chrislrob
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Hi, all.
Been lurking here for a few weeks after the site was recommended on another forum. Great place. I'm a newbie fisherman that has decided to buy a boat. Been reading a lot about "rightsizing" your boat: making sure it's big enough and stable enough for your plans.
I am 6' 1", 280 lbs. I was originally going to get a 10 foot jon boat to fish small lakes and rivers around Chicago. I want a very stable boat and I *might* want to mod it later, so I was told to go bigger. I am currently scouring craigslist for a 1448 or 1442 aluminum jon.
The main reason I wanted a smaller boat in the first place was that I have a two-car garage with two cars in it. And a fairly small backyard. And no friends nearby that really care about fishing. Yet. So that means that I'll be wrestling with the boat every time I take it out.
I have a side gate and a garage with a side door. That means that I will have to take the boat off of the trailer and get both it and the trailer into my yard through a doorway each time I go out.
Today I paced off fourteen feet by five feet and thought to myself, "Self," I thought, "That is a LOT of boat and trailer!"
Am I fooling myself here? Can I do this? *Will* I do this? How much is this sucker likely to weigh? Can one man move a 14 foot trailer sideways?
For me, if I have to put the boat in storage somewhere, it defeats the purpose of having one. Plus, the cost kills the deal.
Should I go smaller? Wait until we buy a bigger house? Stop whining? What? :?
Been lurking here for a few weeks after the site was recommended on another forum. Great place. I'm a newbie fisherman that has decided to buy a boat. Been reading a lot about "rightsizing" your boat: making sure it's big enough and stable enough for your plans.
I am 6' 1", 280 lbs. I was originally going to get a 10 foot jon boat to fish small lakes and rivers around Chicago. I want a very stable boat and I *might* want to mod it later, so I was told to go bigger. I am currently scouring craigslist for a 1448 or 1442 aluminum jon.
The main reason I wanted a smaller boat in the first place was that I have a two-car garage with two cars in it. And a fairly small backyard. And no friends nearby that really care about fishing. Yet. So that means that I'll be wrestling with the boat every time I take it out.
I have a side gate and a garage with a side door. That means that I will have to take the boat off of the trailer and get both it and the trailer into my yard through a doorway each time I go out.
Today I paced off fourteen feet by five feet and thought to myself, "Self," I thought, "That is a LOT of boat and trailer!"
Am I fooling myself here? Can I do this? *Will* I do this? How much is this sucker likely to weigh? Can one man move a 14 foot trailer sideways?
For me, if I have to put the boat in storage somewhere, it defeats the purpose of having one. Plus, the cost kills the deal.
Should I go smaller? Wait until we buy a bigger house? Stop whining? What? :?