hwbjr

Looking for KC for information on the positives and negatives of the 3070 by Pursuit. Brian at IMC highly reccomends I seek your input. Anyone that might have input regarding my deciding between the Boston Whaler 305with twin 275 Verados or the 3070 prusuit Offshore with twin Yamaha 250's. I have heard that the 3070 is wet. I am a curent Whaler Conquest 255 Cowner and they are very dry.

Elusive

Here is a thread in which both KC & PSW (owns the Pursuit) participated. If you don't get a response in your thread try a PM.


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

You might indicate your intended use of the boat (cruising, fishing, etc) and any other considerations that may be pertinent (i.e. # of berths required) when seeking a comparison.

One other thing to keep in mind:



Good luck. Both great boats

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hwbjr

I intend to use the boat for offshore fishing off of Vancouver Island BC. I also would like to cruise as opposed to trailer from Edmonds, Wa.

PSW

hwbjr,

Hi this is Casey aka PSW. Use the search function on this forum as it is very good and contains invaluable information from across the country. Do some Grady vs Pursuit searches as that is a more common comparison of the boats. The 3070 is not wet in my opinion. The Pursuit is a great fishing boat and ours is rigged very well. We had a great trip to the West side of Vancouver Island last year and plan on doing atleast 2 or 3 there this year. We just finished an inverter install that will make the trips even that much better. In my opinion from looking at the 2 boats the Pursuit has a much nicer fit and finish and is just a better fishing boat with great storage (mid ship) and is well thought out. The Whaler is more family friendly and the wife will love the mid berth and galley, unless she really looks closely at the differences in fit and finish. I could go on for quite a while but other than opinion it is hard to tell which is really the better fish boat. Maybe this year we will see one out at Laporuse Bank and will be able to see how they ride together. I gave a guy in the same boat as you the 2 hour boat tour and he was looking at a 305 and he ended up getting the 305 and here is what I could take from his reasoning. He like the fact that the whaler was ready for delivery and he could get the tax break in current year as the Pursuit was a factory order and he like the mid berth for the Kiddies. He was sure the Pursuit had better fit and finish and he just felt this was his first boat so he would not notice many of the things an experienced boater would in the differences. I think this is a rather fair and honest opinion. The boat are pretty much the same dough so it comes down to the kiddie factor and what you want. The Pursuit is awesome and in my opinion of course a much better built boat with great lines. The whaler is a fridge with a bunch of compartments. Just my opinion and I even own a whaler (Montauk) and love the classics. We launch out of Everett and keep the boat near Highway 2 Lake Stevens/ Marysville area. If you would like to see the boat it would be no problem. It is stored in a nice heated garage on a trailer. There is also my dad's 1979 Tiara Pursuit that if you are an experienced boat guy will really show you how well Pursuit's age. The boat is cherry. Let me know.

PSW

hwbjr,

I was just joking about the fridge comment. I forgot to mention that one of the biggest pro's about the outboard 3070 is the performance. When thinking about the Vancouver Island trips there can be some long stretches of water on the way back that when the water is decent allow for a fast time home. We cruised at 40mph for a good chunk of our run home last year at 1.4mpg and we were loaded up. The motors love that speed. Our avg cruise is the low to mid 30's getting 1.6 mpg. I remembered the Whaler being a bit slower and I know those Verado's get thirsty at high rpm. The whaler site has the 250's getting only 0.92 mpg at the 40mph mark. The best was at 26.4mph with 1.35mpg. The 275's will only be slightly different and on a long Nootka trip you will really feel that. Also when fishing it is only 2-3 guys so we don't need the mid berth at all it is just a space for clothes and we load up the hydraulic storage in the boats mid section with all sorts of fishing gear. Really a fishing option. When cruising I keep a yamaha 8 horse down there with a bunch of other stuff. Just a few things I thought about after my original email.

Also IMC just took on trade a 3070 that was the hull after hours. It is rigged 95% the same as our boat (cheaters, I could not believe it when I saw the boat). Anyhow that might be a rig worth looking at. The owners just took delivery of a 3370. . That's all, let me know if you have any questions and I do realize that I am rather biased.