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G8RDave

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  1. Due to my pulpit I have to power on more than I would like. If I drop the trailer in too low the pulpit hits the wench stand. Too high and I have to be flying to get it even close to the stop. Boat is too heavy to wench up more than a foot or two.
  2. Same here. Look back every now and then and make sure things look right with the wake. That said, we rarely use it unless we are lobstering or scalloping. Never had an issue with it.
  3. Tampa. Trying to find time to get out and fish!
  4. Rick, if you're ever in South Tampa and want to seatrial a Grady 228, just let me know. I live very close to the ramp so its easy to drop her in. One word of caution though. Its nearly impossible for me to put the boat in the water without the entire family jumping on board! Also, we'll be hitting Homassasa in mid July for scalloping (assuming we find a place to stay). If you're still looking at that time you should swing by and take a ride.
  5. Reminds me of this guy I ran accross last year. Maybe he was practicing with sandbars before he graduated to rocks..
  6. I love my Grady 228. For the last 3 years it has been the perfect boat for me, the wife and two kids (10 and 7). I don't really pay attention to the gas mileage, but I think I generally get 2.5 mpg. Plenty seaworthy, fast enough for me (42mph at WOT), fishable enough for me, and most importantly has a safe dry place for the family to get out of the elements. If i didn't have the wife and kids I might go with the CC, but in my situation the WA is perfect. And unbelieveably its actually quite cool in the cabin even mid-day in August in Tampa!
  7. It definitely wasn't a matter of trying to move the boat. I spoke with some of the family members who were not hurt (the little kids were taken to our side of the island while waiting for transportation). The word I got from the family is that the kids wanted to watch dvd's so they went below. Mom or grandma started the generator to get power. Grandma saw smoke then BOOM! Grandpa almost bled out on the beach in my buddy's arms but they got pressure on the laceration and got an IV started just in time. The family was lucky that there were so many trained medical people that just happened to be hanging out on the island at the time (several paramedics, military medics, RN's, etc). The thing that amazed me the most was the lack of coordination between the various responders (police, sheriff, Air Force, Coast Guard and civilian rescue units). The Coast Guard was trying to get everyone on the same page but either no one was listening or didn't understand what they were hearing. At one point a Coast Guard Auxillary unit gave the wrong location of the incident to the main Coast Guard center and I had to correct them (I stayed off the vhf as much as possible but figured it was important enough to cut in with the right location). The Air Force Marine patrol from MacDill AFB was the first offical unit there. But they didn't have their vhf antenna up so the Coast Guard could not hear them well. My boat acted as a relay.
  8. We arrived just as it happened. Here's a pic I took with my cell phone.
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