Grady White Boats

Glen Grady and Don White began building recreational fishing boats in Greenville, NC, in 1958. These original Grady-Whites were handcrafted in the Carolina tradition with wide beams, flared bows, and wooden lapstrake hulls. They earned a reputation for exceptional seaworthiness in those pre-electronics days when coastal fishermen found fish with a compass and needed safe, dependable performance in the roughest of conditions.
The Smith family purchased Grady-White Boats in 1968, and finished the conversion to building boats with longlasting fiberglass. Chairman and CEO Eddie Smith, Jr., has provided continuous leadership since that time. Over the years, we’ve pioneered many innovations that keep us at the leading edge of sportfishing engineering. In 1975, we introduced the walkaround cabin design offering easy access forward for fishing and anchoring plus the protection of a cabin and full windshield. Today we make walkarounds from 20’ to 30’. In 1981, the 9’6”-beam Sailfish 25 heralded the trend toward big, beamy outboard powered boats. And in 1989, we broke the 30-foot barrier with the Marlin 300. The 1990s unveiled our “secret weapon” hull technology, the SeaV2 series designed exclusively for us by C. Raymond Hunt Associates. Today, our roomy center consoles favorites of serious sportfishermen range from the tough Sportsman 180 to the awesome Bimini 306.

Grady White Boats
5121 Greenville Blvd NE
Greenville, NC 27835-1527
Phone: (252) 752-2111
Fax: (252) 830-8462