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Posted on 5/14/18 at 2:33 pm to failuretocommunicate
Glad to help, man. It is a little older, but didn't seem to used up to me. Good luck.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 3:06 pm to failuretocommunicate
you people will pay 20k for a USED 18' boat?
Posted on 5/14/18 at 3:21 pm to CarRamrod
lol....yeah. Did you look at the link on the first page? it's a 2016 with 25-30 hours on the engine and a bunch of add- ons. I'd never buy a new boat....but i like to buy almost new if i think the price is right.
I'm not real mechanically inclined, so i'd prefer to have something that isn't old and on the verge of needing a rebuild.....i'll pay a premium for something well kept.
I'm not real mechanically inclined, so i'd prefer to have something that isn't old and on the verge of needing a rebuild.....i'll pay a premium for something well kept.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 3:23 pm to failuretocommunicate
Speed is a relative concept. If you have to run 20 miles to get to the fishing hole, speed is important.
If you have to run 2 miles to the fishing hole, speed isn’t important.
I have no doubt 90 hp on 18 bay boat will plane with 4 passengers, it just won’t plane as quickly. Which is meaningless in 99% of situations. Worst case, send the fat guy to the bow.
If you have to run 2 miles to the fishing hole, speed isn’t important.
I have no doubt 90 hp on 18 bay boat will plane with 4 passengers, it just won’t plane as quickly. Which is meaningless in 99% of situations. Worst case, send the fat guy to the bow.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 3:32 pm to failuretocommunicate
quote:but it is an 18' boat.......My 14' jon boat can go the same places that 18' boat can go.
lol....yeah. Did you look at the link on the first page? it's a 2016 with 25-30 hours on the engine and a bunch of add- ons. I'd never buy a new boat....but i like to buy almost new if i think the price is right.
I'm not real mechanically inclined, so i'd prefer to have something that isn't old and on the verge of needing a rebuild.....i'll pay a premium for something well kept.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 3:36 pm to CarRamrod
Nahhhhh. Your 14' boat ain't following that thing anywhere
Posted on 5/14/18 at 3:45 pm to CarRamrod
quote:
My 14' jon boat can go the same places that 18' boat can go.
lol.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 4:25 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
its an 18' boat.......
Posted on 5/14/18 at 8:00 pm to deeprig9
At least 15 min plane time wit fo.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 8:02 pm to CarRamrod
With way more deadrise, way more freeboard, way more horsepower, and way heavier.
Length ain't everything. Infact it's really not a whole lot.
You can get a quality ride from shorter lengths IF the other attributes are appropriate. You got no length and none of the other attributes needed to do the job that boat can.
Length ain't everything. Infact it's really not a whole lot.
You can get a quality ride from shorter lengths IF the other attributes are appropriate. You got no length and none of the other attributes needed to do the job that boat can.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 9:36 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Length is proportional to beam, add deadrise and you have your ride. OP is looking for a bay boat so length does matter and it is a whole lot when it gets snotty. You can pick any 18’ bay Boat and follow my 24’ into a 15kt headwind on the channel and let me know how it works for ya.
Posted on 5/15/18 at 6:18 am to KemoSabe65
quote:
looking for a bay boat so length does matter and it is a whole lot when it gets snotty. You can pick any 18’ bay Boat and follow my 24’ into a 15kt headwind on the channel and let me know how it works for ya.
learn to operate a boat instead of just relying on how big it is.
Posted on 5/15/18 at 6:34 am to KemoSabe65
For boats of the same hull shape longer is generally better but it is by no means the rule across the board.
Guy I responded to was talking about following an 18' bay boat in a 14' pond jumper. Ain't gonna happen. That 18' NS could definitely follow a 24' Carolina skiff anywhere though.
People seem to think a 24' bay boat is like a 38' CC that can get skinny. It's not. It's a shallow draft light boat with no deadrise at the stern and no freeboard. If your boat is a regular bay boat my buddy's 20' aquasport could smoke it across a 2' chop.
