New England guys...Seaway boats? - Page 2

bigshrimpin · #11 02-20-2006, 05:23 AM

I've ridden in a Seaway Center Console and I do not like them at all. They're real pretty but they handle very poorly in even average seas. First of all they are wet as hell. Secondly It's a round bottom boat (almost flat bottom), so you rock like crazy. Third the entry is real sharp . . . you kill yourself in following seas.

Stay away or use it for a planter in your front yard!!!

bigshrimpin · #12 02-20-2006, 05:32 AM

Tin - This is the boat has your name written all over it!!!!

http://adcache.boattraderonline.com/6/3/7/82346837.htm

This will be small enough for the flats
It's got a suzuki 140 already and a 2003 trailer!!!!
The 18 has a nice raised platform in the front for flyfishing too.

Just buy this one and stop killing me with these panga and seaway boats . . . I'm going gray.

Skools Out · #13 02-20-2006, 11:11 AM

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Just buy this one and stop killing me with these panga and seaway boats . . . I'm going gray. *

LOL I Agree BS lol Those have been some ugly boats he's posted JMO!!!

Pipe_Dream · #14 02-20-2006, 11:30 AM

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LOL I Agree BS lol Those have been some ugly boats he's posted JMO!!!

Don't listen to them, Tin. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I'm a downeast boat junkie, too. If this boat suits you, buy it! ;)

bigshrimpin · #15 02-20-2006, 03:37 PM

I'm all about function . . . if cruising on flat water at 20 mph is your thing . . . then it's fine. Any other conditions . . . forget it. Seaway makes a pretty boat, but it's about as seaworthy as a canoe.

Downeast boats usually are heavy, have a keel, and a heavy diesel motor (i.e. low center of gravity). Seaway is a flat bottom, narrow, outboard powered, light boat . . . stay away. Just my opinion.

Blue_Runner · #16 02-20-2006, 03:49 PM

Would take the 18 cc fish any day over the other one. They seem to be a very capable boat. Haven't really heard one bad thing about them or the V20 CC. And the Johnson 140 4 stroke is a very nice choice of power for that boat!

Pipe_Dream · #17 02-20-2006, 05:26 PM

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I'm all about function . . . Downeast boats usually are heavy, have a keel, and a heavy diesel motor (i.e. low center of gravity). *

Now THAT's the kind of Downeast boat I'm talking (and usually dreaming) about.