Hi,

Yeah...I've seen the Parkers...they're nice boats. A comparable brand out
here is Defiance, although they don't go quite as large. I was drooling
over one of those the first time I was caught out in the rain crabbing.
But for quality, I'm actually pretty happy with my Seaswirl striper. Of
course it doesn't have an enclosed pilot house or the walk through
windshield...but otherwise it's a great boat. When I was comparing boats
at a boat show...I kept going back and forth between the seaswirl striper
and the bayliner trophy. The seaswirl guy brought me up to the side of the
bow and told me to push in to see how much flex there was. Then he told me
to go try that with the bayliner. I bought the seaswirl. It had virtually
no flex...but I could push in nearly 2 inches on the bayliner. He claimed
there is a reason they call them "bay...liners".

Ray



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