IN THIS ISSUE: Dealer News & Events | Owners’ Club News | Letters & Photos | Grady Buddies | Grady Days Anchorline the grady-white owners ’ newsletter Grady Days Are Here! See Page 7 The Grady Life Down Under Fishing a Remote Vanuatu Island on a Fisherman 209 By Captain Jason McCloy, Runaway Bay, Queensland, Australia Jason McCloy of Grady-White’s Australia dealership Game & Leisure Boats recently had the pleasure of joining Bruce Tilley, Fisherman 209 owner, for an adventure off the remote west coast of Espiritu Santo, one of the Melanesian islands of Vanuatu, an archipelago of over 80 islands. “Espirito Santo is 350 nautical miles (nm) north of the capital city Port Villa,” writes Captain McCloy, “and is one of the last frontiers in terms of heritage and natural history.” GRADY-WHITE | EXCEPTIONAL ATTENTION TO DETAIL | WWW.GRADYWHITE.COM | FALL 2014 | VOLUME 34 NO. 4 continued on page 2 Our journey began on the east coast of Espiritu Santo, at Bruce Tilley’s family home, set inside the protection of Aese Island and in the lee of luscious green overhanging trees, providing a backdrop equaled only by a Van Gogh landscape. The only thing missing in the Van Gogh would be the Grady- White Fisherman 209 center console with a 250 Yamaha moored just meters from the water’s edge. This is Bruce’s family’s third Grady over 14 years. The trip to the Wussi seamount was around 60 nm. We planned to go for three days and two nights, which would be challenging with 300 liters of fuel in the tank, so we loaded up with fuel drums giving us another 320 liters (85 gallons). With fuel, food and camping equipment we figured we had around 1000 pounds of extra weight, close to the limit shown on the compliance plate. The first day was a straight run of 40 nm around the southern coast to the village of Tassiriki, where we planned to drop the fuel drums and base our anchorage to be fully protected from the southeast trade winds. The weather was around 25 to 30 knots from the southeast with seas about one to one- and-a-half meters (three to five feet) from the south. Even fully loaded the Grady ate the swells like a piece of cake, the SeaV 2 ® hull folding each over like a crepe, keeping her occupants completely dry. We were able to run at around 23 to 25 knots (26 to 28 miles per hour) using about 30 to 35 liters (eight to nine gallons) per hour.
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IN THIS ISSUE: Dealer News & Events | Owners’ Club News | Letters & Photos | Grady Buddies | Grady Days
Anchorlinet h e g ra dy - w h i t e o w n e r s ’ n e ws l e t t e r
Grady Days Are Here!See Page 7
The Grady Life Down Under
Fishing a Remote Vanuatu Island on a Fisherman 209 By Captain Jason McCloy, Runaway Bay, Queensland, AustraliaJason McCloy of Grady-White’s Australia dealership Game & Leisure Boats recently had the pleasure of joining Bruce Tilley, Fisherman 209 owner, for an adventure off the remote west coast of Espiritu Santo, one of the Melanesian islands of Vanuatu, an archipelago of over 80 islands. “Espirito Santo is 350 nautical miles (nm) north of the capital city Port Villa,” writes Captain McCloy, “and is one of the last frontiers in terms of heritage and natural history.”
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Our journey began on the east coast of Espiritu Santo, at Bruce Tilley’s family home, set inside the protection of Aese Island and in the lee of luscious green overhanging trees, providing a backdrop equaled only by a Van Gogh landscape. The only thing missing in the Van Gogh would be the Grady-White Fisherman 209 center console with a 250 Yamaha moored just meters
from the water’s edge. This is Bruce’s family’s third Grady over 14 years. The trip to the Wussi seamount was around 60 nm. We planned to go for three days and two nights, which would be challenging with 300 liters of fuel in the tank, so we loaded up with fuel drums giving us another 320 liters (85 gallons). With fuel, food and camping equipment we figured we had
around 1000 pounds of extra weight, close to the limit shown on the compliance plate. The first day was a straight run of 40 nm around the southern coast to the village of Tassiriki, where we planned to drop the fuel drums and base our anchorage to be fully protected from the southeast trade winds. The weather was around 25 to 30 knots from the
southeast with seas about one to one-and-a-half meters (three to five feet) from the south. Even fully loaded the Grady ate the swells like a piece of cake, the SeaV2® hull folding each over like a crepe, keeping her occupants completely dry. We were able to run at around 23 to 25 knots (26 to 28 miles per hour) using about 30 to 35 liters (eight to nine gallons) per hour.
