Pilothouse Boats

[talquin]

Wefings Marine at Eastpoint, Florida has an interesting website for those down south looking at pilot house boats.

www.pilothouseboats.net
I don't know these people but I plan to take a look at them soon!
GoDawgs ---- Just north of Tallahassee

[solarfry]

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[Siv]

Nearly all those brands are from the Seattle area and C Dory - Tom Cat - Skagit Orca ( All the same company ) and Ranger used to be built about a mile apart..( C Dory has moved a few miles away to bigger quarters). I have a good friend who took one of the small Ranger tugs all the way from Seattle to Alsaska up the Inside Passage..

I own one of the pilothouse brands they do not sell..a Seasport , also made in Washington.

[rbhankins001]

I used to charter a C-Dory in Alaska, good boat but rode like dog poo-poo in the slightest chop, and was squirrelly coming down the face of a big swell when it started to surf (scare-eeee). The tomcats look great but I haven't rode one of those. I know a lodge that used to exclusively run C-Dory's that now runs exclusively Tomcats. They are WIDE. Also, a C-dory gets by with very little power (relatively speaking) and has a huge fish box. I could barely fill it with 700 lbs of halibut. Seasport is fairly popular also. Seems most guys up there are going aluminum these days FWIW.

i had a C-Hawk 26 in Venice and had to sell it because of the pounding - you need a skateboard helmet and a good chiropractor!

Pilot house is not the boat for down south IMHO.

-Rob

[skypoke]

Okay, not to start a flame war here but I'm about as far south as you can go in the US, own a pilothouse style boat, and find it exceptionally comfortable in the summer. It is far, far cooler inside the house (it's well insulated with reflective backed foam) than any of the numerous cc boats I've owned. Now in my mid 50's, I no longer find merit in soaking up excess rays. I also appreciate a lockable boat, dry shaded electronics, a quiet refuge from engine noise on long runs and if it ever gets to where I consider it uncomfortable I'll hook up with a small Honda genset and ac unit. One thing though...you better have a good riding hull or that forward helm position will hurt ya.

What you see everyone else running may not be the result of evolutionary experience. It could be that a center console boat is a whole lot cheaper to build than a pilothouse.

Chuck

[rbhankins001]

skypoke - 1/4/2008 10:35 PM

One thing though...you better have a good riding hull or that forward helm position will hurt ya.

Chuck

I hear you, brother. Note my comments about the C-Hawk (I had the deeper v model).

My charter boat in Alaska is a pilot house (and rides like a Cadillac), nothing against that design.

I wouldn't even consider one without a/c down south.

Just my $0.02

-Rob

[talquin]

I forgot to add: I'll bet the *Rosborough Boats* line from Nova Scotia is quite a boat. The 246 wheelhouse and the 246 sedan cruiser may not be fishing boats but I'll bet you anything I could teach them how to fish! If a boat company in Halifax, Nova Scotia built a bad boat they would be ran out of Canada for sure. I know because I once lived in Canada.
GoDawgs - just north of Tallahassee