BORN TO RUN
The SeaV2 hull design on the 191 CE will tame just about any afternoon chop you’ll encounter on open water and will do it in style. This is a good-looking Carolina girl with the typical raised sheer line and generous bow flare forward that tapers back aft with graceful curves. Standard power on this rig is Yamaha’s proven F150 four-stroke, which has been one of their most popular outboards since its introduction. It’s performance, reliability and durability in both single and twin configurations has truly been phenomenal, so it was a natural choice to power the Grady 191 CE. Spinning an 18-inch pitch Reliance 3-blade stainless steel prop, the 191 CE will hit 46.5 mph at wide open throttle, which depending on your load will be roughly 6,000 rpm. Optimum cruise occurs at 3,800 revs, where this Grady will hit 26.8 mph on the GPS at 6.1 gph, for a net of 4.43 mpg. If you need to connect to a hot bite on the other side of the bay, spooling it up to 4,500 revs will generate 33.8 mph at 8.8 gph, for 3.86 mpg. If the wind picks up and you need to throttle back a bit, dropping the rpms to 3,500 revolutions will produce 24.1 mph at only 5.3 gph, for a bottom line of 4.54 mpg. No matter what your speed in the preferred 3,500- 4,500-rpm cruising band, this Grady’s great fuel economy will take you a long way between fill-ups with its 52-gallon fuel tank. If you have a need for more speed, you can upgrade the powerplant to Yamaha’s new 2.8L F200, which will offer a top speed over 51 mph. [links]