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outonsafari

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rak rua

Chris Craft launch series are beautiful boats but not very fast. I considered one for the classic style alone but the water is usually choppy here and they are not a rough water boat. Deadrise is a bit shallow compared to offshore boats and the bow sections are very wide which negates the fine entry. I had a Sea Ray 270 with similar bow shape and it 'smacked' head-on waves very hard rather than slice through them.

That's a bit of a common thing with bowriders I think, because they are designed for maximum space inside. Depends what water you boat on but if you're in the slop, a narrow bow with fine entry and deeper deadrise (23-24 degrees) is certainly better.

Boats like Active Thunder, Nordic, Sunsation and Baja Islander are variations from their offshore boats and are fine but won't offer as much space up front as a true bowriders.

RR

dturn

good to know. I consider sebago lake to be choppy a lot of 30' crusiers on the waters, I am also interested to get into some bigger lakes as well.!

dturn

Used 2009 Chaparral Ssx 276 Mercury Racing 525hp, Plano, Tx - 75074 - BoatTrader.com

dturn

Anyone have some input on Essex boats?

2013 Essex Raven powerboat for sale in California

Thanks

252 Baja

We bought our Baja 252 Islander new in 02, it's a been a great boat. Kids are grown, so we don't use it as much as we used too.

BUP

Over 25 ft in length all brand new 2018 with full warranties . And the best part a tad under 80 K. Again all brand new, NOT used for almost the same price of used boats on the market, plus a huge step up in quality of the build process.

All custom built FULL gel cote with no graphics nor any paint. Also includes custom 2018 boat trailer. Best deal for a brand new boat I have seen in many many years.

Also can get this 24 / 25 and other Lavey Crafts with Outboards, but all interested should check the exact pricing beforehand. A very high end quality build with all the Lavey craft models.

https://www.laveycraft.com/models-24-nuera

BUP

Chris Craft Launch are nice boats but in rough waters they pound you to death. Smooth water lake boat. The same with Essex boats plus if I recall Essex is long gone. I had one dealing with them for info about 10 years ago on a 2 year boat of theirs in for alot of indepth repairs. The phone call to Essex's, they where NOT helpful period - actually not willing to even take a minute to put forth an effort to pass on any info about there boats nor the build nor any of that process plus was totally clueless about a manufacturer build sheet that I wanted. They would not give me any info as per what engine and drive was even installed for the hull HIN number I provided over the phone. IMO almost like they were hiding something.

dturn

Nice Clean boat thanks for the feedback!