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tuna, dogtooth tuna, and dolphin fish. We spent the short time we had there that afternoon marking the seamount on the sounder while catching about 20 barracuda up to around 10 kilograms (22 pounds). We kept a few to give to the locals and sprinted back to the Tassiriki cove just as we lost sunlight. We set up a tarp over the T-top, got out the gas cooker, and enjoyed a beautiful filet of Santo beef with a glass of aged French red. Both Bruce and I were quick to set up our swags and get some shut-eye in anticipation of the days to come. Day Two we were up cooking eggs for sustenance for the day’s fishing, took on some fuel with the locals’ help, then shot off at 20 to 30 MPH to the sea-mount. We got our first proper bite on the Mackerel Mauler about 40 minutes in, which was a 40-pound wahoo. Twenty minutes later we had a wahoo around the same size jump eight feet out of the water and pile onto our right rigger, causing a reel scream that all fisherman love to hear. Then we decided to try some live bait rigs to catch some rainbow runners–I was thinking about live-baiting the top edge for the elusive dogtooth tuna. After 10 minutes the right rigger snapped out, causing the 15-pound gear to smoke. Looking out the back we real-ized that the madly jumping 80-kilo-gram (186-pound) sailfish was attached to our bait lure; he didn’t stop jumping for nearly five minutes until he won his
time, out to the port side, a 300-pound blue marlin danced its way heading straight out with no sign of stopping. We turned and chased after getting low on the spool, and finally caught up to him and gained back some line. He went deep, giv-ing us time to retrieve the other lines and get Bruce harnessed up. He dogged down deep and made Bruce and I really work together for our prize. We got him to the surface after 45 minutes. I could tick catching a blue marlin from a trailer boat off my bucket list! Altogether for three full days fishing we caught 20 barracuda, two wahoo, a 350-pound oceanic white tip, a sailfish, our blue marlin, three yellowfin tuna, two dogtooth tuna, and a small mahi mahi. The trip for me was a complete success. The Grady-White stood up to the test, proving to be a heavyweight time and again. The Grady-White being able to maintain such high cruise speed in all con-ditions was truly amazing. My only thoughts now are as to how and when I will get back to fish the amazing sea-mounts of Santo, Vanuatu.
freedom. We decided to go back to our all-round spread, as we didn’t want that to happen again. We fished a little lon-ger when I marked a huge bait ball. We got a bite on the 80 that came straight to the surface. After watching a mass of white water carve up the ocean, we fought something for 30 minutes until we realized our worst fears: Whatever we had hooked had turned into an oce-anic white tip shark of about 350 pounds. He came up smiling with my favorite dorado-colored bibless minnow firmly wedged in his jaws. We decided it wasn’t the place to be messing with an animal of this caliber, so we cut him loose and called it a day. Wahoo was on the menu that night, and we set up a salad bar and a glass of red and kept cooking and eating into the night, talk-ing about the day’s fishing. Day Three we went around the south-westernmost point of Santo and hard-core marlin fished. Two hours in, the right rigger gave way and the 50-pound stand-up screamed off once again. This
Tassiriki natives watched over ever-so-precious fuel supplies.
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The theme for Niantic, CT, BOATS INCORPORATED’s 25th Annual One Tide Challenge was “Old Men and the Sea.” Chesapeake 290 owner Rod Mirtle, left, won the Theme Award, and was presented with a portrait of Papa Hemingway painted by Norman Bourgeois, right, a Tournament 225 owner who placed second overall in the August 16 tournament. Emily Fiore won first in the Future Captain’s division, aboard grandfather Steve Rebelowski’s Marlin 300. Emily weighed in a bluefish at 11.25 pounds. A nearby captain saw she was on the pole all by herself, and cheered her on with his hailer, encouraging her to finish.
MARINEMAX HOUSTON hosted a “Live the Grady Life – Texas Style” event August 9 at their store. With Grady-White demos, live music and BBQ, the event celebrated all that is special about living The Grady Life. “Grady-White makes boats that are bold enough to handle pretty much whatever our Texan customers want to do with their boats,” explained Byron Cox, store manager. “Whether you love to fish offshore or inshore, like doing aerials on a wakeboard, enjoy cruising to your favorite dockside restaurant, or do it all in the same day, Grady has a model that will suit you and your family.”
The folks at OUTDOOR WORLD, St. John’s, Antigua, send Grady Days greetings and this photo taken during one of the summer tournaments. Outdoor World has been a sponsor of the Antigua and Barbuda Sport Fishing Club.
Dealer News & Events Grady-White dealers sponsor hundreds of events every year—seminars, tournaments, trips, cookouts, sightseeing voyages and much more. See www.gradywhite.com for events in your area.
