Jim said:NJ,
Get the biggest boat you can find. The more room the better IMO.
esquired said:Jim said:NJ,
Get the biggest boat you can find. The more room the better IMO.
How about this - it is for sale and will handle big seas
bassboy1 said:I would stick with 1 of the first three you posted. The console is nice, but it is extra weight, and that is exactly what you don't need with a 9.9, or trolling motor. The vee hull is nice for rough water, but again, just an impediment for small propulsion. Stick with tiller. Now, when you say you have a bad ramp, how bad are we talking? Do you mean it is just small, but you can back a trailer in, or will you have to hand carry the boat? Even on ramps that I can get the trailer in all the way, I sometimes have trouble getting my 12 footer off, and on the trailer. If you plan on using rough ramps, with any frequency, stick with the 14. If what you have is a bunch of nice concrete ramps, go ahead with the 16.
Now, keep in mind, you will need to be able to access the tiller. It isn't always fun to have to reach down from a high seat to reach it, so you may want to steer clear of boats like the first one, where the rear deck is so long, you can't reach the tiller.
Now we get into the mechanics of this. A skinny boat is going to be faster no matter what. Even if it was longer, and weighed the same, it will be faster. His flat bottom is probably wider.ACarbone624 said:I have a Vee boat and my boat moves very well. My brother has a flat bottom boat with the same TM that I have and my boat is faster than his. I would get a Vee hull.
As for picture number 1, that rear deck hatch is an extra on the boat and will not come stock, so with out the hatch it would be like #3 but with a seat post setup in the rear bench. Thats what i would go for, no hatch. Easier to steer a tiller without it. like you stated earlier in this post.
That maybe something you want to give some thought to. I don't have any experience with driving from on a pedestal seat. Hence why I didn't really lean to much one way or the other in my original post (least I didn't try to. I have learned how vague some of my speaking/writing is, since I have become a member of forums, with many different people on it, who don't necessarily speak my lingo).Waterwings said:As for picture number 1, that rear deck hatch is an extra on the boat and will not come stock, so with out the hatch it would be like #3 but with a seat post setup in the rear bench. Thats what i would go for, no hatch. Easier to steer a tiller without it. like you stated earlier in this post.
Are you talking about a tiller outboard or a hand-operated tm? Yes, the rear deck hatch is extra, but I did order it on my Lowe, and am glad I did. It added much more standing area for fishing, and provides some more storage area under it. I steer a rear tm from the pedastal seat on mine, and the rear hatch doesn't interfere at all. Having the rear area open (imho) detracts drastically from additional casting space. Here's a pic showing mine (1652VT Roughneck) with the rear hatch (aka: rear casting deck):
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