I agree with Leeroy. Grady's are a very strong boat. I fished the gulfstream on my father's 25 sailfish for lots of years(60-80 miles each way). Good hull and not too wet. I have never fished a 24. Bottom seems a little different from the 25 but I'm pretty sure it's just as tough and smooth.

Sailboat, what kind of bracket situation would cause you to lose 40% of your reverse thrust? Sounds to me like the shafts were too short. I can understand the center of balance and point of entry problems. As most older boats with full transoms were built for I/O's and the weight distribution is blown all to hell when you bolt on a bracket. ???