New Big Grady-White arrives

Australia’s Grady-White dealer Game & Leisure Boats, has welcomed the arrival of the very first Grady-White 376 Canyon into Australia. Game & Leisure Boats says that the flagship of the fleet is ideally suited to Australian boating conditions and is designed to please fishermen and families alike.

Grady-White says the new boat offers unmatched fishing function and the 360-degree access of traditional center consoles, and also a big beamed, roomy console interior with the features, amenities and creature comforts you might expect in a cabin style, family oriented boat.

“The hard enclosure around the three seats at the helm area on the Canyon 376 provides a whole new level of protection from the elements, a real evolution in center console,” says Chris Jones, Game & Leisure Boats Sales Manager. “When you see the Canyon 376, expect to encounter a boat unlike anything you’ve seen before from Grady-White or anyone else. Here’s a center console that offers all the comfort of a ‘family fun’ cabin boat without sacrificing one iota of fishing function. No production boat builder in the world builds a bigger better quality centre console boat of this size.”

“Like any captain does, let’s start with the helm area,” said David Neese, Grady-White vice president of engineering. “The helm seat is on the centerline instead of situated to port so passengers and crew can easily come and go on either side, making this a better fishing boat. The big tinted windshield has a super quality windshield wiper and is safety glass, not Plexiglas. The protection is incomparable, and the visibility is great. The sturdy stainless wheel really fits your hands and the boat handles like a dream. Controls for everything are at your fingertips. For example, raising and lowering the anchor is controlled from the helm or from the windlass area.

The electrically-operated electronics enclosure is adjustable to suit any helmsman’s viewing height, or weather conditions and time of day. Complete protection is provided for electronics when the enclosure is lowered. Plus, the sleek T-top enclosure offers a nice big ventilation hatch, a mammoth radio box, radial mounted outriggers, dome lighting, molded-in sound system speakers plus molded-in spreader lights fore and aft.”

There is an option for air conditioning in the helm area and console interior, powered by a diesel generator.

Step down the cherry steps leading inside the lockable console and you’ll quickly see other reasons why Grady-White calls this boat a new kind of center console, great for both family and fishing. The console’s cabin-like interior not only features a roomy stand-up shower area including a “hidden” head with standard VacuFlush loo, but also a galley with Corian countertops and nice deep stainless sink plus a stainless-steel refrigerator. A nearby area converts to a freshwater shower with just a pull of a heavy-duty shower curtain, and includes a cherry seat to sit down on to scrub off. An optional microwave oven heats food and beverages.

There is a berth with plenty of room for two that extends forward, with storage along the side. A tinted rounded skylight and the additional new-style side window make the area airy and open feeling.

There is an enormous amount of deep bulk storage in the console. Roomy drawers
and net storage keep items easy to locate. There is a stand-up rack for five rods with flip up cherry rod holders, and more than enough room to lock up and store many more.

The helm seating support structure includes a bait station. Aft of the helm and companion seating is a roomy lit live-well, equipped with pump and full column aeration–a proven system for lively bait. The area also incorporates a rigging station with freshwater wash-down, a cooler, tackle drawers, plenty of rod holders, and more than enough bulk storage to accommodate any change of gear.

With Grady-White’s patented aft fold away bench seat in the stowed position, the
Canyon 376 aft cockpit is huge. There are six rod holders on the gunwale, and six rod holders on the lean bar so tackle is always ready to go. Add two freshwater outlets, a cutting board atop the aft fish box, a pressurised raw-water wash-down, and the big fiberglass transom door, and you will see that the aft cockpit is a bait rigger’s delight.

Forward, the bow area features two large insulated fish boxes, port and starboard, that double as seating.

The new Canyon 376 is being offered at a special introductory price of $499,000 and is available for at Game & Leisure Boats Gold Coast Dealership. For more information go to: www.gandlb.com.au.