dear Anchorline:
My family returned home in July after
I want to compliment your dealership
spending two short weeks in your
in Pompano Beach. I was in the Bahamas
beautiful country. Thanks again for
recently, and had engine trouble.
the wonderful tour you gave us of the
Their service department went above
Grady-White facility. It is a very
and beyond to search out the parts
impressive factory, and so clean! I
needed and express ship them to me
have been pondering buying a boat,
in Nassau, and to coordinate with the
and after learning more about how
folks there making the repairs.
your boats are constructed, we are
You have a great product. I took my
convinced that our first boat is going
Adventure 208 from Florida all the way
to be a Grady—a Sailfish 282.
to the Exumas and had a blast, even in
We are excited about bringing this
BOB DION likes to “float new ideas around” as creative director with Chicago’s Davis Harrison Dion strategic
communications firm. His 1967 Grady-White puts him in the mood to brainstorm as he looks out his 23rd
floor office window at Lake Michigan. Joining him are Sue Harrison, center, and Doug Davis, right.
heavy weather. You have a customer
boat into our family!
for life with me.
Raymond Christian
Kenneth Moore
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Fort Lauderdale, FL
EVAN AND SUSAN HIPSLEY share this picture of their 10-year-old Lab, Nutmeg, taken after a day of fishing,
swimming and cruising in Pensacola Bay and the Gulf of Mexico aboard Dawgonit aka “dog-on-it,” the Hipsley’s
new Express 330.
entered, enjoyed the dockside dinner and
vying for prizes in six fish categories—striped
for lobster and music on Saturday night.
activities, even though the weather kept
bass, fluke, weakfish, porgy, bluefish and
many ashore. Seventeen boats weighed in,
most unusual. The largest fish of the day
Quality Boats, Clearwater, FL, hosted an
and a 12-lb. dolphin was the big fish of the
was a 26-lb. striper caught by reigning king,
open house for 50 Grady-White owners in
day. Five-year-old Clarissa Womble “took her
Tim Dalton, aboard Day Star, a Sailfish 25.
March. Eight Gradys out a total of 77 boats
reward” (as she called it) for her second
Additional Grady families joined the fishermen
entered the Rotary Kingfish Tournament,
June 5–6, with John Pepe winning $2500
place croaker, and she will make sure her
for a 28-lb. king mackerel caught aboard his
family returns for years to come.
AN OPEN HOUSE was hosted for 50 Grady-White
owners in March by Quality Boats of Clearwater, FL.
The event was appreciated and enjoyed by all.
Fisherman 222.
Jersea Girl II. Mick Busza nailed a 2.5-lb.
The 14th Annual Owners’ Tournament for
Norfolk Marine, Norfolk, VA, saw 86 boats
Forty-five boats and their crews took part in
sea bass from Capt. Jim Naumowich’s King
and nearly 500 people enjoy the activities
the Somers Point Marina, Somers Point, NJ,
James. Over 350 attended the evenings
of August 10–11. Great weather allowed two
exclusively Grady-White Owners’ Tournament
reception and barbeque.
days of offshore and inshore fishing, with
July 27. The big winners aboard Plastic
the big catches being a 69-lb. cobia and a
Cloud were Capt. Keith Zaid (10.6-lb.
Tri-State Marine, Deale, MD, sponsored
51-lb. tuna. A mini boat show featured
bluefish) and his crew of Jerry Mesco (7-lb.
their 7th Annual Owners’ Tournament, with
Grady-White models including the 180, 192,
dolphin) and Mike Shaughnessy (65.5-lb.
32 Gradys in a field of 47. The largest fish
208, 209, 270, 300 and 330.
tuna). Brent Sammond took the flounder
caught this year was a 16.95-lb. rockfish.
division with a 5.1-lb. fish aboard Alotta
Several rockfish, bluefish, croaker, spot and
A HAPPY KEITH ZAID, left, accepts one of his boat’s
The 12th Annual Grady-White Owners’
Tournament August 23–24 at Port of Egypt
Marine in Southold, LI, NY, saw 27 boats
three trophies from Chris Sabatini, right, earned
during the Somers Point Marina/Grady-White Owners’
Tournament July 27. Mr. Zaid’s Sailfish, Plastic Cloud, took
top honors in the tuna, dolphin and bluefish divisions.