Point I'm trying to make is, an 18' boat is big enough for most everybody fishing coastal Louisiana. The one OP posted is maybe a bit underpowered but with the right wheel will probably run 38-40 loaded and cruise about 28-30. Absolutely nothing wrong with that in the name of saving several thousand dollars over the bigger engine.
People these days seem to think you MUST have a 24' boat with a 250 to fish coastal LA. Wrong wrong wrong
Guy I responded to was talking about following an 18' bay boat in a 14' pond jumper. Ain't gonna happen. That 18' NS could definitely follow a 24' Carolina skiff anywhere though.
People seem to think a 24' bay boat is like a 38' CC that can get skinny. It's not. It's a shallow draft light boat with no deadrise at the stern and no freeboard. If your boat is a regular bay boat my buddy's 20' aquasport could smoke it across a 2' chop.
Point I'm trying to make is, an 18' boat is big enough for most everybody fishing coastal Louisiana. The one OP posted is maybe a bit underpowered but with the right wheel will probably run 38-40 loaded and cruise about 28-30. Absolutely nothing wrong with that in the name of saving several thousand dollars over the bigger engine.
People these days seem to think you MUST have a 24' boat with a 250 to fish coastal LA. Wrong wrong wrong
Posted on 5/15/18 at 7:59 am to failuretocommunicate
Keep looking, that's going to be a slug.
Formy first boat I'd get an aluminum hull that you don't mind getting scratched up.
Formy first boat I'd get an aluminum hull that you don't mind getting scratched up.
Posted on 5/15/18 at 8:17 am to CHEDBALLZ
No it wont. I bet it runs 40 loaded
Posted on 5/15/18 at 9:28 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:
I bet it runs 40 loaded
Here is the Yamaha performance bulletin for that boat and an F90: LINK
They got to 40.3 with the boat unloaded (no t-top, trolling motor, deep cycle batteries, fishing gear, etc.) in 5-10 mph winds. Cruising speed was 23.6.
Posted on 5/15/18 at 9:37 am to Buster180
Damn it's almost like I do this kinda shite for a living 
40 is PLENTY fast enough for a guy who doesnt want to spend or borrow a bunch of money for a boat. We fished for literally decades out of boats that wouldn't make 40 on glass in grand isle with 4 people slaughtering specs and reds.
Is a 24' boat that can run 60 nice? Of course it is. Much nicer in pretty much every situation than what OP posted. So is a platinum F350, a 3500 square ft house on 1000 acres, and a 160hp tractor. We can't all afford that and not everyone who can is willing to spend it on that.
My old man could probably come home with a 34' yellowfin tomorrow if he wanted to bad enough but he will not borrow money for a boat. Never has never will.
I haven't looked at the price and done a study on how it stacks up but from a pure practicality standpoint, what OP posted will absolutely get the job done inshore.
40 is PLENTY fast enough for a guy who doesnt want to spend or borrow a bunch of money for a boat. We fished for literally decades out of boats that wouldn't make 40 on glass in grand isle with 4 people slaughtering specs and reds.
Is a 24' boat that can run 60 nice? Of course it is. Much nicer in pretty much every situation than what OP posted. So is a platinum F350, a 3500 square ft house on 1000 acres, and a 160hp tractor. We can't all afford that and not everyone who can is willing to spend it on that.
My old man could probably come home with a 34' yellowfin tomorrow if he wanted to bad enough but he will not borrow money for a boat. Never has never will.
I haven't looked at the price and done a study on how it stacks up but from a pure practicality standpoint, what OP posted will absolutely get the job done inshore.
This post was edited on 5/15/18 at 9:38 am
Posted on 5/15/18 at 9:45 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Let me just settle this argument:
OP, just buy a Frontier 2104
There, done.... /thread
OP, just buy a Frontier 2104
There, done.... /thread
Posted on 5/15/18 at 9:55 am to Coon
Yea well, that.
That's my favorite bay boat hull out there right now.
That's my favorite bay boat hull out there right now.
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