GRADY-WHITE 330 Hardtop
New Hardtop and Yamaha V6s
Make A Good Boat Even Better
EXACTLY A YEAR AGO, we reviewed
the Grady-White 330 Express equipped
with a pair of the new Yamaha F350, 350
hp V8 four-stroke outboards. It was a
great boat with stellar performance, but
the windshield and hardtop arrangement
was not as weather-tight as an enclosed
hardtop would be.
One of Grady-White’s dealers is
Capstan Marine in Richmond, BC and
owner Robert Brown had a customer who
was an experienced west coast yachtsman,
a Grady-White fan and also a keen saltwater fisherman. He wanted the improved
visibility and all-weather “fishability” that
an enclosed hardtop could deliver…but
Grady-White didn’t have an enclosed
hardtop version of the 330.
A lot of time, effort, creativity and
cooperation went back and forth and
boom – meet the Grady-White 330 with
enclosed hardtop!
To be clear, Grady-White is not a
By Andy Adams
TEST BOAT ENGINES
Twin Yamaha F300A, 300 horsepower 4.2
L / 254.4 ci, four-stroke V6 outboards
with dual overhead cams, 24 valves and
variable camshaft timing, sequential
multi-port electronic fuel injection and
with stainless steel propellers.prop sets.
ENGINE (RPM)
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4200
4500
5000
5500
6000
SPEED (MPH)
7. 7
9.0
9. 6
10. 3
16. 4
29. 9*
32.9
37.1
41.0
44. 6
*Cruising speed
Performance Data Supplied by
Grady White Boats
build-to-order boat company, but a significant dealer, with a keen customer and
a logical and rational request, got the
designers at Grady-White going. They
have Canadian dealers whose customers
go out in the cold, fog and rain. Plus, we
all wish the season was longer! Adding
an enclosed hardtop was a natural for BC
and it’s just as well suited to extending
comfortable cruising in Georgian Bay, the
St. Lawrence and the Maritimes.
The Grady-White 330 Hardtop is a
great choice for families and couples
keen on long trips because of the speed
and fuel economy. It also represents a
great choice for a downtown condo-boater who wants to get places fast, a
couple who want to do the Great Loop,
or even a cottage family with a big group
to transport.
Our test boat this year had the twin
Yamaha F300A, 300 hp V6 four-stroke
outboards. Last year’s test boat had the
