dmurph
Well-Known Member
That’s a steal.
Nice rig, ready to fish and cruise. Pretty close to the budget
That’s a steal.
I have not. Obviously peoples opinions are biased but I have heard not so great things about them from the Commander guys.Have you talked with any cutwater owners?
Looks great, seems underpowered.
If I ever end up making a decision I'll have a fried chicken lunch for everyone that helped.So do I get a cut for getting rain city on the cutwater train? lol
Nice and fishy. We really are trying to avoid the galley being below like that though. One thing we're not compromising on is having a flush cabin for the inside-outside living type feeling.
Seems that way doesn't it. I'm for itNot really what you're looking for but this thread is getting lots of traffic so I'll post this one here.
https://thunderbirdmarine.com/yacht-sales/28-bayliner-trophy/
I would be curious to hear what owners think also, love the layouts and styles but I recall things feeling flimsy when I checked them out at boatshow once
We've had three seasons on the bayliner 245. We do everything on it including fishing in **** weather. It works but we both agreed that we'd like to be more comfortable while vacationing on it. Want to comfortably do 4-5 nights without having to re-stock. I cross to Thrasher a dozen times or more in the spring. During the summer we're even down at the marina cooking dinner and entertaining a few nights a week. We want to be able to do that on a rainy night and not feel like we're in a cave. I've been fishing on 20 sq ft and hammering them, I'm pretty amazing. 50, 60, 70 square feet would be an amazing difference.I agree that they have flimsy feel after being on them at boat shows. I remember my first thought being that you could really feel the hatches on the deck flexing when you walked around, and that nothing felt solid when it came to the finishings. Night and day difference when you compare one to a Grady, Whaler, Pursuit, Ocean Sport, etc.
Have a friend who had a Cutwater for a year or two. He said while it was good at a lot of things, it wasn't not great at anything. Biggest dislike for him was the ride - a fairly flat/round bottom makes them "corky" and uncomfortable when you get above a small chop. Great boat for cruising in good weather and doing a bit of fishing on the side, but not so great if you want a boat to be out chasing fish regardless of the conditions. I haven't been on one, but my impression is that Commander makes a much more solid boat that does a better job of combining cruising and fishing.
Welcome to the sysphean task of trying to find the perfect boat! I'd recommend taking your wife to a boat show or two to walk around as many different boats as possible to find out what are your must haves and where you are willing to compromise. Also have a realistic think about how much you are going to be using it for cruising/overnighting vs fishing (and what kind of fishing) and anything else you want to do with your boat - water skiing, beach combing, fireworks, etc - and get something geared to the balance you'll be using it for.