What's it Worth? Pristine 1998 Grady White 208!

[@DonFarmer-hq5sw]

My friend just sold his for 22k . Damn fine boat well kept up 😊

[@kristikinkel8803]

Just watched skinners last video of his package trip on your boat. Hunter was on fire .. great trip. My brother got his personal best 8.1lb on the helen H july 27th - 28th 2 day trip this summer. Delicious! ... My brother tom has been a fan of you for years, we are from Cape May. He fishes with Capt. Tom Daffin sometimes. He does the fishing, i am the cook. Haha! Cheers John!

[@jiggingjerks]

Love Tom Daffin! Only fished with him once but great Captain and a really funny guy

[@maryellenbilenki6038]

My. Favorite boat! I’m 90 minutes from Chesapeake. And 3 hrs from the ocean. I agree $20,000 is reasonable. Have fun on the farm!

[@dannyv2335]

Just looked at comps and $20k is comparable to other models with 2 strokes. His wife was spot on

[@BettyPhilaNJ]

Beautiful boat , motor

[@DaveBrown-t7w]

Great Outboard

[@fishwhistler758]

Thats my boat, i fish buzzards bay and vineyard sound. Repowered with E tec 175 in 2016. Love my old grady.

[@bryan84067]

Just paid $14.7k on a super clean 94 Escape 209. Has the HPDI Yamaha with 340 hours on it but the trailer is ~2005 and I don't have the hard top or RADAR. Give or take $20k is the right ballpark.

[@hineserout7379]

Would say 13-14 k. Older grady pre greenwood xl construction. Older motor. It’s in good shape.

[@stephenleone2375]

I think that with a Grady White like this, you're going to be more than happy with the ride, lay out, and fishing amenities. As far as the price, you can always come down, but you can't go up. If you can reassure the next owner on how well you've maintained your engine / boat, it's going to go a long way with not only selling the boat but keeping the price higher. When pricing anything, you have to be realistic to the other boats for sale on the market, as well as the demand for it. As a yute (sorry youth), my father and I went looking and shopping for a number of used Boston Whalers back in the day, whose owners weren't realistic to the condition of the boat that they were selling vs. the price they wanted and expected, to which my father would proclaim, "If you think that you've got gold, then you're going to live with it". Being a buyer of a used boat, you want to have confidence that the prior owner knew how to maintain a boat. Anyone can just use up the life of it and then decide to pass the list of growing problems onto another owner from years of neglect. Our family has personally had two prior boat owners try to pass a bad engine off onto the next owner, in fact the one boat that we were looking at had such a pristine engine, yet it blew on the test drive. I'm sure that's not the case with this boat, but when an owner can speak to properly maintaining a boat and back it up with receipts, it eases one's mind and that's key in my book. I don't think that $20k is unreasonable considering the make & model of the boat, along with the Yamaha outboard brand, number of hours, and the low mileage trailer. I wish him good luck on the sale of his boat and new life endeavor!

[@seaox2109]

Beautiful boat!

[@Domvav1215]

Indiana !!! Heck of a switch up !

[@bostonbeanman6173]

This is a 209, not a 208. The 208 is the same hull but in a walk around format. A well kept Grady will always hold its value. WOW, Bob sounds just like John!

[@jiggingjerks]

Yes, clarified it in the description, unfortunately had already recorded saying 208. They sound so much alike...l.

[@bostonbeanman6173]

@@jiggingjerks Sorry, I did not see that. This stood out for me as I wanted a 208 for years and ended up with a 180 (center console). Recently sold that and now looking for a 209, but a 2011-2017 (discontinued in 2018). Good luck with the sale! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHyYo5hnbrZpjdE

[@briandarling7276]

I have a 1995 208 walk around, same hull as this 209 and I couldn’t agree more. It’s a mini tank and does all the things better than any other 20’ boat I have been on

[@Fluke17]

I have a 1990 Grady white overnighter with a 150 2 stroke I have fished next to halk a time or two in mtk. Boat is a tank Gotta check out his video to see for yourself!

[@TroyFairweather]

Man a boat this size and setup would be perfect for me, sucks being broke and living 75 miles from the salt doesn't help.

[@mulletoutdooradventures6286]

I just bought a 1998 hydra sport with a 175 2 stroke that runs perfect. Boat is pristine and had titles for boat and trailer for 5k. It's a 98 and a 2 stroke. None of anything else matters. No more then 10 and that's a stretch. It's not what you want it to be worth. You'll never sell it at 20. Maybe if it was a new ish 4 stroke you'd get 20

[@jiggingjerks]

I still can't believe you got rid of the StarCraft :)

[@mulletoutdooradventures6286]

@@jiggingjerks she's still in the yard 😆. I just can't do it

[@stevenpendergast2932]

$20k a bit high, probably 15-17k. Boats this old are impossible to get a loan for, so cash buyers have power to negotiate. New buyer can put $5k in new electronics and have a great rig for inshore fishing

[@johnm5714]

Around $18K seems fair for it--the boat next to it is the 208 around the same vintage.They had Poly gas tanks --maybe be the same in this?

