next boat size
10-10-2020, 10:45 AM
#1
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next boat size
When you sell your boat is it BECAUSE you want to go bigger?, Smaller. OR OUT OF BOATING/FISHING? AND!!! Do you trailer dry store at a marina or live on the water with a dock or a lift??
Last edited by 1NO REGRETS; 10-10-2020 at 11:08 AM.
10-10-2020, 11:04 AM
#3
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What I had.
What I have now.
Had a 23.5 walk around before I had the Fountain, Loved it. Hated the top speed. 33 mph. Dew to the hull design. Added 100 hp motor only got 3 mph more totally killed the fuel millage. When I sold it I really jumped up. But it didn't fit all my needs.
31 was Beautiful , fast, handled like a dream with that 8 foot beam but was a bear to get around under bridges like CBBT and local fishing. Had one ramp I could not use trailer would fall off trying to get it back on it. Ask me how I know. LOL
Even though the Fountain got awesome fuel millage for a boat that size 2.4 I'm getting 3 now with the 24 foot walk around and that 300 on the back. Top speed is all I need with the smaler boat. 52 mph. Pleanty big to go offshore with the fleet providing the weather is good and honestly how much fun it is in 5 to 6 foot waves unless your in a sports fishing boat. Yes you have to slow down some 24 won't ride like a 31 in rough water but my most fun is striper, bottom fishing and what I call inlet fishing which I've never posted about but the shit works.
Its my retirement boat. I have everything in that boat but the kitchen sink. Open array radar now can find birds, to everything the 36 to 40 foot monsters has on them but auto pilot. I hate auto pilot. If you can't drive the things whats the use of owning them. Pay for a charter you will save money in the long run anyway. LOL
Motorcycle weekend next weekend in the mountains after that i'm all striper fishing till its to cold to fish
which usually means Feb. Throw the camper on the dodge, hook that Striper boat behind it, who the hell knows where i'll end up I carry my motel on my back.Very glad I got to enjoy the Fountain but I learned I didn't need all that to enjoy doing what I like. Size only matter when its rough and can't everyone read a weather and offshore app?
You'll know I rebuild everything. New top all new electrioncs, repowered the 2 stroke with a 4 stroke 300 verado, tax tags everything turn key i have less than 26000 in that boat and its Just the way I like it. Fun, I can jump and run with that boat where the bigger boats take a lot more up keep time and money.
Last edited by liveaboard74; 10-10-2020 at 11:23 AM.
10-10-2020, 11:10 AM
#4
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Thread Starter
Originally Posted by liveaboard74
What I had.
What I have now.
Had a 23.5 walk around before I had the Fountain, Loved it. Hated the top speed. 33 mph. Dew to the hull design. Added 100 hp motor only got 3 mph more totally killed the fuel millage. When I sold it I really jumped up. But it didn't fit all my needs.
31 was Beautiful , fast, handled like a dream with that 8 foot beam but was a bear to get around under bridges like CBBT and local fishing. Had one ramp I could not use trailer would fall off trying to get it back on it. Ask me how I know. LOL
Even though the Fountain got awesome fuel millage for a boat that size 2.4 I'm getting 3 now with the 24 foot walk around and that 300 on the back. Top speed is all I need with the smaler boat. 52 mph. Pleanty big to go offshore with the fleet providing the weather is good and honestly how much fun it is in 5 to 6 foot waves unless your in a sports fishing boat. Yes you have to slow down some 24 won't ride like a 31 in rough water but my most fun is striper, bottom fishing and what I call inlet fishing which I've never posted about but the shit works.
Its my retirement boat. I have everything in that boat but the kitchen sink. Open array radar now can find birds, to everything the 36 to 40 foot monsters has on them but auto pilot. I hate auto pilot. If you can't drive the things whats the use of owning them. Pay for a charter you will save money in the long run anyway. LOL
Motorcycle weekend next weekend in the mountains after that i'm all striper fishing till its to cold to fish
which usually means Feb. Throw the camper on the dodge, hook that Striper boat behind it, who the hell knows where i'll end up I carry my motel on my back.Very glad I got to enjoy the Fountain but I learned I didn't need all that to enjoy doing what I like. Size only matter when its rough and can't everyone read a weather app? Rest my case.
