Grady-White New Web Site

Grady-White presents its new web site.  Grady-White was founded by Glen R. Grady and Don F. White in 1959, two persons of different backgrounds yet similar inspirations.  Glen Grady was a boat builder who made his apprenticeship at Thompson Boats, working first with Racine Boat Works, he will move to Chris-Craft and then at Cruisers Inc in 1953.  Don White started up as a hardware store owner, he expanded into automobile dealerships, then in real estate development building the Holiday Inn in Greenville, and then becoming a boat dealer.  The boat dealership and Don becoming a Cruisers dealer will eventually set a meeting with Glen Grady.  From this first meet things will evolve and in 1958 GandW Boat Inc is created with Don White as President and Glen Grady as the boat builder. In a very short time GandW Boat Inc will become Grady-White Boats as it begins its business in the old Star Warehouse No. 2, a former tobacco storage facility on Albemarle Avenue in Greenville, South Carolina.  As Glen will move from Oconto he will bring Ronald Peterson an alumni at Cruisers as designer and engineer, with Grady-White debuting with the clinker built 17-foot Hatteras, and the 16-foot Pamlico runabouts.  The first four models produced were the 17' Hatteras sold in February 1960, and by that year the company employed 38 persons, launching the 20-foot Atlantic offshore capable boat by the year end, and set up a plan to produce up to one thousand boats a year.  By 1965 Grady-White will be building thirteen models up to the 3300 Caribbean Custom Cruiser, it's biggest model for some decades.  Following financial difficulties in 1968, Grady-White is purchased by Eddie Smith Junior.  In that year Grady-White also debuted its first fiberglass boat with the Capri, a seventeen foot trimaran, this is followed by the 21 Chesapeake and the 21 Nassau.  The seventies are all about transformation for Grady-White as it fully switches to fiberglass construction, with focus staying on entry level runabout fish able boats added with integrated creature comforts in the design.  Worth of note Grady-White models are the 204 Overnighter which introduces it still till today cabin design, and the 1978 Tarpon 190 the first dual-console boat.  In the eighties Grady-White expands its cabin feature sportfish cruising boats, and in 1989 presents the SeaV² hull as designed by Raymond C. Hunt.  For building a bigger boat to the ten meters 3300 Caribbean from the mid sixties Grady-White will have to wait four decades and till 2005 as it debuts the Express 360, overtaken by its evolution the Express 370 in 2014, and its current flagship the Canyon 456 in 2019.  As dual console's boats Grady-White will not only introduce the genre to boating in 1978, but also make it as important as its gets building the biggest dual console with the Freedom 375 in 2014 and the Freedom 415 in 2024.  Today Grady White offers thirty models, divided into five lines; Center Consoles, Dual Consoles, Walkaround Cabins, Express Cabins, and Coastal Explorers with the line starting from the Fisherman 180 and goes up to the Canyon 456, with its latest model being the 321 Coastal Explorer which debuted in early 2026.  Grady-White new website takes you around with the following buttons; Models, Build, Why Grady, Owners, and Locate Dealer.  Grady-White is also on social media with bottom page buttons taking you to its Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, and YouTube pages.

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Production History; *cabin boats only

