Larger boat discussion

[SkunkBoat]

so I'll throw a few questions out there since I am on top of the fence and dangling one foot into a bigger boat. The idea is to buy a decent hull that has worthless outboards and repower

I was looking for an outboard 24 North Coast late 80s...Capt Pete snagged a good fixer upper before I could get a leg up on the fence.

Also staring at quite a few Carolina Classic/Albemarle 25s but rather have outboards. Don't really want a bracket project...

Then I saw a few Grady 265 Expresses and now I'm thinking bigger is better. But Gradys ain't no bargain.

I have been shying away from walk-arounds with eurotransoms but stumbled across the Pro-Line 27 walk (2000-2002).Looks like a decent fishing machine. These newer ones have no wood. Might be able to get a decent one for $20k, sell the original Merc 225s for what I can get?

So now that opens me up to Cobia/Hydrasports/Aquasport walk-arounds of the same vintage?

Anybody ride in one? They always looked ungainly to me especially the smaller 23s and 25s.