Advice on Sea Pro
 

Back again - after looking at several used boats and touring the boat
show I'm about ready to commit to buying a new Sea Pro SV2100CC. It
appears to meet my needs of primarily fishing shallow bay water with
occasional trips offshore (will be equipped with hydraulic jack plate
and Lenco trim tabs). Anyone had any experience with this boat? May
take a sea trial tomorrow but would appreciate shared experiences from
anyone. Thanks - look forward to hearing from you.

I owned the 19' SeaPro bay boat for five years, and it was trouble free.
If it suits your needs, it's a great boat. The 21' is a better boat than
the one I had.

Thanks Harry -

I once had a SeaPro. What a piece of crap it was. Never again. Seats fell
apart, transom rotted, floor buckled, cheap gauges fogged up. Took it to a
dealer for warranty repairs on the above and was given the runaround. $5K
later the boat still was not seaworthy. Ended up giving it to a charity for
the tax writeoff.

"Tom" wrote in message
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Back again - after looking at several used boats and touring the boat
show I'm about ready to commit to buying a new Sea Pro SV2100CC. It
appears to meet my needs of primarily fishing shallow bay water with
occasional trips offshore (will be equipped with hydraulic jack plate
and Lenco trim tabs). Anyone had any experience with this boat? May
take a sea trial tomorrow but would appreciate shared experiences from
anyone. Thanks - look forward to hearing from you.

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:05:52 GMT, "Ken Ibold"
wrote:

I once had a SeaPro. What a piece of crap it was. Never again. Seats fell
apart, transom rotted, floor buckled, cheap gauges fogged up. Took it to a
dealer for warranty repairs on the above and was given the runaround. $5K
later the boat still was not seaworthy. Ended up giving it to a charity for
the tax writeoff.
How long ago was that? Seat is flip-flop ice chest (unless I opt for
the leaning post), transom and stringers are composite - rest of boat
appears good quality.

Find out if the dealer or factory will install a heavy duty stainless
bow roller for you. If you go offshore and anchor, you won't enjoy
yanking up that Danforth without a roller. I owned several Sea
Pros and always installed a heavy bow roller.

Rather have a winch (or wench) :-) May not be a bad idea without a bow
rail.

It was a 1995 model.

"Tom" wrote in message
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:05:52 GMT, "Ken Ibold"
wrote:

I once had a SeaPro. What a piece of crap it was. Never again. Seats fell
apart, transom rotted, floor buckled, cheap gauges fogged up. Took it to a
dealer for warranty repairs on the above and was given the runaround. $5K
later the boat still was not seaworthy. Ended up giving it to a charity
for
the tax writeoff.
How long ago was that? Seat is flip-flop ice chest (unless I opt for
the leaning post), transom and stringers are composite - rest of boat
appears good quality.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
Tom wrote:
I owned the 19' SeaPro bay boat for five years, and it was trouble free.
If it suits your needs, it's a great boat. The 21' is a better boat than
the one I had.


Thanks Harry -




Find out if the dealer or factory will install a heavy duty stainless bow
roller for you. If you go offshore and anchor, you won't enjoy yanking up
that Danforth without a roller. I owned several Sea
Pros and always installed a heavy bow roller.

Forget the bow roller. It gets in your way when you're fighting fish that
like to run around the boat. Instead, get an anchor buoy retrieval system:

http://www.fishing-catalog.com/other...nchor_ball.htm

Forget the bow roller. It gets in your way when you're fighting fish that
like to run around the boat. Instead, get an anchor buoy retrieval system:

http://www.fishing-catalog.com/other...nchor_ball.htm

I saw that in a catalog - does it really work? I remember pulling
anchors when offshore and I was 20 years younger then - and I'll bet
the water hasn't gotten any shallower.

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 23:02:27 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Sure, it works, but it can be a pain in the butt in a crowded fishing
anchorage, since you have to drive your boat beyond your anchor to
retrieve the latter, and that might put you too close to other boats.
I use one on occasion.

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I have my doubts that it would work on a chain rode either, since it
seems likely the ring would hang up on a chain link instead of sliding
towards the anchor.

Sure, it works, but it can be a pain in the butt in a crowded fishing
anchorage, since you have to drive your boat beyond your anchor to
retrieve the latter, and that might put you too close to other boats.
I use one on occasion.

Shouldn't be a problem - most anchoring will be in shallow bay where
it's not needed or offshore in 60' water and few boats. May have to
give it a try.