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World’s Largest Gathering of Grady Owners: Grady Fest 2009

The Gulf Coast Grady Fest was held at the new Charlotte Harbor Conference Center in Punta Gorda, FL, on March 28. Over 250 Grady-White owners and enthusiasts from throughout Florida and as far as New York and Indiana attended the daylong symposium. The event lived up to its motto: “The Largest Gathering of Grady Owners in the World.” This first-ever Grady Fest was a project of the Tarpon Coast Grady-White Club, sponsored by Ingman Marine of Port Charlotte, FL, and supported by several of the state’s other Grady owners’ clubs and dealers.

The Grady Fest was the brainchild of Tarpon Coast Grady-White Club members Dan and Cher Clark, whose intent was to offer the chance for clubs all around Florida to get together for a day of education, entertainment and socializing. Throughout the day, attendees were treated to presenta-tions from Yamaha, Garmin, SPOT Locator, mystery/suspense author and attorney Terry Griffin discussing liability on the water, an offshore char-ter captain, several seafood chefs, and a dermatologist offering sun protec-tion advice. In addition there were vendor booths, information displays and an owners’ forum by Grady-White factory representatives. “This was an exciting day with beautiful arrangements in a bay set-ting,” expressed Benny Parrish, service manager of Cannons Marina, Longboat Key, FL.

“It was a great time to mingle with cus-tomers and bring Grady owners together.” There were separate forums for the “captains” and “first mates.” Ken

Wright is the current commodore of the Gulfstream Grady Club, sponsored by Mariner Marine, Riviera Beach, FL. He and his wife, Donna, are Express 330

owners who winter in North Palm Beach and live in Shelter Island, NY, during the summer. “I found the Grady Fest to be of particular interest. I liked the Yamaha presentation about filters, ethanol and tank operation. Garmin hit a home run, and opened my eyes to dig-ital communication.” Donna comment-ed, “As a result of the opening remarks by the USCG Auxiliary in the women’s session, I made a special point on a recent trip to learn as much as possible from my husband about how to handle the boat, so that I would be better pre-pared in case of an emergency. And, the tips on sun safety were good and we benefited from the opportunity to try sample sunscreen products.” Dick and Loretta Corle, Release 283 owners, winter in Fort Myers Beach and summer in Portland, IN. “From a woman’s point of view the Fest was just

GARMIN MARINE ELECTRONICS representatives were on the Captain’s agenda at the Grady Fest.

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July ’097/1/09Chesapeake Bay Grady-White ClubWish-a-Fish

7/1/09Somers Point Grady-White Club“Night in Venice” Boat Parade

7/4/09Tarpon Coast Grady-White ClubBoat Raft-Up Party

7/7-20/09Vero Marine Center Grady BunchBahamas Trip

7/10/09Northwest Grady-White ClubPort Ludlow Golf and Crab Rendezvous

7/11/09Bayside MarineCruise to Boston’s Tall Ship Parade

7/11/09Coastal Georgia Grady ClubSunbury Crab Co. Day Trip

7/17/09Lake Erie Grady-White ClubRendezvous

7/18/09Morehead MarineMorehead City, NCOwners’ Tournament

7/18/09Somers Point MarinaSomers Point, NJOwners’ Tournament

7/18/09Southeastern MarinersCruise

7/22/09Tampa Bay Grady-White ClubSteinhatchee Scallop Trip

7/24/09Southern NEGrady-White ClubGreenport/New York Trip 7/25/09Crocker’s MarineOwners’ Tournament 7/25/09Bayside MarineDuxbury, MACruise to Province Town

7/26/99Chesapeake Bay Grady-White ClubOffshore Fishing Trip

7/31/09Port of Egypt MarineSouthold, NY19th Annual Fishing Tournament

7/31/09Tarpon Coast Grady-White ClubTween Water Inn & Marina

August ’098/1/09Tri-State MarineDeale, MD14th Annual Fishing Tournament & Family Day 8/1/09Somers Point Grady-White ClubAnnual On the Deck Luau

