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Best Bay Style Boat
I'm a dreamer and frankly getting tired of getting soaked on those 10-15-20 SW days, as our summers seem to be getting windier and windier. Not that a bay boat is going to be all that drier, but a center console will be less wet I'm sure. Happened to pull into my Lund dealer the other day to pick up a part I'd ordered and happened to pick up a flier on a 22 foot bay boat for yuks. So who makes the dryest, most stable, economically priced bay boat, that won't just be limited to bays; because if it is quite frankly I'm not buying it. I go out in 5-8 footers all the time, I'm forced to cruise naturally and have to be careful in any following sea and it's wet; but the Lund is a pretty nice ride in that stuff for an aluminum.
Most important to me is the ability to put a trolling motor on it, with space for 3 batteries forward for the 36V trolling motor, without the bow being so high up off the water (hense my interest in a bay style boat), large 4-stroke power, decent top end 40-50 mph, good gas capacity and dual life wells, with some "real" dry storage thrown in to boot. For the life of me I can't even remember the make of the boat in the flier, but others that have caught my eye in fishing shows and/or boat shows, are the Triton and Rangers. I've seen several flat style boats off Scituate, usually with long roders on board, but they look much to close to be that dry or stable in bigger seas.
Also high on the list would be a nearbye (south shore), or relatively close dealer and one known for being good and reasonable, especially after my most recent service with Bayside (ie; bend over and take down your pants) Marine in Duxbury.
Anyone on the site running bay style boats? Curious to know how they hand, trailer and cost.
Tight lines.
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