Our Boat
Welcome aboard our Grady White Express 265
The Grady White Express is the perfect vessel for you and your family to comfortably and safely explore the waters here on Vancouver Island’s intercostal islands and waterways. With attention paid to passanger comfort and room, the Grady White has become a ‘top of the list’ option for many boat owners and the envy for others.
At 8.5m (26.5f) in length and with a 2.9m (9.7f) beam, the 265 Express offers an extremely roomy cockpit to seat 6 guests comfortably. Offering 3 seats port and 3 seats starboard of the center helm station, it keeps everyone covered and protected from the elements in comfort. Stepping down into the forward cabin there is a private washroom and toilet for those in need and ample storage for that valuable camera equipment whilst underway.
The rear deck offers plenty of room to take those award-winning photos whilst whale watching, salmon fishing, crab collecting or just sitting back to enjoy the scenery touring Desolation Sound and the Discovery Islands.
The 2018 season sees us powered with the worlds most advanced, enviromentally and ecco friendly outboard engines on the market today. With the revolutionary direct injection system, the evinrude E-TEC G2 is 100% global compliant, and the E-TEC technology was the first to win the EPA clean air excellence award.
The Grady White Express 265 was built to offshore fish in comfort and is equipped with electric Scotty down riggers to give our professional fishing gear every chance to hook into one of our 5 species of wild Salmon.
Our boat beautifully maintained and presented, fully insured, commercially registered and meets all the safety standards set by Transport Canada. Safety is our number one priority insuring all our required licenses and 1st aid training is current and our safety equipment is regularly replaced with new. All the life jackets, flares, fire extinguishers and first aid kits comply with Transport Canada giving you total peace of mind.
I would expect nothing less for my beautiful wife and 2 young girls on the water, so why shouldn’t you!