Christian Carraway is in the cockpit of the Grady-White Canyon 386, a new model that’s been given center stage in the builder’s booth at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. Carraway introduces himself as the product designer, the person responsible for the look and feel of the boat. “We have smart people on staff who figure out how to make it work—engineers and naval architects, the ones who understand math,” he deadpans. “But we work together, with a lot of negotiation and compromise.” The results of that collaboration? A boat that rises to the celebrated and salty reputation Grady-White has maintained for 65 years.
The Canyon 386 has big Topsiders to fill. It replaces the builder’s 376, a fishing boat
