On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 23:36:10 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Sportsfisher, express or family? I'll guess sportfisher.

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I'm open on that question as long as there is a half decent cuddy
cabin and head. Most of the time, vast majority in fact, it will be a
day boat with 2 to 4 people on board. I'd prefer I/O(s) but would not
rule out twin OBs if they were Mercs or Yamahas in demonstrably good
condition.

My dad has a 22' Trophy with a walk around cuddy cabin. Its a great
trailerable boat and it handles moderate water waves and chop fairly well.
I know its smaller than you were looking at, but the reason I commented is
because it is an outboard driven boat. With no inboard motor in the way it
is very spacious. For quality it is fair, but he has fixed all its problems
over the years. I'm not particularly reccomending a Bayliner just saying
that you shouldn't over look outboards. (Some here would say Bayliners
aren't real boats.)

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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 23:36:10 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Sportsfisher, express or family? I'll guess sportfisher.

=========================================

I'm open on that question as long as there is a half decent cuddy
cabin and head. Most of the time, vast majority in fact, it will be a
day boat with 2 to 4 people on board. I'd prefer I/O(s) but would not
rule out twin OBs if they were Mercs or Yamahas in demonstrably good
condition.

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 20:32:22 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 23:36:10 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Sportsfisher, express or family? I'll guess sportfisher.

=========================================

I'm open on that question as long as there is a half decent cuddy
cabin and head. Most of the time, vast majority in fact, it will be a
day boat with 2 to 4 people on board. I'd prefer I/O(s) but would not
rule out twin OBs if they were Mercs or Yamahas in demonstrably good
condition.

Well, Hydra-Sports are a good place to start looking. You might want
to look around for Pursuit or Tiara.

The problem is the trailering. Most of the good boats with a full
head are wider than 8'6". Oddly, older boats like the 24/25'
Marathons of late '80s vintage have that feature.

Some of the mid-'80s Pursuits were fully trailerable having a 8'9"
beam on a special trailer and Black Watch (the ones built in
Marblehead, MA) were also trailerable, but it was close on the 9'
limit.

I can't really come up with a specific recommendation and am at
somewhat of a loss concerning the trailerability. I just went through
this all summer long looking for some thing between the Ranger and the
Contender that was trailerable - in short, exactly what you are
looking for. The only ones I came up with were a Pursuit and a Tiara
and those had Yamahas which I wouldn't want.

The one resource I found that was very helpful in my search was
yachtworld.com. Sometimes you can link out to a broker site and come
up with some real gems.

I just thought - You might also want to look at Uniflites in that
length.

Sorry I couldn't help more, but for some reason, I'm drawing a blank.

All the best,

Tom
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