8/7/09Spray Dock MarineW. Wildwood, NJOwners’ Tournament

8/8/09Bayside MarineDuxbury, MAWhale Watch

8/8/09Coastal Georgia Grady Club Low Country Grady ClubSavannah Trip

8/14/09Fish Tale Sales & ServiceFort Myers Beach, FLGrouper Grab Fishing Tournament

8/21/09Chesapeake Bay Grady-White ClubGrady Palooza II

8/22/09Northwest Grady-White ClubWest Coast Tuna Trip

8/29/09Boats IncorporatedNiantic, CT21st One Tide Challenge

awesome and the pace kept going,” said Loretta.“I liked the chef cooking demonstrations. And I liked being asked by the Grady representatives about storage and usage preferences–we’re the ones who stow the gear–and everyone’s cleaning tips were helpful.” Dick is the commodore of the Fish

Tale Grady-White Club, sponsored by Fort Myers’ Fish Tale Marine and Service. He pointed out, “The ladies are buying these boats, too. Who bet-ter to ask about interior layout?” On the subject of Grady clubs in general, Dick Corle explained, “The friendships made are a key point.

We’ve made friends not only among our Fish Tale group and other Florida clubs, but also the Chesapeake Bay club. What blows my mind is how much people love their Grady-White boats, the respect they have for them. Some know every model, and every feature.” The Fish Tale club and their deal-ership will have the chance to share friendship and knowledge with Grady enthusiasts next year: they will organize the 2010 Grady Fest. Fish Tale’s Ray Jahn observed, “This was a fun day for all. The vendors that participated get a thumbs up, and there was something for every-one. It’s going to be hard to follow this great show!”

ORGANIZERS DAN AND CHER CLARK relax after a successful day.

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A CREW FROM MARINEMAX NASA, SEABROOK, TX, participated in the June 5-6 Texas Oilman’s Invitational Charity Tournament, 50 miles out of Matagorda. Everyone was all smiles for two days. Was it the monster red snapper they were catching, or the great Grady-White ride that had everyone grinning from ear to ear? Mike Aaser holds two of the snapper caught by Team MarineMax NASA. Captain Tony Plaia is at the helm.

CAT COX, JULI EISENBERG AND LINDA MROCZKOWSKI at the dockside social

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may need to be cleaned more than once. Rinse thoroughly with plenty of water. There are products that are designed to act as barriers to mold and mildew. One of these products is Bioshield® 75. Some of us here at Grady-White have been using this product on our personal boats and we have seen some good results. Bioshield is applied to a clean surface and allowed to dry. The surface will still need to be cleaned, but the formation of mold and mildew is inhibited between cleanings. Bioshield can be used on other mildew-prone surfaces such as canvas and cushions. The prod-uct should be reapplied about every 90 days. Here’s a link with product information: http://induscoltd.com/bioshield/biomarine.htm

Some mold and mildew problems may be so bad that the only solution is to replace the caulk. Remember that after removing the old caulk, you must completely remove all mold and mildew from the area prior to re-caulking! Your Grady-White dealer can assist you with this job. Remember, the key to keeping the caulk on your Grady-White look-ing great is to prevent mold and mildew from gaining a foot-hold by regular pre-ventative cleaning.

Keep Your Caulking CleanDo you ever look at the caulk around access lids, the gas tank lid or the gunwales on your Grady and wonder how to keep it looking new? The key to clean caulk is cleaning it often so the mildew and mold cannot get a foothold. Almost all caulks contain additives that inhibit growth of mildew. However, mildew and mold will still appear. The only way to keep mildew at bay is to clean your caulk on a regular basis. If mildew gets well established, it becomes very difficult to remove. Clean the caulk with non-chlorine mildew removers and cleaners. Do not allow mildew to get established. How often you will need to clean the caulk depends on your local condi-tions. You can use stronger cleaners that contain chlorine bleach (such as Tilex®) if need-ed, but these cleaners can dam-age your gelcoat and other sur-faces if not used carefully. Read and follow the label with any cleaning product. To clean your caulk, first test the cleaner in an inconspicuous area and make sure the cleaner won’t damage or discolor sur-rounding surfaces. After apply-ing the cleaner, allow it to soak on the area. Some areas may need to be scrubbed with a brush or cloth. Stubborn areas

Customer TipsHere are recent suggestions for and from Grady-White owners. Like to share your ideas? E-mail us at anchorline@gradywhite.com or write to Anchorline, P.O. Box 1527, Greenville, NC 27835.

