So I got a little quiet on this thread once I had a deal to be worked out. I ended up getting Thunder21’s 26’ Hourston. There are a couple things about the boat that aren’t exactly On my list of ideal features (inboard/outboard is never my favourite) but the boat is overall in pretty damn good shape and has many of the things I was looking for and should be a pretty cool rig for me and my family! Thunder21 was super easy to deal with and I hope I see him at the ramp some day.
I trailered it home and holy crap that thing feels big on the trailer. Looking forward to getting out on the water tomorrow and then getting a couple mods done this summer to get it set up the way I want.
It seems like there is some absolute garbage out there for boats right now and what does exist looks either massively overpriced or just junk. I looked at several other boats and the Hourston stood heads and shoulders above the other options (In my eyes anyway)