re: In the market for a great bay boat:

I bought a 24 bay champ in 2009 with a Yamaha F250. Loaded out with power pole, gps, trolling motor, onboard charger etc for 51K. The numbers being paid for a bay boat just sound insane. For what it is worth the bay champ was a 48 mph boat loaded down and 51 light. Ride was has good as it gets in a bay boat. A friend has a 24 blue wave with the 300 Yamaha and it runs in the low 50's.