Fest Folks Share Customizing Tips

Shade in the Cockpit

Grady Fest 2009 topics included helpful hints for getting the most enjoyment out of boating life, some shared during an open forum ses-sion facilitated by Cat Cox and others fea-tured on display boards that Cat had put together with the help of fellow Tarpon Coast Grady-White Club members. Using bar sink strainers in drains; about dinghies and their transport; seasickness prevention; raft up techniques–there’s a wide body of customer knowledge out there! You can depend on Floridians to be wise in ways to create shade for sun protection aboard their Gradys. Cher and Dan Clark, Express 330, Lady Godiver, constructed a full aft cockpit system. The material is marine grade waterproof canvas, with mesh screen-ing that blocks out 95% of UV rays. The main shade is strengthened with collapsible tent poles, two along the sides and one down the middle. The Clarks had aluminum poles made to fit into the rod holders at the stern,

and the back of the shade clips to these poles. The front attaches to the hardtop roof with six Velcro® straps. The sides also have Velcro to attach to the screening. Cher vented the top to keep it from billowing in the wind. The rig takes just minutes to put up or take down, and when the boat is not in use the canvas without the poles is bungeed to the transom to work as a sunscreen. Fred and Judy Buchas’ Express 330, Another Toy, and the Gulfstream 232 owned by Jerry and Linda Mroczkowski, also have shades made by local custom canvas shops. The rear support poles are quickly removable for fish-ing, etc. The Buchas’ shade supports itself without the poles when the boat is trolling in calm waters.

CHER AND DAN CLARK constructed a full aft cockpit system with mesh screening that blocks out 95% of UV rays.

JUDY AND FRED BUCHAS’ CUSTOM SHADE

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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, e-mail anchorline@gradywhite.com. Go to www.gradywhite.com for links to club websites.

shrimping, fishing, shopping or just hanging out on the boat. Thanks go to Terry McCartney with sponsor Jacobsen’s Marine for providing Mother’s Day gifts for all of the ladies. Good food, great fun and lots of laughs.

their efforts, everyone enjoyed the over 400 freshly cooked shrimp Saturday afternoon. Other members tried their luck fishing for ling cod and found that perhaps shopping in Poulsbo might have been a better option. The weather was beautiful so it didn’t matter if you were

The Chesapeake Bay Grady-White Club saw 38 members attending the March potluck dinner meeting at Podickory Point Yacht and Beach Club. New members were welcomed to the club: Jane and Dave Wasser, Columbia, MD, Marlin 300; Brian Torrence, Prince Frederick, MD, Islander 270; and Kathy and Alan Orrison, Arnold, MD, Express 360. Certified Yamaha techni-cian Ed Miller gave a presentation on spring commissioning. In May, seven boats watched the Blue Angels air show with several then heading over to Carr’s Creek for a raft-up. The group looks forward to the summer’s Grady Ladies Tournament, the Wish-A-Fish family outing in July and then the Second Annual Grady Palooza in August.

The Naples Grady-White Club enjoyed a trip to Useppa Island, FL, in April, sponsored by club member Pete Ochsner. Twenty-five members made

the cruise on flat seas and calm winds. A buffet and tour of the island awaited the group. The flotilla was led by club sponsor Naples Boat Mart in a 2009 Tournament 307 that seated eight and performed fabulously–the perfect boat for an open water day trip.

