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.

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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.

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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