Sea Craft 23 is my personal first choice
Contender, Sea Vee, Albermarle, White Water, Formula etc are all basically the same hull, the longer you go, the better it gets. Gradys and Whalers are over priced. Scouts look good, but are way too much money and don't ride that good. Pro Lines are good boats, but they aren't in the same league as the previous ones(they are priced accordingly, so you may get much bigger for the $)
I hate to say this, its not my favorite, or classic, but look hard at the Sea Hunts and Key West. The odds of finding one of these that came with a four stroke is much higher than finding an older boat that was repowered (and valued) with a newer engine. Look at the larger McKee's also(not the traditional foamed filled tri hulls). They are nothing like the smaller boats, they are out of business now, but the bigger boats were pretty nice, and extremely over built. We had a 23 TE parked beside my friends 25 Sea Vee, the McKee was much bigger.
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