Northwest Grady-White Club members in 12 Gradys rendezvoused at the marina in Poulsbo, WA, May 8-10. Event cap-tains Bob and Robbin Bond came all the way from Boise, ID, to ensure everyone had fun. Not only did they provide dockside appetizers, they treated over 40 people to a great din-ner with all the trimmings on Saturday night. The majority of the fleet headed out Saturday in search of the elusive Pacific spotted shrimp, led by Rob and Vickie Powers and their son Blake. Team Powers directed the group towards a little known hide-away that proved to be very productive. Due to

THE NAPLES GRADY-WHITE CLUB enjoyed an island style buffet lunch during a day trip to Useppa.

WHAT A GREAT CROWD at Poulsbo, WA, for May’s Northwest Grady-White Club rendezvous!

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Sun Coast Grady-White Club Bahamas CruisePhotos by Mike Seery

Four boats with 11 adventurers cruised to the Bahamas under the banner of the Sun Coast Grady-White Club, the own-ers’ group sponsored by Cannons

Marina, Longboat Key, FL. The 15-day cruise in May was well chronicled in a blog by suspense novel author/attorney Terry Griffin who with wife, Jean, aboard Recess, were joined by Bob and Debbie Lyons, son Mike and his girlfriend Ali Schulze aboard Lyonhearted, Mike Seery and John Pock on

Pharmasea, and Al and Cathy Neuman with son, Scott, in Grady Lady. The flotilla headed east on the Calloosahatchee River, through the locks, across Lake Okeechobee and more locks to Manatee Pocket before making the 67 nautical mile run to West End, Bahamas.

The winds and chop led to the crews’ consensus: “Glad we had the Gradys.” After a quiet day and R&R in West End, it was on to Green Turtle Cay and a “restrained stampede” to the bar. Bob and Shannon Gault, who’d flown over, met the group at the dock. Several easy days in this part of Paradise ensued, then under the lead of Captain Seery the armada made way to Marsh Harbour. On this leg Bob Gault completed an important task assigned to him: finding Cannon’s Lucile Miller a conch shell. On Day Nine, the Sun Coast intrepids boarded the Albury ferry for Great Iguana Cay and the traditional Sunday pig roast at Nippers Bar and Grill. (Pigs that don’t swim get featured at Nippers.) After days filled with fishing, snorkel-ing and sightseeing, and nights filled with libations, the adventurers made the four-day trip back home, including a 13-hour Friday to make the Caloosahatchee waterway locks. Ask one of them what you call the curley tailed lizards in Marsh Harbour!

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(L TO R) AL NEUMAN, MIKE SEERY, BOB LYONS AND TERRY GRIFFIN plan the next course of the Sun Coast Bahamas cruise. A VIEW OF NIPPERS BAR AND GRILL at Great Iguana Cay, home of an infamous rum punch and a sumptuous pig roast.

IT’S READ EVERYWHERE! Folks out of Longboat Key, FL, or “Longboaters,” take the front page of their local paper, The Observer, with them on trips and send back a photo for publishing in the weekly. (standing L to R) Scott Neuman, Jean Griffin, Terry Griffin, Bob Lyons, Debbie Lyons, John Pock, Shannon Gault (kneeling L to R) Mike Seery, Al Neuman, Kathy Neuman, Ali Schulze, Mike Lyons and Bob Gault

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Letters & Photos

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STEPHEN WANN, RIGHT, AND HIS SON PETER, had a six sailfish day in January 2009 off Islamorada, FL, and averaged one-to-three daily on other trips in December-January.

Plant TourDear Anchorline:We recently visited your factory to see how Grady-White boats are made. Fellow Chesapeake Bay Grady-White club members told us that the tour would be very interesting. It was a great experience! A short time before we came through Greenville on a return trip from Florida, Gwyn broke her ankle. A wheelchair was waiting for us and made the tour possible. It was clear that much effort is taken in the process of making a Grady-White a quality boat. We now have a much greater appreciation of our Seafarer 226. It was also rewarding to observe our club burgee framed and hanging in a prominent location. Thank you for taking such a high interest in owners of your boats.

Al and Gwyn ToberArnold, MD

JAMES TAYLOR brought in a 165-pound mako aboard Screw Loose, his 2001 Express 265 out of Brick, NJ.

