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Thanks Bob for the offer, I will let you know once I get closer to making a decision. I contacted the owner of Howard Fabrication, great guy!! They mostly build commercial boats, but it sounds like the boat that is for sale is bullet proof and will take anything the N'west waters can throw at it. I ...

Thanks for all the posts S L Dave!! What do you guys think about the Howard Sportfisher? I know nothing about these boats, just that they are made in Ferndale, WA.
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Haven't had a lot of time to look this week, but thanks to you all I am starting to realize who the better names are: Eaglecraft, Pacific, Ironwood, Seawolf, etc. I think I would be very interested in V26wa's Pacific it had 4 stroke engines. I just looked at the http://www.c-kingmarine.com/index.htm...

As I mentioned I just started looking and figure I will need a few months just to learn the different aspects of aluminum boats and to see what is out there. I have always owned NON ALLOY so aluminum is new to me. I am really looking for a fishing boat that can sleep a couple people on rare occasion...

New to the site and have just started my search for a 26 ft. pilothouse style aluminum. Started out looking at a Northriver O/S but after talking to some people about welds and seeing what has happened recently with the company that option is out. Thinking about making a trip up to Sooke, BC to look...