Fish, skippered by his father, Tom. David
white perch were weighed in at the August
Dagen captured the weakfish division with
3rd event. Over 270 turned out for the
a 4.3-lb. fish caught from his son’s boat,
Saturday evening dinner. Great family fun!
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Customer Tips
Here are recent suggestions for and from Grady-White owners. Like to share your ideas?
E-mail us at [email protected] or write to Anchorline, P. O. Box 1527, Greenville, NC 27835.
Anchor and Line
A neat trick to extend the life of your
anchor line: take a large trash can, put all
the line in, and fill with water. Add a bottle of your favorite fabric softener and let
it soak for a week or two. This will
remove much of the salt stiffness and
restore softness. The anchor is one of the
most important pieces of safety equipment aboard your boat. Don’t forget to
inspect the anchor, chain and lines for
wear before neatly stowing them.
Windlass
Anchor line has a mind of its own, twisting a little each time it is retrieved. To
unwind, remove the anchor and feed
line out into the water while backing
away with your engine(s). (Beware of
getting tangled in the props!) Then use
the windlass to retrieve line. This
will undo most of the twisting.
Do this a couple times per season
and you will avoid damaging
your windlass and losing your
anchor in the process.
Generator Note
Kohler Generators recently
informed us that their generators can be used while the
boat is running on plane
up to 40 mph. Previously
they had advised
against this, and their owners’ manual
reflects this statement. Kohler still
advises keeping the generator cooling
seacock closed when the unit is not
in use. Water forced through the
cooling system when the unit is not
in use can do serious damage to
the generator.
Snaps
Grady-White now supplies a snap
tool with boat canvas. This tool is
useful for getting off snaps without
damaging them or the canvas. Your
dealer can provide the tool for you.
JEFF BROWN
Customer Relations
It is important to keep snaps lubricated.
Our canvas provider recommends E-Z
Snap by Iosso Products for both snap
and zipper lubrication.
Gas Fills
Since 1997 Grady-White has utilized a
vented gas cap to decrease the chance
of fuel spillage during fills. This environmentally friendly device eliminated
the clam shell fuel vent on the side of
the hull, but does not prevent spillage
from overfilling. Please be careful while
fueling, and leave room in the tank for
expansion due to atmospheric changes.
THIS INVALUABLE SNAP TOOL prevents ripped canvas and scraped knuckles—it makes securing
snaps on boat canvas easy. A hook flips out for reaching high zipper pulls and the floating lanyard
makes retrieval simple if the tool is dropped overboard. A snap tool is available through your dealer.
Owners’Club News
Highlights from recent Grady Club outings and events.
Members of the new Chesapeake Bay
Grady-White Club, sponsored by Tri-State
Marine, hosted 240 participants in
June for Wish-A-Fish, pairing fishermen
with handicapped and terminally ill
children and their families for a day
on the bay. In July, 16 members visited
the Grady-White plant for a personal
tour followed by lunch and an informal
owners’ forum.
The 13th Annual Bluefish Shoot-Out
between the New Jersey Grady White
Mariners Club and the Northeast
Mako Boat Owners Club was held
June 1 out of Hoffman’s Marina,
CHESAPEAKE BAY CLUB MEMBERS Barry Reed, Bob and Emily Barber, and Bob and Debbie Sutton await
Breille, NJ. Grady-White anglers made
a good showing and caught plenty of
fish. The top Grady-White finishers
were Niff Ambrosino on Audry Sue
with 32.6 lb., third place; Bud
McArthur on Splinter with 29.4 lb.,
fourth; Tom Phillips on Carol Ann and
Tony Fialkowski on Rising Sun tied for
fifth with 24.8 lb. each.
