Diesel center console - The Hull Truth

joecatdiesel · 09-18-2007, 11:35 PM

I want to get out of my Pursuit 2470 with outboards for a diesel center console. I don't see many options out there. Does anyone have any suggestions. I usually buy used boats three or four years old. I am hoping to find a boat 26' to 30' long.

Drifter · 09-18-2007, 11:42 PM

Click on the link below for a 3-page thread from earlier this year:

Diesel center console?

redneck7 · 09-18-2007, 11:44 PM

see above...my post would just double what was already said.

Southern Fried · 09-18-2007, 11:45 PM

SeaVee

M.E.K. · 09-18-2007, 11:57 PM

I dreamt about a single b series cummins powered 32 Cary with a pocketed straight shaft for YEARS. Wide beam, engine under floor (yes it fits), center console, shallow draft with bow thruster. I got as far as designing the pocket, running gear and stringer system then got bored.

YELLOWSHARK · 09-19-2007, 09:38 AM

dont get one,, youll catch too many fish and leave nothin for the OB guys!

Canyon trips out of OC md 130 miles round trip for $120.. bucks,, now i can afford to fish offshore!!

rich lattanzi · 09-19-2007, 09:45 AM

My neighboor has a albemarle 24cc with diesel, nice rig, not sure if they offer a larger model tho

AlexisMarie · 09-19-2007, 10:00 AM

Mirage has an aweseme diesel center console that gets up to 5miles per gallon and over 50 MPH.

TopShelf · 09-19-2007, 10:08 AM

I currently have a 27 tides with a single 370 yanmar. It is an awesome boat. You can see it in the for say area. You will not be able to find a better built, better looking single diesel center console type boat out there.

Carla Dee · 09-19-2007, 10:18 AM

strike 29. there are a couple for sale on yachtworld. i'm considering one myself.

micky · 09-19-2007, 01:04 PM

Shamrock 27

BarryD · 09-19-2007, 01:55 PM

DUSKY has a 33' on their site.

tashmoo1 · 09-19-2007, 02:04 PM

Bought a 29' Strike w/twin 330 Cummins last Fall and its met our expectations - great ride and low fuel burn.

Blue Fin makes a 27' diesel center console that is made very well. They have a nice web site that shows all of their boats.

Good Luck

liz · 09-19-2007, 02:07 PM

There is an interesting writeup on a 34cc outboard and diesel Spectre in Motorboating magazine recently. I know nothing about these boats but the fuel saved on the diesel was astounding and top-end speed was the same. They also noted the twin diesels were quieter at speed than the triple O/B's. Again I know nothing of this boat brand but it at least was eye-opening to me.

Nuke · 09-19-2007, 02:11 PM

there is a restored 20' bert on THT Boats for sale with a turbo d power. great looking boat

mytime · 09-19-2007, 02:16 PM

Liz,
I saw the same article on the 34' Spectre CC. Much better mileage with the twin Diesels and top end of 60 MPH. Supposedly this is the only diesel boat running on the SKA circuit. Seemed interesting.

WEAKFISH · 09-19-2007, 02:28 PM

http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listi...ck&searchtype=

http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listi...ck&searchtype=

These are intriguing...

bewitched · 09-19-2007, 02:29 PM

This is a Chesapeake Bay builder that's building a 26' straight inboard diesel. They're planning to show it for the first time at the Miami show this winter.
They're planning to show it as an express, but it was originally (and still can be) intended to be a CC.

www.compositeyacht.biz

JoeyM · 09-19-2007, 02:34 PM

a little big, but the 34' Sea Vee in the for sale section sounds nice.

http://www.thehulltruth.com/forums/t...ighlightmode=1

doradosteve · 09-19-2007, 02:52 PM

That Northcoast seems like it has way too much freeboard.

Not from the builder "Northcoast" of the 1990's