10-10-2020, 11:25 AM
#5
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Originally Posted by 1NO REGRETS
I think you are living life correctly!
O ya.. Walkaround for that high dry ride. Its ain't the boat that catchs fish. Its the nut behind the wheel.
10-10-2020, 11:28 AM
#6
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Different boats are built for different purposes. As my intended use changed.....so did the type of boat I moved into.
26 cruiser (1994, first boat)
33 cruiser (slipped)
21 ski boat
27-30 ft cruisers (7 total, all repos bought to re-sell over a 5 year period)
31 cigarette boat
38 cigarette boat (98 mph)
21 CC....still own
40 ft "cruiser" with some speed (slipped) .....purchased 2018, still own
These are significantly different boats and I've gone up/down/up/down in size. All of them did exactly what I wanted them to do at the time I owned them.
26 cruiser (1994, first boat)
33 cruiser (slipped)
21 ski boat
27-30 ft cruisers (7 total, all repos bought to re-sell over a 5 year period)
31 cigarette boat
38 cigarette boat (98 mph)
21 CC....still own
40 ft "cruiser" with some speed (slipped) .....purchased 2018, still own
These are significantly different boats and I've gone up/down/up/down in size. All of them did exactly what I wanted them to do at the time I owned them.
10-10-2020, 11:33 AM
#7
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Thread Starter
Originally Posted by t500hps
Different boats are built for different purposes. As my intended use changed.....so did the type of boat I moved into.
26 cruiser (1994, first boat)
33 cruiser (slipped)
21 ski boat
27-30 ft cruisers (7 total, all repos bought to re-sell over a 5 year period)
31 cigarette boat
38 cigarette boat (98 mph)
21 CC....still own
40 ft "cruiser" with some speed (slipped) .....purchased 2018, still own
These are significantly different boats and I've gone up/down/up/down in size. All of them did exactly what I wanted them to do at the time I owned them.
26 cruiser (1994, first boat)
33 cruiser (slipped)
21 ski boat
27-30 ft cruisers (7 total, all repos bought to re-sell over a 5 year period)
31 cigarette boat
38 cigarette boat (98 mph)
21 CC....still own
40 ft "cruiser" with some speed (slipped) .....purchased 2018, still own
These are significantly different boats and I've gone up/down/up/down in size. All of them did exactly what I wanted them to do at the time I owned them.
10-10-2020, 12:54 PM
#8
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Originally Posted by 1NO REGRETS
question answer?
That is the list of boats I've owned since 1994. Each time I sold the previous one was to move into a bigger, or smaller, or different type of boat. 2 of the boats were too big and slipped (not counting the ones I bought specifically to re-sell). The rest were trailered and stored at home in the garage.
10-10-2020, 01:06 PM
#9
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sounds like Joe B. not a direct answer to the original question.I DO NOT CARE ABOUT why you did or what you did..I want to know the reasoning.
10-10-2020, 01:21 PM
#10
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Originally Posted by 1NO REGRETS
sounds like Joe B. not a direct answer to the original question.I DO NOT CARE ABOUT why you did or what you did..I want to know the reasoning.
I sold because my boating desires changed. Instead of a slow/fat cabin cruiser I wanted to water ski so we changed boats.....Later I wanted a big cabin again and switched. Eventually I liked the cabin but wanted to cover more ground so I bought a cigarette boat that had a serviceable cabin but was much faster (we'd cover 120 miles in 2 hours). Once dealing with trailering a 38ft boat got old we went back to a little CC to get on the water but had to stay close to the ramp.......Then the day came we wanted to explore new parts of the Chesapeake bay and bought a boat we could spend a week at a time in but also cover ground fairly easily (40mph cruise). Those were the reasons for boat change.
