CARB Meeting

Jim HardinGrady-White Boats

Greenville, NCApril 12, 2006

Grady-White Boats

• Independently Owned Boat Manufacturer• Founded in 1958

• Build about 2000 Boats per Year• 19 Models from 18’ to 36’• 100% Outboard Powered

• We Use 22 Different Gasoline Tanks• Field Testing of Carbon Canisters Last Year

in Two Grady-Whites

2002 – 2005 California Boat Registration Records• Inboard, Outboards, and

Inboard/Outdrives Only• 18’ – 34’ Size Range Included

• 50,426 Boats Registered299 Manufacturers

• ‘Top’ 50 Boat Manufacturers Built 44,224 (87.7%) of the Total

North Carolina Boat Manufacturers

• 689 (1.4%) of 50,426 Boats were Manufactured in North Carolina

• 16 Manufacturers Built these 689 Boats• North Carolina has 109 Boat Builders

Statewide• Six Manufacturers Built 95% of the above

689 Boats• One Manufacturer Built 429 of these Boats

Grady-White Boats in California

• Grady-White Sold 140 Boats in California (2002-2005)

• Grady-White has 19 Models• Grady-White Uses 22 Different Fuel Tanks

– Two Plastic Tanks in Three Boat Models– 20 Alum Tanks in the Remaining 16 Models• All Tanks are Installed Completely

“Enclosed”

Large Tanks

Concern- Size and Location of Carbon Canisters for Larger Capacity Tanks (93 to 170 Gallons)

36’ Tank Area (Twin 190 Gallon Tanks)

Bulkheads and stringers are Foam Cored and Surround

Tanks

Tanks are Inherently Insulated

Tanks Located here

Poly Tanks Used in 18’ and 20’ Models

Grady-White Uses Two Sizes of Poly Tanks

(60 and 82 Gallon)

Smaller Models

60 Gallon Poly Tank Installed in an 18’ Center Console

Please Note the

Floatation Foam that Insulates the Tank

Area

Completed Installation

Major Concerns with New Plastic Tank

Materials:• High Cost

• Unproven Technologies

Tank Located in this Area Under the

Cockpit Floor

Reduction of Diurnal Temperature Range

• Built-In Insulation and Enclosed Space• Most Larger Boats are Stored In-Water• Water Temperature has Less Daily

Variation than Air Temperature• Even Trailerable Boats with Installed and

Enclosed Tanks Experience a Reduced Range in Diurnal Temperature Swings