New Boat Suggestions

[jascott]

Looking for some suggestions on a new or gently used boat. This will be my 2nd boat - the first a Tahoe Q4SF. We will have anywhere from just myself - to 7 or 8 people on board. The boat will see at least 50% fishing - with about four on-board.

-Roughly 21' - fiberglass or aluminum deckboat.
-Outboard - either Honda or Yamaha
-Either center console or dual console
-Separate storage for fishing rods and skis. I want to be able to fish and ski in the same day.
-Storage for cooler - that is out of the way.
-Rod Holders for trolling...
-Anchor Storage

I have looked at the Hurricane 217OB & 211GS and the Tahoe 215CC. I really don't want another Tahoe, plus they don't come with either the Honda or Yamaha engines.

I live in North Central Texas and will be boating on Ray Roberts, Lewisville, Possum Kingdom, etc. I am very concerned with rough water performance - I want to be able to run across afternoon chop at planing speeds with out getting the snot beat out of me...

I will be saving and paying cash for this, so it is probably 6 - 9 months away. I am in no hurry, and want to find the perfect boat.

Thanks in advance!

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: New Boat Suggestions

hit the spring boats shows!! i have a Chris Craft 230 deckboat, 5.7 Volvo fantastic boat.

 

[jevery]

Re: New Boat Suggestions

Take a look at the 2250 from Ranger. Just introduced this year. May be a little larger than you want, but probably has more fishing features than most other deck type boats and seems to meet the rest of your criteria. I doubt you'll find any dealers that rig with Honda, but about half of Ranger dealers will rig with Yamaha.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: New Boat Suggestions

i suggest you take a look at this, before buying new. there is a lot of money to be saved over buying new.

http://www.iboats.com/cgi-bin/marine_classifieds/view_photos.cgi?ad_id=212955&img=

looking at the ranger, it is not dressed as well as a deckboat.

 

[JCF350]

Re: New Boat Suggestions

If you want have "7 or 8" peoples on board you need to look at something bigger than a 21 footer. IMO.

Kids require a bit more space than adults also (cause you know they ain't gonna sit still for very long).

 

[jascott]

Re: New Boat Suggestions

Thanks for the input. I am very much interested in finding a good used boat and saving some money. I like the layout of the Tahoe very much, but I don't think I'll purchase another boat from them...

I have space limitations at home - so I can't store anything bigger than the 21' model. We had 7 out multiple times on the Q4SF, which was a 19.5' boat. That was too many for fishing, but not too bad for 1/2 day at the lake skiing and tubing.

I will be at the boat show in Dallas... I also went last year, but there were not any of the Hurricane model I was interested in and I didn't really see anything else exciting.