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<blockquote data-quote="flatheadsteve" data-source="post: 511910" data-attributes="member: 33666"><p>Lakeside Marine in Harrisburg Pa is where my brother got his. Probably not too far from you. I almost bought a g3 bay 18 from them they seem like a decent dealer. I wouldn't worry so much about draft at rest the bigger boats are so much wider they don't draft as much as you might think. I can push pole my 20 footer through 10 inches my 1436 only goes 2-3" shallower. Wherever you stop in a jet you'll want to make sure you have enough room to take back off and be on plane before entering the shallows. Whatever electronics you get make sure it has a gps that will allow you to save your tracks that's incredibly valuable navigating shallow rivers. Your last post mentioned wanting to try bigger water sometimes. I will caution that my brother's 18ft jet is the roughest riding boat I've ever been in on choppy water. We take it crabbing sometimes on shallow tributaries on the Chesapeake and have had it on the Chesapeake long enough to change spots it's a rough wet ride if the wind or boat traffic are up. Can't trim the bow up like with a prop motor</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flatheadsteve, post: 511910, member: 33666"] Lakeside Marine in Harrisburg Pa is where my brother got his. Probably not too far from you. I almost bought a g3 bay 18 from them they seem like a decent dealer. I wouldn't worry so much about draft at rest the bigger boats are so much wider they don't draft as much as you might think. I can push pole my 20 footer through 10 inches my 1436 only goes 2-3" shallower. Wherever you stop in a jet you'll want to make sure you have enough room to take back off and be on plane before entering the shallows. Whatever electronics you get make sure it has a gps that will allow you to save your tracks that's incredibly valuable navigating shallow rivers. Your last post mentioned wanting to try bigger water sometimes. I will caution that my brother's 18ft jet is the roughest riding boat I've ever been in on choppy water. We take it crabbing sometimes on shallow tributaries on the Chesapeake and have had it on the Chesapeake long enough to change spots it's a rough wet ride if the wind or boat traffic are up. Can't trim the bow up like with a prop motor [/QUOTE]
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