20 Atlantic 1960- *Ronald Peterson design *wood clinker build

22 Chesapeake- 1961-

27 Catalina 1965-

28 Gulfstream 1965-

3300 Caribbean Custom Cruiser 1965-

1968 Eddie Smith Jr ownership

21 Chesapeake 1969- *fiberglass build 

21 Nassau 1970-77

204 Overnighter 1975-1992

240 Offshore 1980-90

Seafarer 226/228 1982-92

255 Sailfish 1986-89

Gulfstream 232 1987-2018

280 Marlin 1989-94 *Raymond C.Hunt design

255 Sailfish (ii) 1990-92

244 Explorer 1992-95

208 Adventure 1993-

Seafarer 226/228 (ii) 1993-2011

272 Sailfish 1994-2000

268 Islander 1995-2001

Tournament 223 1995-2002

Marlin 300 1995-2018

248 Voyager 1996-2002

F-26 Tigercat 1997-2000

265 Express 2000-05

270 Islander 2001-05

Express 330 (i) 2001-07

Sailfish 282 2001-08

258 Voyager 2002-08 *258 Journey project

Express 360 2005-13

Express 305 2007-15

Express 330 (ii) 2008-14

Canyon 336 2008-

Chesapeake 290 2009-15

Freedom 307 2009- *Tournament 307 project

Canyon 366 2010-14

Freedom 335 2013-

Express 370 2014-

Freedom 375 2014-

Canyon 376 2015-24

Express 330 (iii) 2015-25

Freedom 325 2018-

Canyon 456 2019-

Freedom 415 2024-

Canyon 386 2025-

Express 340 2026-

Grady-White third model is the 20 Atlantic, it's first cabin boat

Improve-it = Grady White Canyon 386

Grady White introduce a new aft facing mezzanine seating option on the Canyon 386.  When customers started asking for added seating options on the Canyon 386, Grady-White engineers went to work designing a new option that checked all the boxes: more seating without sacrificing storage, cockpit and helm space, or overall fishability.  Attributes of this new option include: luxurious seating for up to three with enough width for a person to comfortably lounge, elevated height so anglers can relax under the protection of the cockpit SureShade with clear vieww of the lines in the water, more storage with four large drawers a dedicated trash bin and a knife, plier.  Comfort features such as lumbar-supporting backrests with angled seat bottoms to hold passengers securely in place, two fixed arm rests on the outside and two fold-down on the inside, and diamond stitching both comfortable and aesthetically pleasing.  The seat also come with cup holders, grab rails, fold down footrests, and two rod holders.  The Grady White Canyon 386 was introduced in the fall of 2023, as a replacement to the Canyon 376 and since then has become a favorite center console in it's class also for its perfect mix of cruising and fishing amenities.

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New Model: Grady-White Express 340

After 24 years and over 2,200 units sold Grady-White decided its time to replace its second longest standing model the Express 330, as at the 2025 Fort Lauderdale boat show it introduced the new Express 340.  Few boat builders can afford a model produced for so long, but Grady-White proves it is the exception to the rule considering also that its longest produced model the Marlin 300 has been made since 1989, with the North Carolina Grady-White having an average of models produced for about ten years.  The Express Cabin series of cruising fisherman able boats actually debuted in 2001 with the Express 330, with this new Express 340 being the fifth model of the line excluding the two updated versions of the 330 which arrived in 2008 and 2015.  Based on the same hull of the outgoing 330 the Express 340 comes out as a more luxurious offer to its long standing replacement; sportier hard-top, more luxurious amenities, and power increase for up to triple 350hp outboards.  A layout difference in the cockpit is the helm station now positioned to starboard versus the central of its predecessor, and with this we have an L-shaped lounge settee with mini dinette to port.  An aft facing mezzanine settee has also been added to port side, while the aft patio door has been removed for a larger fish box, with the boat now served with two port and starboard side doors.  Inside the layout has also been modified and now features a larger forward Vee-shaped dinette which transforms to large double berth, a galley on entry to port, a shower head to starboard and a more open second double berth at midships.  The Grady-White Express 340 is standard powered by twin Yamaha 450hp which give speeds up to 45 knots, with triple Yamaha 350hp giving an extra four knots of top speed.

Technical Data:

LOA - 10.21 m (33.6ft) ex outboards

Beam - 3.53 m

Draft - 0.67 m ex outboards

Displacement - 5838 kg ex engines, 7935 kg half load and with twin Yamaha 450hp

Fuel Capacity - 1287 l

Water Capacity - 170 l

Accommodation - four berths

Engines - 2 x Yamaha XTO Offshore 450hp, 3 x Yamaha Four Stroke 350hp

Propulsion - Yamaha twin or triple outboards

Speed - 45 knots max 25 cruise 2x450hp, 49 knots max 26 cruise 3x350hp

Hull Shape - SeaV2 progression deep Vee with twenty degrees deadrise aft

Certification - CE available

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competitor = Pursuit OS 355 Offshore