NORFOLK MARINE COMPANY, Norfolk, VA, celebrated the grand opening of a new 10,000 square foot showroom addition to their 3.5 acre dealership and service center campus on August 1. No one was more excited than Jason Murphy, president, who stated, “As a family-owned dealership we are just so proud of our past and couldn’t be more excited about what the future holds.” Congratulations!
OUTERMOST HARBOR MARINE , Chatham, MA, held a Grady-White Owners Appreciation Day, August 8. Reggae music set the mood for the crowd of 250, the kids had a big time in the bouncy house, and everyone enjoyed a magician who visited dinner tables and also performed in the boatyard throughout a pleasant afternoon.
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The Grady Life: Owners’ Clubs Here are highlights from recent Grady Owners’ Clubs events and outings. If you have Grady club information to share or are interested in information about Grady clubs in your area, email [email protected]. Go to www.gradywhite.com for links to club websites.
This year’s Chesapeake Bay Grady-White Club Palooza was their sixth annual gathering, August 15-17, and 22 boats lined the 1000-foot floating dock at Knapps Narrows Marina, Tilghman, MD. Two boats from the Tidewater Grady-White Club came through the C&D Canal and down the Bay to join the fun. Kayaking, biking and pool time filled the days, and docktail party conversation went into the evenings. This year, four of the larger Gradys loaded up crews and cruised 20 miles up the Choptank
River to waterfront restaurant Suicide Bridge for their Friday night seafood buffet. Tri-State Marine, Deale, MD, sponsors this club.
The Gulfstream Grady Group headed for the Bahamas and Green Turtle Cay for a week-plus of major fun, including joining in the celebration of Junkeroo on Bahamian Independence Day, and checking out the bawdy singing “Barefoot Man”–right up the alley forthe owners of the Express 330,
Nauti Mermaid! Eleven boats departed July 11 from Jupiter, Palm Beach, and Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and had a special treat by Dick McKee of club sponsor Mariner Marine, Riviera Beach, FL, fly-ing his Cessna over the fleet for photos. The fishing was quite good and includ-ed yellowtail snapper, strawberry grou-per, queen snapper and mahi. The catch was consumed at a potluck din-ner hosted at the Melsons’ villa at Bluff House Marina. Thanks to Jim and Carolina Fallon, trip captains! The prior month, over 40 club members boated to Large Munyon Island in Lake Worth for a cookout and fishing tournament
awards day for the kids–occupying nearly the entire island!
The Tidewater Grady-White Club traveled by boat and by land yacht July 20 for a Sunday brunch cruise. After arrival at Old Point Comfort Marina at the western end of the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, the group of 22 meandered over to the Chamberlin Hotel for a sumptuous buffet, and then walked to the Casemate Museum at Fort Monroe for a guided tour and an in-depth look at what life was like for the men and women at this fortress built after the War of 1812. Norfolk Marine, Norfolk, VA, sponsors this club.
Julia Sansevere was ready for Junkeroo in West End, Grand Bahamas, during the GULFSTREAM GRADY GROUP cruise to Green Turtle Cay.
The Sixth Annual Chesapeake Bay Grady-White Club Palooza crowd cruised to Suicide Bridge from Knapps Narrows, Tilghman, MD, for the famous Friday seafood buffet and, happily sated, posed before heading back and enjoying the sunset.
THE TIDEWATER GRADY-WHITE CLUB visited Casemate Museum at Fort Monroe as part of a Sunday brunch cruise to Hampton Roads, VA.
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The Contest Is On!
The Jersey Shore Grady-White Club sponsored by Island Marine Center, Ocean View, NJ, ran amuck July 12 with their entry in the “Theme Party” category of the Grady-White Clubs competition…a hotly contested Grady Clubs event going on through February 2015. Not to give away Jersey Shore’s theme, but Jean Collins’ zucchini boat made to accompany the steak dinner party was a classic!! The second category in the contest is “Largest Club Attendance for a Single Event.” Your club can win $500. See gradywhite.com/clubs/club_competition/ for details or contact Heather Payne at [email protected].
Welcome to the EAST END GRADY-WHITE CLUB, sponsored by Port of Egypt Marine, Long Island, NY. Their first social was July 25, and attendees are eager to plan events including raft-ups and day trips.
TARPON COAST GRADY-WHITE CLUB members had great fun July 4th with a picnic/cookout and perfect weather for a Punta Gorda fireworks raft-up. Ingman Marine of Port Charlotte, FL, sponsors this club.
