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[step up here]

ok everything said is solid and best info one could have buttttttttt i like to add sea tow insurance coverage well worth the money!!!!!!!!!!!!

[captpete13]

Originally Posted by step up here

ok everything said is solid and best info one could have buttttttttt i like to add sea tow insurance coverage well worth the money!!!!!!!!!!!!

Boat US Boat US Boat US. Sorry, I'm a little partial towards the red boats.

to answer your question keepitgreen05, I have had my V20 out in 6' to 8' seas once out at the Sea Girt Reef. Took water over the bow and everything. I wouldn't do it again but I did make it back in one piece. And thats my point. These boats can handle the seas very well. As long as you don't get over confident you will be ok.

[willy]

In all but the best conditions, as a single boat going out the V20 was designed to be a inshore, near shore all around boat for the family or for the fisherman. It excels in meeting those parameters.
Competently equipped, competently Captained it is capable of more serious adventures of course, these hulls were famous in the Jersey Coast for getting people back in some of the worst conditions they found themselves in.
The key ingredient in their sea keeping ability is the self bailing cockpits, but the design is only effective when the hull is being moved thru the water by a reliable engine.
Thus in my opinion, and I think you will find the opinion of many others here(especially MJ) the absolute reliability of your engine is the most important component on your boat in considering venturing out beyond the sight of land.
That and the wisdom of when to do it.

[SkunkBoat]

I usually run my V20 out of Manasquan Inlet. I typically range as far north as Shrewsbury Rocks and as far south as Seaside Park and out to Manasquan Ridge. The V20 is a perfect boat for this. If you can't catch something in that range, buy golf clubs. I have been out to the Mud Hole on a perfectly flat September day (after Fluke season ended) with a great forecast and a full tank. If you take that ride plan on starting back at 1 PM even if its still flat, or as soon as breeze starts from the south. It can become ugly quick. A typical summer wind pattern is Glassy sunrise, NW ripple till 10ish, N then NE just before noon, dead for a half an hour, SE ripple, SE chop, SOUTH "hmm, pull the anchor, let's get outta here", by 2 or 3 PM snotty wet ride home.
I've been out to Barnegat Ridge from Barnegat Inlet a few times and caught the same bluefish I was catching at the inlet. That's another place where you shouldn't overstay your welcome. Run out when its flat, troll for some BLUEFINS (the only reason to go there) and head back before the afternoon winds.
My opinion - I wouldn't take any 20 footer past the Mud Hole or Barnegat Ridge. Get a friend with a 25' or 30' with twins on the back, pay him gas money and clean his boat when you get back.

[lumberslinger178]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0Oj1Pw5X0E

this past summer out of beach haven inlet.

[step up here]

hey lumberslinger where were the people in your boat hiding?

[Parrot6909]

I think they got bounced off.....lol.


I will echo the typical summer trends up here. I love watching guys on the bay in little whalers (I own one) that wait a little too long and get soaked on the way home. Heck, Barnegat Bay is no peach in the afternoons or during a good blow either. Take your time, learn the waters in the bay, learn the inlets, especially if you will be going out of Barnegat inlet. Double Creek is my absolute favorite channel in the bay, HOWEVER, one wrong turn or missed bouy.... Lets just say there are many folks that keep Sea Tow and Boat US in business.

Before going further, have you taken the safety courses required to operate a vessel in NJ?

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by step up here

hey lumberslinger where were the people in your boat hiding?

LOL I was gonna ask him the same thing...



Nice vid LS