Recent content by Deepintheheartoftexas

Thanks. Considered the deck boats, but not seeing one with a wide open back deck. Most appear to have wrap around seating I. The back and that is right in the way. Pontoons don’t fit at all. “Budget” just doesn’t fit this equation as much as application. I know that is difficult to...

Thanks! Sounds nice. I can’t find any photos of this with dual consoles. Will keep looking. If you get a chance to post a couple of photos of the deck, please do!

Thank you for your response. Yes, you are correct, that extra $600-ish I spent on the $500 boat including tires for the trailer PLUS all my extra evenings and weekends over 30 days was exactly as you described…my willingness to save $15K while being a young father of 3 kids. Worked out...

Absolutely correct and thank you for your reply. Much like “financial” crowd sourcing, I am “information” crowd sourcing. I don’t KNOW all the boats out there from over the last 50 years. I look frequently, but haven’t discovered one that is close enough to my criteria. The internet doesn’t...

Thank you for taking the time to response. To your point, that is exactly how my poor family grew up. We had almost EVERYTHING anybody wanted. Were the items new? Nope, not by a long shot. Most people these days only know how to spend money. They are either unwilling or unknowable on how...

You are right, it is a gem. Just trying to get it/things “just right” while there’s still money and muscle. Maybe I’ve already arrived and don’t know it. Will make a decision after people weigh in. Thanks for the response.

Surely there is enough knowledge in this forum of what boats were made over the last 50 years that I could similarly transform into my final “big” boat. Ref attached photos. Current fishing boat is a 1973 17’6” Browning Aero Marine Monterey (Aerocraft) with a 1986 bulletproof and 100% reliable...