for sale : usa Revised and Reduced- 25' Grady White Sailfish/Closed

[UpGrady]

1986 25 Foot Grady White Sailfish (25’4†Length, 9’6†Beam)

With twin 470 Mercruiser Closed Coolant System engines and Electronic Ignition(340 Total HP)

 

This boat is perfectly set up and equipped for Great Lakes fishing or family cruising.  The twin 4-cylinder engines cruise economically in the mid twenties and turns heads along the way.  This boat has always been on Lake Ontario, never seen saltwater and it shows!

 

Custom Atlantic Towers Hardtop w/ 8 rod holders (2004)

Full Canvas Enclosure for cockpit (2010)

125 Gallon Fuel Tank

12 Gallon Freshwater tank

Stand-up head w/pumpout

Updated Vee Birth/Aft Cabin sleeps 3/4

12/110 Volt Refrigerator

Well Maintained Teak Trim and Swim Platform

Huge built-in fish cooler

2 Live Wells

2 Built in ice box coolers

Tons of storage

Shorepower hookup

Dual battery system with three isolation switches

 

This boat comes equipped as follows:

Furuno 16 mile Radar

Furuno FCV600 Color Sonar (2004)

VHF Radio w/19 Foot Marine Antenna (2004)

Garmin 531S GPS/Fishfinder combo (2011)

Ray Jefferson Command Control Downrigger Speed/Temp System

19’ Lee Jr. Outriggers with Wishbones

Raymarine Sportpilot Autopilot (2004)

Floscan Digital Tachometer and Fuel Flow Meter (2004)

Clarion CMD6 AM/FM, CD, USB Receiver with 4 JBL Marine Speakers (2011)

 

Engines and drives professionally maintained by certified Mercruiser mechanic at Marina:

• Bellows and Seals replaced Spring 2012
• Full outdrive service with impellers and seals Spring 2012
• New Starboard Lower Unit Spring 2010
• New outdrive Trim Cylinders and seals 2011/12
• New Starters 2010

Priced to sell at $18,900 equipped as described.

Located on Irondequoit Bay.  IM and we can arrange details. 

 

 

 

Edited June 29, 2017 by UpGrady
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[Just Fishin']

WOW! Can't believe you are doing it Hans. This is a GREAT boat and somebody is going to be very happy with it. Fishes awesome.

[Pike Hunter]

This is a well oiled fishing machine!

 

Whoever becomes the new owner WILL be a very happy captain.

[UpGrady]

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[MikeyP]

Very nice boat and looks to be in very good shape. Man that is a big motor box! Any problems working around it?

[UpGrady]

It is a larger doghouse, but it can be worked around rather easily... I routinely fish with 3-4 guys on this boat and like anything, you figure out how to best utilize the space you have.  You can fight fish right in the corners or even better is right on top of the wide doghouse!  I cannot even dream of counting how many fish have come aboard this boat...

[Zebedee]

Very nice boat and looks to be in very good shape. Man that is a big motor box! Any problems working around it?

Makes a great place to filet fish!

But you do not want this boat!  Hans needs to keep it so he can take me fishing!

[MikeyP]

It is a larger doghouse, but it can be worked around rather easily... I routinely fish with 3-4 guys on this boat and like anything, you figure out how to best utilize the space you have.  You can fight fish right in the corners or even better is right on top of the wide doghouse!  I cannot even dream of counting how many fish have come aboard this boat...

:yes:

[YodaMage]

I have the single big block '93 version of this boat and can verify that it fishes 4 with no one bumping into one another. With the beam as wide as it is, what looks like a narrow spot on either side of the box is actually 2 feet a side. You can fit a deck chair in there no issue and I do when the admiral wants to take a cruise.

[John E Powell]

I had a nice Stamas a while back that had a similar large low engine box for twin I/Os. Placed a huge cooler up on it flush to the front of the box and cooler hinges rearward. With a pad, it made a great seat to fight fish from. Just enough room for your feet between the back of the cooler and the inside of the transom. My elderly father loved it, it extended our fishing together by many years. Once the fish was in the net, we lift and drop the fish right into the cooler for hook removal. We never had to worry about him sliding and falling on slimy decks. A quick spray with the wash-down hose would lean the area rearward of the cooler. I'd sometimes lean on or use the edge of it to catch my balance working lines in rough water.

I suspect many people would look at an engine box as big as that and think that's just too much wasted space, but the cooler seat on the box really works well as an elevated fighting chair and turns the lost space into usable space. This should be a consideration for anyone looking at a boat with a similar dual I/O box layout.

Nice looking boat at a fair price.

[huggy57]

I was wondering if the boat had a trailer thank you

[UpGrady]

There is not a trailer for this boat.

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[John Greenlee]

UpGrady, did you get my pm?

[UpGrady]

John,

PM sent this morning

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[UpGrady]

^Bump

[UpGrady]

Bump

[rmc005]

I would like to take a look at this. Can you send a PM with your phone # and we can set up a time

[fosterm22]

Hans..... Are you getting out or trading up?

[UpGrady]

Foster,

 

Not getting out... always going against the grain here...actually looking to downsize just a tad...

[UpGrady]

Bump

[UpGrady]

_Bump

[UpGrady]

Bump

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[Devonian]

This is an awesome boat for a great price. One if the best handling rough water boat I've ever been on and fishes like a dream.

[skach1]

This maybe a silly question, but what is average cost for slip,storage,maint. on a vessel of this size?

[John E Powell]

This maybe a silly question, but what is average cost for slip,storage,maint. on a vessel of this size?

Prices can vary widely on slips. Old marinas with few upgrades over the years with lots of open slips may have really cheap slips available while high profile marinas with extensive facilities could be $3-4k for a boat this size. Sterndrive boats are more complex than inboards and require additional maintenance that is not too difficult to perform. When considering the purchase of a used boat, always have the hull professionally surveyed and have the engines and drives inspected by a mechanic certified on that drive system. They will give you the best assessment of the current condition and future maintenance needs of a particular boat.

To answer your question with an estimate figure 3.5-5k per year plus fuel.