Bowrider or Cuddy Cabin, why did you choose which..

[mphy98]

Re: Bowrider or Cuddy Cabin, why did you choose which..

for the fishing we do, bowrider was only choice.

 

[F14CRAZY]

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I chose a cuddy personally because I wanted to be able to make overnight (and multi-day) trips on the Great Lakes. I enjoy long distance cruising, exploring the towns I stop in, and a slip is a lot cheaper than getting a motel room

I feel they're more suited for big-water than a bowrider because they're higher off the water. I've taken a few waves over the bow during small craft advisories and it would have sucked to be stuck in a bowrider.

But from what you're saying it sounds like a bowrider will do you just fine.

 

[scutly]

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i went with a cuddy for the "privacy" factors mentioned already. but i wouldn't get one smaller than the 23' that i bought. i have plenty of room for me and the wife to hang and "do our thing" and with the hatch and port windows open its always got a cool breeze going through. i have taken some of the most refreshing mid afternoon naps in there when its over 90 out and humid. i have no young kids and my idea of a relaxing day is not to bring 6 or 8 people with me, but to raft up with a few other like minded folk and hang that way. to me, a boat is like a camper for the water. i want a comfy place to hang in the sun or the shade outside (bimini), comfy shelter inside for obvious reasons (privacy or bad weather) and some of the comforts of home. my perfect boat would be a trailerable cruiser with a aft cabin, small galley, 6' ceiling clearance and an enclosed head. add air conditioning and a generator and i would spend the whole summer on it!

 

[Fl_Richard]

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I've seen a small bow-rider with mom, pop and the two youngin's flip bow down in the intra-coastal waterway in Boca Raton.

It was going through the Palmetto park bridge following a 65' Hatteras the three diamonds. The Hatteras kicked up a 4-5' rolling wake as it passed under the bridge. This used to be a huge bottleneck. The wave broke into the bow and before dad could give it throttle it was nose down. Actually dad did give it throttle but the outboard was straight up in the air. The boat fliped and all were in the water floating in the current. Luckily there was a WWII landing craft tied to the docks. The captain laid the levers down and the craft snapped the dock lines, he dropped the bow and scooped the family up. Almost literally.

I will never own a bow-rider. Anything can come up and if the boat can swamp in an instant I don't want it.

 

[magster65]

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I'm on the ocean so the cuddy boats are preferable here. If I were on a lake with beaches around... I'd go for the bow rider.

 

[Marty Niner]

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All I can tell you is that if you ever have any ladies on board that need to use the "facilities"... a cuddy with a bucket sure comes in handy! :redface:

 

[reap182]

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Bowrider,

kids love the open bow. and can bring a few of there freinds along

 

[Bucks45]

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Bowrider....

Nothing around here but flat lakes and beaches. No coastal waters. I would much rather be able to take family or friends than sleep on the boat. If I have to sleep on the boat, I have a full cabin enclosure.

 

[Home Cookin']

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For Rehobeth Bay: get a center console. Plenty of seating, especially up in the bow where everyone wants to sit. Way more seaworthy so if you know what you're doing, you won't (likely) stuff the bow and if you do, it all drains out. High sides means someone can pee in a bucket between the console and side, or in the splashwell (or even in the livewell if the fish don't mind). At 21' + you can put a porta (or bucket) in the console.

Although it works for some people, I think a cuddy on a boat under 20' is a waste--you add a lot of weight so you need a bigger engine; cut off access to the bow, lose outdoor seating, but with no appreciable usable space--an all day interference to cover 3 trips to the bathroom.

walk-arounds were not listed as a choice in your "poll" but I suppose you count them as a cuddy; the same considerations apply.
If someone insists on being brought to shore, or having a flushie, to pee, he or she should probably not be boating--or camping, hiking, fishing, birdwatching, hunting or harvesting truffles.

 

[mikeyh190]

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I had a Baja 240 sport which was a cuddy. now I have Four Winns bowrider. No one ever spent any time in the Baja's cabin. Also made it more difficult to get to the beach and to launch/load. In the bowrider I keep the bow cover in the boat so if the weather throws a curve and kicks uo waves I put it on to keep water out of the boat and off the wife. My bowrider is only a 19 foot, but I have use of the full deck. In the cuddy, you are stuck in the cockpit.

 

[Subliminal]

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We go bowrider...

We go pee in the water...

We go to shore to poop...

Life is good.

 

[BTMCB]

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We go bowrider...

We go pee in the water...

We go to shore to poop...

Life is good.

...........and just that simple! LOL

 

[Subliminal]

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...........and just that simple! LOL

That was my tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks.

 

[GXL205 Deke]

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inland lakes....likes full use of all the deck space. Bowrider for me

 

[drrpm]

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I boat on a big inland lake, usually wake boarding or tubing with my wife, 3 kids and often some of their friends. The bowrider I have works well for this.

I might well have a different answer if I was using the Chesapeake Bay as my primary boating location, though when I lived in that area I had a friend with a bowrider that we used for watersports. It only went out in good weather and we generally didn't get too far from shore and that worked fine too.

 

[golf101]

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I've got a bow rider with an enclosed head. Best of both worlds if the need for privacy is just for a little quiet time.

 

[skargo]

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I was out on my cuddy today, still lovin it!

 

[scbackpacker]

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I wanted a cc or cuddy but the wife wanted a bow rider. I like the bow rider.

 

[scutly]

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If someone insists on being brought to shore, or having a flushie, to pee, he or she should probably not be boating

that's just ignorant dude. picture this. i take my wife out for a nice dinner at a dockside restaurant wearing decent clothes. then we go anchor in the bay for cocktails and to watch the sunset. maybe decide to get romantic. "honey i gotta pee" she says. "well babe, hike up your skirt and pee overboard". or "wait, let me get the bucket" i say. sorta kills the mood. no?

 

[skargo]

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that's just ignorant dude. picture this. i take my wife out for a nice dinner at a dockside restaurant wearing decent clothes. then we go anchor in the bay for cocktails and to watch the sunset. maybe decide to get romantic. "honey i gotta pee" she says. "well babe, hike up your skirt and pee overboard". or "wait, let me get the bucket" i say. sorta kills the mood. no?

Agreed! I bought a cuddy mainly for my wife to have her porta pot. Someone tell her that she shouldn't be boating and she'll whoop their arse!