THE LONE STAR GRADY-WHITE CLUB celebrated July 4th with a shrimp and barbecue buffet at the Lakewood Yacht Club on Clear Lake. From there they saw excellent shows of fireworks out of Nassau Bay, Webster, Texas City and Kemah, TX. MarineMax Houston of Seabrook, TX, sponsors this club.
The Cape and Islands Grady-White Group closed out their season with a cookout on Cape Cod’s Bassett’s Island. The late August weather was perfect for sharing food and stories from one of the best boating summertimes in recent memory. Cataumet Boats, Cataumet, MA, sponsors this club.
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What I Did On My Grady-White Summer Vacation By Marcella “Marcy” Whelan
Well, I don't have many words for my experience on the adventure my brother Matthew and I had except for the fun and excitement and amazing day we had explor-ing the icebergs out in Conception Bay. Our trip started off exploring the coastlines of Bell Island and the tall cliffs that drop right off into the ocean. We then saw a small sea cave which we decided to explore, then continued our trip by taking a long trek across wide Conception Bay to see the icebergs. As we crossed Conception Bay we saw a baby whale and its mom popping out of the water here and there, and then a little seal who came up in front of the boat and to either sides–he was so cute. We arrived at the ice-bergs, which were massive and towered over us. It was so cool, we had to have a piece. We saw a cracked-off piece floating around in the water so we all went to the starboard side so it would be easier to reach without falling over. We brought the mini iceberg back home and put it in our freezer. It was cold out, but we had too much fun to think about it. We circled around both icebergs and then headed back to land, making our way up and down each wave.
MARCELLA WHELAN (RIGHT), 12, AND HER BROTHER MATTHEW, 11, went iceburg hunting in June on the north side of Conception Bay, near Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, with their dad, Jim Whelan, aboard the family’s first boat, a Sportsman 180. Says dad, “We love our boat!”
ADAM AND MICHELLE VOSS caught, tagged and released a shortbill spearfish August 30 off Fiji aboard their Canyon 336. Way to go!
JARED GARBER HAD THE HONOR OF CATCHING HIS FIRST FISH EVER THIS SUMMER, and five minutes later he pulled in his second. Great memories on the Jeff Garber family‘s Freedom 205, in Back Bay, Stone Harbor, NJ.
PAUL AND CECILIA LANDIN ARE TRAINING THEIR FOUR-YEAR-OLD NEPHEW, COLT! He steered their Offshore 242G, Sea Dub, out of Lynnhaven Inlet, Virginia Beach, VA. The Landins are members of the Tidewater Grady-White Club.
READY, SET, GO! Off Charleston, SC, and Paul Schwartz’s Captain & The Kids.
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Who’s Your Grady Buddy?To share a photo of your furry Grady friends, email us at [email protected] or write to Anchorline, P.O. Box 1527, Greenville, NC 27835.
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Briana is all ready for a swim off Caledesi Island, FL, on Greg and Teri Grantham‘s Gulfstream 232, Reel Addictive.
Mu Shu is up for fun on his owner Larry Isaacs‘ Freedom 205 in Lewes, DE.
Asti loves the summer wind! Mike and Amy Peterson took him out on Lake Michigan off Grand Traverse Bay in their Tournament 225.
Harry Moody‘s three-year-old goldendoodle, Bella, keeps her eyes on her girls in Duxbury Bay, MA. It was a good afternoon aboard the family’s Seafarer 226, Moody Blues.
CATHY HODSON CAUGHT THIS 49" RELEASE CITATION RED DRUM at the third island off of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, aboard her and husband Brian’s Islander 270, C-Time.
Kris Carroll, president Eddie Smith, Jr., chairman, ceo
Dear Grady-White Owners and Enthusiasts:Great Grady Days are upon us, and we’ve kicked off our 2015 model year with lots of enthusiasm about the system and styling updates throughout our complete line of center consoles, dual consoles, and express and walkaround cabin boats–29 models in all, ranging from 18 feet to 37 feet! Our exceptional attention to detail has never been keener, as is reflected in new exterior upholstery, hull color and trim selections, windshield/window styling and seating selections as well as in power technology features, interior appointments and hardtop/T-top structures. You’ve never seen a better looking, better performing Grady-White. Get in touch with your local dealer, plan to attend fall and winter boat shows
(please introduce yourself!), and visit our website to check out our fabulous features and to take advantage of Grady Days incentives available on any new boat now through November 3. Come visit our plant (you have a standing invitation!) and see for yourself how a Grady-White is built. Once you see the dedication and craftsmanship our team puts into every step of the way, you’ll be sure to Get the Grady!
