1997 grady white tigercat f26 2nd owner 350 hours phenomenal condition

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Up for sale is a mint condition 1997 Grady White Tigercat, we are the second owners of this boat original owner bought boat in his late fifties and sold it to us. Boat has 345 original hours and will climb as I use it here and there. Boat was a fresh water boat for the majority of its life and was kept in a boat house made specifically for this size boat out of the water in lake whales FL. Boat is in phenomenal condition and we honestly do not want to sell however we just don't use it nearly as much as we anticipated. I have every single brochure from the factory including the original owners manual including the factory Grady white bag that carries every booklet on boat. This boat got a lot of mixed reviews online prior to us buying but I will tell you this, none of our friends boats can handle rough seas like this cat including our friends twin engine contender, it handles 4-6 ft seas with slop like butter, we have 2 small children and feel VERY secure leaving the inlet in this boat. We got caught 9 miles out 3 months ago and it got nasty and we had our children, we zipped up the console put the windshield wipers on and plowed through 5 footers like butter we were never worried for a moment. If you've never owned a cat like we hadn't we couldn't be live how this boat handled at 35-40 mph it's a phenomenal ride in rough seas. It's powered by twin saltwater series Yamaha 150's that look like they're a year old they get 23 GPH at 37MPH and show no signs of wear, carbs were cleaned impellers were done spark plugs were changed and thermostats were replaced along with lower unit oil 4 months ago. You'd have to see boat in person to appreciate the condition. Below I'll list the options the boat has so that you have an idea what your bidding on. Boat must go we just took delivery of our new boat and dont have the room for both or need the second boat
We would be interested in tradding for a 2012 or newer F150 or F250 4x4
Options on boat, boat is 28ft in total length
- garmin touch screen fish Finder/gps/chart plotter/ engine management-fresh water wash down, sink inside hand wash on deck-saltwater wash down on deck-night time 2 million candle power beam moves with joystick-porta potty with manual flush and mirror- 40 gallon live well that works excellent-50 gallon insulated ice chest for fish caught- basic factory radio with jvc head unit and 4 speakers-electric anchor assist the reels anchor up with motor-vhf radio-cabin sleeps 4 but we've slept 3 comfortably-tons of storage for lures and gear with air assisted gas shocks on latches-both motors have built in fresh water washdown-rear deck lights that light up the whole deck with courtesy lights-4 newer marine interstate deep cycle batteries

I'm probably missing several things but I will update when I remember, we encourage you to bring any mechanic or surveyor if you are serious, we are extremely comfident in the boat and its condition will exceed your expectations. We have never topped boat out but we run here at 4900 RPM which is roughly almost 40 mph, if you have any questions please feel free to shoot questions our way, we are in no rush to sell and will not give this boat away, it took us almost a year to find this gem, as said before boat is in phenomenal condition. We will end auction and have the right to for the right $$

On Jan-31-16 at 07:58:19 PST, seller added the following information:

Had many questions about the condition of boat and how it rides, please keep this in mind, this is a Grady White not a seapro,seafox, proline worldcat etc, grady white builds stellar boats just take a look at theyre price tags new and customer reviews. We had a 28ft hydrasport vector prior and there is no comparison in the ride with rough seas, our hydrasport could not keep up with the tigercat unless you wanted to get really banged up. In terms of the condition this boat looks like its a couple years old, keep in mind majority of its life was in fresh water under a boat house which has alot to do with its current condition. With a buff and wax the boat would look incredible, it doesnt really need it but if you want perfection than I would recommend it. Boat just got $4500 in JL Audio sepeakers and amplifiers

On Feb-01-16 at 14:43:52 PST, seller added the following information:

On Aug-05-16 at 05:32:57 PDT, seller added the following information: