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Originally Posted by BassyiusMaximus
There is a recent thread on THT where a guy wonders whether or not he should buy now and finance, or wait a year and pay cash.
Someone gets on and makes the best point as far as I can see;
" . . . I don't know how old you are but lets say you have 20 years of boating left. You wait 1-year, that is 5%-gone forever."
Oh yeah, low gunwales, no problem. You gotta see the craft in other countries/3rd world countries where they are just on rafts. Teach the kids, protect the kids and it should not be a problem.
In all my years, I've not read any instances where kids have fallen out of boats and gotten into trouble because of low gunwales. I think that because parents are more vigilant with their young-ones, the number of times it happens is very low.
I'll have my 1 year old out with me and I'm glad I have both a full transom and high gunwales but would not hesitate to take him out in anything so long as he is in a PFD and I or someone is keeping an eye on him.
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Thanks Bassyius.
I love Duskys. If $$ was no issue, I would get one of the 23 foot "Fishermans Cuddy" model. To me, that boat is ideal. Small cabin in front of the console for litte ones to take a nap (or for storage), and a massive casting deck/sunpad above that cabin.
Some folks have mentioned that it's expensive to get a boat professionally re-done. Well, a brand new "stock" 24 footer from Privateer costs just over $30,000 (hull alone). This guy is quoting me $17,000 for a professionally re-built hull...it would have been $14,000 to re-do the hull similar to a stock boat, but my customizations brought it up to $17,000. I figure I can get it up here, put a clean used engine on her, a mid-range GPS and fishfinder, and be on the water for around $30k.
Or, I could put that $30k into the 529 plans!
A very sincere thanks to all who responded.