SECURITY PATROL. Walt Wagner, left, works his 2001 Grady-White 265 hard as a USCG Auxiliary vessel under USCG orders, doing security patrol on Tampa Bay, FL. With him are Jerry Routt and Chad Cohen.

BUD WASIERSKI ENJOYED HALIBUT SEASON in Washington State, and this 57-pounder was caught in 450 feet of water, 32 miles offshore.

SUSANNE FUCHS is an artist and fashion designer based in Germany. She and husband, Milan Behensky, enjoyed fishing off Marathon Key, FL, in their new Bimini 306 purchased from Caribee Boat Sales in Islamorada.

Halibut in MayDear Anchorline:May is halibut season off Washington State, open Thursdays and Saturdays for two weeks. Got to get them while you can! My 2001 Seafarer 228 gets my friends and me out safely and comfort-ably. Very few boats on the 30-mile run offshore pass me, and my boat rides so well I can maintain speed in eight-foot swells with two- to four-foot waves while other boats stay in harbor. I caught this 57-pound halibut in 450 feet of water, 32 miles from shore. This year the weight quota for halibut was not met in May so the state opened the season.

John (Bud) Wasierski, Jr.Tacoma, WA

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Who’s Your Grady Buddy?If you want to share a photo of your furry Grady friends e-mail us at anchorline@gradywhite.com or write to Anchorline, P.O. Box 1527, Greenville, NC 27835.

CUMMINS MEBANE, 2004 Marlin 300, Megabytes, shares a photo of nephew Peyton Berg (left) with his first tuna, caught off Wrightsville Beach, NC. Mate LeBaron Keith is on the right.

JIM UTTERBACK AND SON, SCOTT, say it was a team effort to land this one–the biggest rockfish they’ve ever caught. The Utterbacks were fishing in the Chesapeake Bay near R2 Buoy early spring aboard their 2007 Seafarer 226.

TACOMA is one lucky dog aboard Arnold Giovanelli’s Gulfstream 232.

CONNOR, Geri Basye-Bembry and Ron Bembry’s West Highland terrier, was Star of the Day during the Tarpon Coast Grady-White Club’s trip to Don Pedro Island.

20-Year Old GradyDear Anchorline:We received delivery of our Seafarer 228 in October 1989 from Naples Boat Mart. We came up to Greenville and took a tour of the factory and got to see our boat being assembled. We were escorted by Kris Carroll and got to meet Eddie Smith. We were very impressed by the overall operation. Our boat is very versatile. We are avid scuba divers and have a roll control system that allows us to take up to 10 tanks and gear. We can remove the

holders easily to be ready for fishing or cruising. We overnight camp on the Shark River near Flamingo, and on Pine Island Sound. The boat is also easy to trailer and we go to the Keys several times a year for diving, lobstering and spearfishing. We love our Grady, but do have our eyes on the Journey 258!

Clark and Jackie AdamsNaples, FL

CLARK ADAMS has done a marvelous job maintaining his and wife Jackie’s 20-year-old Seafarer 228.

There’s never been a time better than now to appreciate glorious summer days spent aboard a Grady with family and friends. Cruising, skiing, snorkeling, fishing, camping–you can do it all. Just take a look at the activities enjoyed by fellow Grady

enthusiasts, especially Grady club members, in this issue of Anchorline! We are very excited about our two newest boats. Back by popular demand: the Tournament 192 dual console, perfect for younger families and grandparents alike and updated with the latest Grady features. This 19-foot dual console first came out in the early 1990s, and the climate is right for reintroduction. And get ready for our Canyon Series, and the biggest center console we’ve ever built: the Canyon 366. With this series, we define a whole new category of boats: center consoles with a cabin-like interior. The 366 is the kingpin of the Grady-White center console fleet. Visit your dealer right away, and take a spin on our touch-screen kiosk to see for yourself how awesome this top-value flagship is! Go out on the water and have many great Grady days!Happy Boating!

EDDIE SMITH AND KRIS CARROLL

Kris Carroll, president Eddie Smith, Jr., chairman, ceo

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