10-10-2020, 01:51 PM
#11
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Originally Posted by t500hps
The reasoning? Isn't that "why"?
I sold because my boating desires changed. Instead of a slow/fat cabin cruiser I wanted to water ski so we changed boats.....Later I wanted a big cabin again and switched. Eventually I liked the cabin but wanted to cover more ground so I bought a cigarette boat that had a serviceable cabin but was much faster (we'd cover 120 miles in 2 hours). Once dealing with trailering a 38ft boat got old we went back to a little CC to get on the water but had to stay close to the ramp.......Then the day came we wanted to explore new parts of the Chesapeake bay and bought a boat we could spend a week at a time in but also cover ground fairly easily (40mph cruise). Those were the reasons for boat change.
I sold because my boating desires changed. Instead of a slow/fat cabin cruiser I wanted to water ski so we changed boats.....Later I wanted a big cabin again and switched. Eventually I liked the cabin but wanted to cover more ground so I bought a cigarette boat that had a serviceable cabin but was much faster (we'd cover 120 miles in 2 hours). Once dealing with trailering a 38ft boat got old we went back to a little CC to get on the water but had to stay close to the ramp.......Then the day came we wanted to explore new parts of the Chesapeake bay and bought a boat we could spend a week at a time in but also cover ground fairly easily (40mph cruise). Those were the reasons for boat change.
And just so I don’t get yelled at too.....
I sold to go bigger. Keep my boat on a lift.
10-10-2020, 02:23 PM
#12
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Originally Posted by t500hps
The reasoning? Isn't that "why"?
I sold because my boating desires changed. Instead of a slow/fat cabin cruiser I wanted to water ski so we changed boats.....Later I wanted a big cabin again and switched. Eventually I liked the cabin but wanted to cover more ground so I bought a cigarette boat that had a serviceable cabin but was much faster (we'd cover 120 miles in 2 hours). Once dealing with trailering a 38ft boat got old we went back to a little CC to get on the water but had to stay close to the ramp.......Then the day came we wanted to explore new parts of the Chesapeake bay and bought a boat we could spend a week at a time in but also cover ground fairly easily (40mph cruise). Those were the reasons for boat change.
I sold because my boating desires changed. Instead of a slow/fat cabin cruiser I wanted to water ski so we changed boats.....Later I wanted a big cabin again and switched. Eventually I liked the cabin but wanted to cover more ground so I bought a cigarette boat that had a serviceable cabin but was much faster (we'd cover 120 miles in 2 hours). Once dealing with trailering a 38ft boat got old we went back to a little CC to get on the water but had to stay close to the ramp.......Then the day came we wanted to explore new parts of the Chesapeake bay and bought a boat we could spend a week at a time in but also cover ground fairly easily (40mph cruise). Those were the reasons for boat change.
10-10-2020, 11:29 PM
#13
10ft -> 16ft -> 20ft -> 44ft. 10fter was great. Took it all over the place launching/fishing off remote beaches. 16 & 20fters were ok for day boating but limited to usable launching facilities. Kept the 10fter and still used it a fair bit. 44fter we do 1000nm 10 day trips to even more remote areas, day trips, overnights, weekends etc. Finally sold the 10fter. Have looked at going bigger, but limited advantages vs the 44fter so not convinced yet. Aldo gets harder to handle solo. All comes back to what you want to achieve with your boat.
10-11-2020, 07:07 AM
#14
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Thread Starter
sorry for the confusion. Just looking for a list of sorts:
bigger or smaller , done with boating or fishing? was kept on a trailer, lift or wet slipped.
like a poll but not formal.
I was not shouting or yelling, just don't know how to change font to identify the focus of the response.
my apologies for coming across as if I was yelling. Not MY intent.
bigger or smaller , done with boating or fishing? was kept on a trailer, lift or wet slipped.
like a poll but not formal.
I was not shouting or yelling, just don't know how to change font to identify the focus of the response.
my apologies for coming across as if I was yelling. Not MY intent.