On June 20 the Tampa Bay
Grady-White Club provided a great
day on the water for 25 children with
Little Pals of Pinellas County. Owners
helping entertain the kids included
Bill and Judy Eckerle on Dreammaker,
Jerry and Connie Knight on Blue Canoe,
Mike Festa and Tony Crider on
Beachcomber, Greg Arterburn and
Mikyo Trevino on Island Time, Ralph
Wolf and Jeff Anderson on Seawolf,
Norman Englert and Roland Penan on
EDDIE SMITH, KRIS CARROLL and Chesapeake
Bay Grady-White Club member George Hussey at
the club’s plant tour luncheon.
Renegade, and Bill Tournade and son
Chad aboard Lynn E Belle. A youngster
aboard Blue Canoe got the most attention with his 30-inch snook caught
near Johns Pass Bridge. On the club’s
week long cruise to Stuart, FL, in
July, it was Lynn Tournade aboard
Lynn E Belle that hooked the big one:
a 6'8" sailfish.
the arrival of Wish-A-Fish kids.
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May 29–June 1, 2003 Ocean Reef Club, Key Largo, FL
Use registration form
on reverse side of this
page, or download a form
from www.gradywhite.com
The Ocean Reef Club is one of America’s premier private sports
clubs and has been acclaimed as the safest, most secure and beautiful ocean front
resort in the nation. As a self-contained community, it offers its own 24-hour
security and medical services. Others features and services include two golf
courses, snorkeling, scuba diving, tennis, beach and pool, restaurants, shopping
village, and ships store. Be a part of this first ever national rendezvous exclusively
for Grady-White owners and families. What a great boating experience!
Entry fee
$300.00 per person payable by check only to: Grady-White Boats
Due to limited space, reservations are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Grady-White will call to confirm entry and to assign an entry identfication number.
Entry fee includes:
Gift bag for each crew member
Family Fishing Tournament held Friday & Saturday, 7 a.m.– 2:30 p.m. (optional)
Reception Thursday night
Dinner Friday night
Dinner Saturday night—Fishing awards & prizes
Access to private beach, pool & health club
Music & games
Join us for
three nights
and two days of
fun and fishing
at the exclusive
Ocean Reef Club
located in exotic
Key Largo, Florida.
May 29
through
June 1, 2003
Accommodations at Ocean Reef Club
Cost for 3 night stay: $622.00 payable to: Ocean Reef Club
One bedroom villas (with sleeper couch) and seawall for boat docking. Please
specify if shore power is needed (limited availability). Cost includes a golf cart
for transportation between your villa and event sites, service charges and taxes.
OCEAN REEF CLUB marina docks
The Ocean Reef Club
The First Annual Grady-White Owners Rendezvous
Reservations
Once Grady-White has contacted you and confirmed your entry, you reserve accommodations directly with the Ocean Reef Club Reservations Office at 1-800-741-7333.
Ocean Reef requests that each reservation be accompanied by 50% of the estimated
room and tax charges which will amount to $311.00. The payment of the balance
will be required by April 1, 2003. Individual reservations cancelled after April 1,
2003 will be subject to full payment, unless
Grady-White Boats and/or Ocean Reef Club has
the opportunity to re-sell the allotted rooms.
ONE BEDROOM VILLAS (with sleeper couch) and seawall for boat docking
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Grady-White Owners Rendezvous Registration
May 29–June 1, 2003 Ocean Reef Club, Key Largo, FL
Registration opens November 1, 2002. The entry fee is $300.00 per person. Return your application with payment to: Grady-White Boats, P.O. Box 1527,
Greenville, NC 27835-1527. Make your check payable to: Grady-White Boats. Grady-White will confirm entry by phone and assign an Entry ID number until
all slots are filled. Once all slots are filled, remaining registration requests will be placed on a stand-by list.
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(youth S/M/L)
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Spotlight
The Thrill of that First Bill
BY RAY WILSON, JR., NORFOLK, VA
This is a story of a dedicated but semiinexperienced crew in a Gulfstream 232
traveling 65 miles offshore, fighting
and releasing their first blue marlin
The unmistakable odor of a skunk
permeated the air as we left Rudee Inlet,
and we spoke of the smell but no
other words of that ominous indication.
hookups, so we trolled out 10 miles to
the 44 Fathom Wreck where we had
not a single knockdown. We continued northeast and lost the bottom
SEEING THE BILLFISH DEPART unharmed was as sweet as his dance.
stand-up—a tribute to the teamwork
of Captain Ron Wilson and First Mate
Gary Zeno, of Virginia Beach, VA, and
angler Ray Wilson Jr. of Norfolk, VA.
