Had a couple alloy boats in the past (78 riveted hewes sea runner and then a 24' north river Seahawk) then converted to a bigger glass boat for tuna fishing (contender 27 open). I am thinking of going back to the alloy side. Will be another open boat. Thinking it will be a hardtop or a fort boat. Still have to sell the glass boat, but just about got her ready, waiting on new brake parts and final cleaning before she goes up. Although I will keep fishing her until sold.
So anyway, just wanted to say hi and plan on asking lots of questions on the quest for the next "last boat I am going to buy" lol.
Stan
Heading back to alloy
Re: Heading back to alloy
Welcome, what size you thinking about going in to?
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Re: Heading back to alloy
Will be going back to a smaller boat, something in the 23-25' range. Really like something like the North River offshore or sounder would be great but that's going to be out of my price range. We are selling our current house and going to be building a new one so I will be boat less (after current boat sells) for a year or two. That will give me time to do some research before deciding which way to go. Really like my current boat, lots of under deck storage, can fish all way around, 24degree v bottom rides but at 31' it's little hard to handle on my own at the docks.Chaps wrote:Welcome, what size you thinking about going in to?
I am also thinking of building my own boat, like a Specmar,Cope etc kit boat.