Pastafazool

I am new to this forum and my first time posting here. I live in California and we bought a place in Islamorada about 8 years ago. when we bought our place we bought a Scout 245 bayscout to learn the area with the intent of getting a bigger boat someday. We love the Scout and plan too keep it, it's like a Jeep on a ranch. Good in the bay and gets us out in the ocean on calm days. We are now ready for a larger boat and have now narrowed it down to the Boston Whaler 345 (Mecury powered) or the Pursuit 385 (Yamaha powered). I realize the Pursuit is just a little bigger but wondering if anyone can comment on the ride between the two. Both offer the new generation of joystick controls. My concerns are ride and Yamaha vs Mercury. We plan to use the boat for fishing offshore and also to have the ability to go to Key West, Miami or the Islands with occasional overnighting.. We put about 100 hours a year on our boat.

Thanks in advance and I appreciate any helpful info.

Rapi

Any reason you posted this in the 2013 Miami International Boat Show thread?

I think you'd have much better luck after moving this someplace else.

==>Rapi

pfifla1

Hands down pursuit 385...

Pursuit2470

If you have the $$$ - the Pursuit, without question.

Pastafazool

Thanks for the heads up Rapi - I'll try to get this posted in the right section.

TheDooderGoesFishing

Couldn't go wrong either way - probably the two best WAC's in this size range. With that said, the BW 345 is the one I would pick. The Mercury Verados are going to provide much smoother and more refined power in my opinion. If you start looking at every little detail, you will be very impressed with the Whaler They really thought of everything on this boat.

On the flip side, is there a reason you don't consider moving up to a Viking 42 or Luhrs 41, etc ... ? I would at least consider it if I were you.

rasberryjam

Interesting choice of thread...