The 248 sportsman was an excellent boat and I had an 84 which in my opinion cut through the chesapeake chop as well as the big heavy Grady off shore 24 which my friend had back in those days. The only problem with the 25's of the 80's was they could of all used a much smaller cockpit and more fishing space but they were great boats and easy to walk around and sit up front. I would love to see that hull with the small design v-20 cockpit. I just had a 235 johnson on mine and with 4 guys and a full fish box I could get 33 out of her on a calm day.Frank