Sunday’s 3:30 A.M. wakeup alarm
put the Main Drain in water at Owl’s
Creek ramp a little before 6:00 A.M.
Boat Show Schedule
Lots of bait fish were jumping as we
left the inlet. I’d left the cast net back
in the truck.
Our crew was off to the Fingers,
about 46 miles east, to find the fleet
and fish. We found most boats
anchored and chunking but saw no
AN EXHAUSTED but elated Ray Wilson
lock on the fish finder at 500 feet.
After three-and-a-half hours of
trolling, Gary said he was ready for a
nap. Soon after at 11:45 A.M. the reel
on top starts singing out that sweet
sound. The fire drill begins with two
clearing six lines ASAP while line con-
Gear
GRADY
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FT. LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL
BOAT SHOW
10/31–11/4/02
Bahia Mar Yachting Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
FT. MYERS BOAT SHOW
11/14–17/02
Harborside Convention Center, Ft. Myers, FL
VERO BEACH ANNUAL FALL BOAT SHOW
11/16–17/02
Riverside Park, Vero Beach, FL
NEW YORK NATIONAL BOAT SHOW
12/28/02–1/5/03
Javits Convention Center, New York City, NY
tinues flying off at a high rate. We
take a first look at a beautiful blue
marlin tailwalking about 250 yards to
starboard. With the last rod in and
the boat backing down, we’re still
watching line go out as the fish continues to dance before going deep for
the next 20 minutes. No line gain, but
none retrieved either.
YOU’LL LOOK SHARP
AROUND THE DOCKS
or on the flats in this short
sleeve Columbia Bonehead
fishing shirt, shown in the color
fossil. Visit www.gradywhite.com
for this and many other Grady-White
goodies—hats, totes, shorts, jackets
and more. Have a Grady lover on
your gift list? This is the place to
shop online!
After 45 minutes of fighting, my
arms are about to fall off and my legs
are aching. Fifteen feet of leader to go
and elation turns to concern. Two are
pulling in the leader, and we wonder
if he’s just green and coming up to
take a look at us. That blue bill looked
much smaller 250 yards away.
Captain Ron removed the hook from
the roof of the bill with almost no
injury to the fish. We lined up the bill
tip with the outrigger base, and the
tail extended a little beyond the engine
bracket. Measuring that distance once
we were back at the trailer put the
length overall at 9 feet, 8 inches.
With outboards in gear and avoiding
getting the tail in the props, we watch
the marlin begin to kick and soon
swim away to fight again someday.
Seeing the billfish depart unharmed
was as sweet as his dance.
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Dear Grady-White Owner:
We’re now Two for Two! The results are in from the latest J.D. Power and Associates
boat study. Thanks to owner responses, Grady-White was awarded the ranking
Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Coastal Fishing
Boats Two Years in a Row. We’re proud to be acknowledged for excellence each of the two years that studies
have been conducted in our market segment, especially
since our craftsmen and dealers put their hearts, souls
and talents into making Grady-White the greatest choice
in boating. Third-party recognitions like this are meaningful, but what has always been and will always be most
EDDIE SMITH & KRIS CARROLL
important and satisfying to us is your enjoying your
ultimate boating experiences in a Grady-White boat.
We hope you enjoy reading about some of the latest adventures of your fellow
Grady owners. Ask your dealer about the upcoming boat shows and events in your
area, and go have a great Grady day!
Happy Boating!
Highest in Customer Satisfaction with
Coastal Fishing Boats Two Years in a Row
Eddie Smith, Jr., chairman, ceo
Kris Carroll, president
Anchorline
J.D. Power and Associates 2001–2002 Boat Competitive Information Studies SM (Center Console Segment in 2001).
2002 Study based on responses from 11,752 owners of 2001 model-year boats. www.jdpower.com
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