[@georgeniebergall7074]

20,000 was exactly what I thought. I think it’s worth it.

[@georgeniebergall7074]

20,000 was exactly what I thought. I think it’s worth it. I wonder if you can get the boat slip included with the boat

[@jiggingjerks]

I’m sure that’s doable. Marina would be losing him as a tenant either way

[@dubyamiyami]

Pristine or not, motor is old and its gas tank probably doesn't have much life left in it (26 years longer than average life span)

[@christopherreilly4303]

That OX66 is Bulletproof and very powerful. They're easy to work on too. With 500 hours it's barely broken in.

[@denialphasebitcoin5639]

1998 they used green board "wood", Grady White went composite 2016. Composite and 4 stroke , way to go you will not go back to wood and 2 stroke. Imo

[@kentp6795]

Well said

[@kentp6795]

OX66 is a 2 stroke and deal killer

[@VeritasSaints84]

$20k??? for a 20'cc with a almost 30 yr old 2stroke?...crazy. Recently saw a well kept 1996 22' Seafarer with a 2008 Yami F225 (350 hours) with an asking price of $15k

[@wattsup4800]

I also think the boat market is down currently.

[@jpl6366]

It's a 26 year old boat, 26 year old motor in salt water. Grady's are good boats, but he's asking Whaler money.

[@tommyo8068]

18.000 would be fair price on both sides.

[@jpn5525]

15,000

[@mrfofff]

seems fair, right?

[@slange455]

Don’t say that guy owns 3 boats? Ok good different guy

[@jiggingjerks]

Hahaha, different guy

[@FinsFurNRacing]

I think that’s a 209 Escape.

[@jiggingjerks]

It is. Clarified it in the description.

[@FinsFurNRacing]

@@jiggingjerksI have one. Great boat. Perfect all around fishing machine.

[@FinsFurNRacing]

@@jiggingjerksplus, since it came with a two stroke, I’d imagine he has the 82 gallon tank? So whoever buys it and upgrades to a four stroke should have about 240 to 320 miles of range. I have a Suzuki 200hp and can get 3.5 or so MPG at 30 MPH.

[@JOELSR75]

​@@FinsFurNRacing I also have a 2000 209 Escape in South Florida with original 200Hp OX66 around 350 hours on it. No issues at all with motor but thinking to upgrade to a new zuki 200 hp. You do think is worth the investment??

[@wireless1235]

The wife and kids won't use a porta potty exposed like that. Maybe my friends and I would.

[@jiggingjerks]

You can generally drive away from other boats for privacy but understand your point

[@christopherrichard1525]

Kids might be tough, but have you thought about a new wife? 🤣

[@cheapme1850]

@@christopherrichard1525Then the old wife will end up owning that boat! Much cheaper to find a boat with an enclosed head and stick with older wife.

[@richardjohnson33755]

Only thing is it’s carb engine not fuel injected. If it was ox66 would be 20 all day. As sits 15-18k

[@jiggingjerks]

Yup, this is carbed

[@patmcdermott8547]

My confusion is why he always fishes in John's boat and they don't go out on this one?

[@jiggingjerks]

@@patmcdermott8547 location! This boat is miles away from where John gets the stripers and sea bass

[@stans1058]

JD Powers estermates just the boat and motor at $12k

[@SneakyPeteNJ]

15K. 15.5k with the Skinner pkg

[@jiggingjerks]

Ha! Laughed really hard at the Skinner package line :)

[@erniemcclaskey8025]

20k with the trailer for sure...

[@JohnRusatsky]

Old engine , tank?

[@jiggingjerks]

@@JohnRusatsky yes original

[@summertop511]

8-10k. 26 year old motor and boat.

[@chrisv3968]

The north fork is changing and its sad. The farm land is being sold, corporations are adding hotels and the reason we come to the nofo is for quiet country living. Sadly not for long

[@jiggingjerks]

Definitely getting more crowded but still a ton of farmland and vineyards and any developments I believe need to be broken out in 2 acre lots. Southold Town and the Peconic Land Trust have been great too about buying and preserving land. I'm very lucky that the lot of land bordering my home was bought by Southold about 30 years ago and will (hopefully) remain preserved woodlands for generations to come

[@davidmccarty6445]

12-13k

[@wjstewdog]

I paid 27 for a similar 2014 Carolina skiff 21 ft with trailer and 2 stoke 115

[@richardjohnson33755]

You got taken on that deal

[@robertgerber2533]

I don’t know what it’s worth but I bet he gets back at least half of what he paid for it

[@wattsup4800]

8-12. Those 2 strokes not desirable. Grady is known for needing gas tanks too

[@richardjohnson33755]

18k

[@christopherrichard1525]

$20k is a fair starting point.

[@duffmeister6480]

I haven’t heard the price yet but I say$25k, I’m partial to Grady’s love my 180.

[@duffmeister6480]

$20k is a great deal, his brother should buy it and get rid of that dangerous tin boat !