Boat owners, I got a question for you...?

Question

What type of boat do you prefer?? I've had a bass boat and a run about and now I'm looking into either a cuddy cabin or a pontoon. I just wanted to know what other people liked or disliked about there boats??

Answer 1

What will best fit your style? This is a question you ask yourself...

Every boat will cost money, repairs, storage, maintainence, etc...not matter the style.

Ask yourself what you want out of a boat? Ive got a buddy that owns a pontoon boat and wouldnt change it for the world. He says its the perfect family boat-you can load a bunch of people on it-its stable and has lots of deck space-doesnt go too fast for pulling tubes or skiers, buts its great to fish from, etc.

Cuddy Cabin, like the runabout can be fast-nice for running around big bodies of water and you can get out of the elements! Also, they sleep a few people so you can camp out on it if needed. It wont handle as many people, there are pros and cons for each boat style.

I've got an open-bow, its nice seats 9-which works out perfect for my situation

Answer 2

My preference is a sailboat, a monohull, big enough to live aboard, but small enough to be handled easily by two people.  For me, that would be in the 35 to 40 foot range.

Answer 3

My favorite boat has always been the one I owned at the time. And then the one I was lusting after next. My current favorite boat is my 38' racer/cruiser sailboat. My next favorite (lusting after) is a 45' pilot house motor sailor. When I was 12 I bought my first wooden motor skiff 12' long for $10, then in my 20's and 30's  I had a series of sailing cats as well as a commercial salmon boat in Alaska. In my 40's I had a 30' racing/cruising sailboat. I have never been without a boat since I was 12 yrs old. Each boat taught me more about boating and the water, lakes and the ocean.  Whatever I disliked about a particular boat, I tried to eliminate in my next boat. Generally, I find few faults with any boat until it is time to move on to a new boat.

Answer 4

My first boat, other than a sunfish. Was a 23 foot Hunter sail boat with a cuddy cabin. I liked the cuddy to be able to get out of the sun at anchor. The downside was on that boat was other than the hatch. To get into the cuddy there was no ventalation. I bought an open bow rider power boat. I missed having a place to get out of the sun. Then no head at all. My next boat was Chris Craft power boat with a cuddy cabin. The port holes would open, she had hatch on the bow to let in air. Other than being me being tall and having to crouch. I had to do that on the sail boat also. The cuddy was a place to get out of the weather. I would spend nights on that boat. I could open screen ports holes and the one hatch.

I went to boat show after owning the cuddy power boat for 6 yrs. I was thinking about going to a larger boat. Either a pontoon or a small cruiser. Pontoons are nice for a lazy day at the cove. They have no privacy, other than the full canvas covered ones. The more canvas the more wind can catch the pontoon boat.

For the price of a new pontoon. I bought a 8 yr old twin engine crusier. 31 foot with heat, air, galley and head.  Its perfect for a week long trip on the Erie Canal and beyond. Or taking the grand kids out for a day long ride on the lake.

Its all what you want to do no one boat is perfect for everybody. I would never go back to a cuddy. I'm 6'2" I have time to take over night trips. My perfect boat is a small express cruiser.

Answer 5

38ft motor boat just love it x Had smaller boats but with a growing family it just wasn't big enough. The cost of berthing goes up but it's great fun x

Answer 6

My first boat was a 12' plywood centerboard skiff.

My second was an 16' plywood ski boat with a 75 hp Merc.

My third boat is a 40' steel diesel trawler but I have a 10'

sail dinghy tied to it.

I love them all and have fond memories of the first two.

I am enjoying the h**l out of the third.

Sounds like you are planning to move up in size. How you enjoy your next boat depends on what you want to do and what choice you make relavent to that desire.