On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 18:32:48 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Jan 6, 7:18*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 19:48:37 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:





"Tim" wrote in message
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On Jan 6, 5:53 pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
After some thought today, I'm in somthing of a quandry if you will.

I don't want another bay boat - not that I don't like them, but they
don't fit my future inshore/fresh water needs.

I'm still favoring the Ranger Z-22 bass boat as a replacement for the
bay boat, but I got to thinking about maybe occasionally making the
trip to do some inshore stuff. Ranger makes a series called
"Intercoastal" - it's basically a bass boat, but instead of a carpeted
interior, it has a hard deck.

http://www.rangerboats.com/flash/gal...id=5540&gid=40

Triton makes one very similar to the Ranger Intercoastal. Triton makes
a nice boat - very comparable to Ranger in terms of quality.

http://www.tritonboats.com/boat_detail_new.asp?bid=333

Then again, they still bass boats and inshore, on a snarky day, you
are going to get wet.

So that brought me to thinking about this:

http://www.lundboats.com/2009_208_pro_v_gl.html

Full canvas enclosure, that would make for a great wet/snarky weather
boat. Plenty of room to move around, decent freeboard, easy to tow -
might be a better choice.

And (might as well admit it) I'm thinking a 250 Verado on that Lund or
the Triton would make for a really quick boat which, as we all know,
is a requirement for me. (yeah yeah - I know - spare me the grief.
I've never said I wouldn't buy a Verado and in fact have been very
impressed with them overall. It's Yamaha I wouldn't buy if you paid
me.)

None of this slow boat to China nonsense. :)

So, that's where I'm at at the moment. All this is subject to change
you understand - I'm still in the processing stage - taking my time
this time making the decision.

--

"An idealist is one who, on noticing that
a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes
that it will also make better soup."

H.L. Mencken

Tom, in your seemingly never ending search for *THE* boat. why don't
you get one of these and be done with it.

I mean, Look at it. Full canvas enclosure, radar, shallow or deep
water, very stable. lots of flooring, custom cabin and berths, radar,
multi-channel radio, *no carpet. economical and reliable power with
gobs of torque!

However, trailering might be a bit of a problem.

http://www.jerebeery.com/Scan0002.jpg

That thing looks familiar.

It's the ultimate swamp boat - I think you Squids call them River
Patrol Boats or Riverines. *If I remember correctly, they had Detroit
Diesels and jet drives.

I think if I were truly looking for the ultimate shallow water fishing
boat, I'd probably go with one of these.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LCAC_19970620.jpg

Too noisy!

But speaking of shallow.

This might be a bit more realistic.

http://www.godevil.com/Video/Surface_Drive_Mud.wmv

I'm a little suspicious of those beasties.