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re: Xpress x23 bay

Posted on 4/6/18 at 8:37 pm to
Posted by KemoSabe65
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Posted on 4/6/18 at 8:37 pm to
You’ll learn how to lay perfect beads with the express, buy the best rain gear and get frequent patient discounts from your chiropractor.
Service after the sale should be ahead of ability to keep it clean imo. If I were dropping that kind of coin my choice would be a billfish 24.
Posted by MarshMan
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Member since May 2015
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Posted on 4/6/18 at 10:13 pm to
quote:

boat I'm going to be worried about every little thing or a aluminum boat that I don't have to care about if I bump or scratch


It was a lot easier for me to buff or even wet sand a scratch or scuff out of my blue wave then trying to touch up paint a xpress. I'm OCD too and I can fix a scratch on a glass boat, but once paint is scratched it's done.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 4/7/18 at 9:07 am to
In that case you should call Gaudets/Scullys/Hankos and get some ideas on a custom aluminum hull. Price will likely be around Robalo range but the hull would last a lifetime even if you left it upside down in the bottom of Camanada pass. They build significantly heavier boats that will ride closer to glass and you can get exactly what you want. No compromises.

You could also spring for a metal shark/gravois. I believe they are priced a little higher than the others but they are fast.

And there's that whole supporting local boys thing. I've met the owners of all of the above and many of the builders/designers as well. All good people who love what they do.
Posted by Janky
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Posted on 4/7/18 at 9:34 am to
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gravois


These don’t ride anything like glass.
Posted by Maurice tiger fan
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Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 4/7/18 at 11:54 am to
I beat the hell out of my little g3 cc and never had any problem with cracks or anything for that matter. I'm use to taking a beating so I thought a 23 ft. aluminum would be 100% better but not willing to take a chance on an xpress with all the problems I'm hearing about. I'm going to go with the robalo
Posted by Elusiveporpi
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Member since Feb 2011
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Posted on 4/7/18 at 6:00 pm to
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These don’t ride anything like glass.


Compared to an express bay boat... yes they do. The 25-26 footers are comparable to any bay boat out there.
Posted by Janky
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Posted on 4/7/18 at 6:34 pm to
bullshite.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Posted on 4/7/18 at 8:11 pm to


Riveting feedback ol chap
Posted by Janky
Team Primo
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35957 posts
Posted on 4/7/18 at 8:29 pm to
I thought it was concise and to the point.
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