I have a Starcraft Chieftain 18 w/1400 merc now with a cuddy. It is nice having the dry area but i like to take four fishing (three and myselfand I am tight on space now. it would give extra for the fourth man and fish three off the back. I love my old starcraft dad bought it new in 1977 and it has been shed kept all its life. seen a lot of hours on the bay around the third island. it does well but it is toooooo light in rough water, bounces around like a cork. still a nice unit and dependable. I am going to post a pick of it when i figure how in my signature line.

It will be fun to watch your conversion if you do it, but you will find that you can fish very comfortably from the front with the slide all the way forward, standing in the cabin, its my favorite place to stand when drifting and bottom fishing.

Here's my buddy fishing from there, as you can see, you can really get the big uns up there.

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