On 6 Mar 2005 16:15:04 -0800, "AttyFinch" wrote:

Bought my first boat last year, a SeaRay 190 bowrider. We are now
looking to step up to a larger boat that will allow us to have
overnights.

We have spec'd out a SeaRay 260 and the Regal2665.
The SeaRay berth is small and the use of space seems a bit ineffective.
The Regal is beautiful inside and out and everything I see is saying go
for it. However, SeaRay is sitting back there whispering, "It is not a
SeaRay". Before we pull the trigger and commit a substantial sum of
money we are asking ourselves what is the best choice we can make.

We love SeaRay's service and dealer interaction, but we are asking
ourselves, "Yes the service is great, but is it worth the extra
$15,000?"

We can get ourselves in a Regal for much less than the SeaRay and of
course we understand that with SeaRay it is not just the boat, it's the
extras.

Has Regal corrected their hull problems they seemed to have in the
past?

What would you do.

We looked at alot of boats in the length we are looking for, and Regal
and SeaRay are the frontrunners. My wife likes both, as do I.

(I grew up on boats until I was in my late teens and just recently
re-discovered boating, late thirties)

This group has been very helpful, and I would welcome opinions.

AF

My son-in-law went through a lot of what you're going through. After a lot of
comparing, he settled on a Chaparral. He loves it.

FWIW


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."