Center console

Pirate Lady

Pirate Lady

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Jun 2, 2020
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Chesapeake Bay, Middle River
Boat Info
Sundancer 250 ‘91
Engines
7.4 Bravo 1
Sitting at our river bar, must be 30 boats on the long pier, rafted off, etc.
Cruisers- mine and a 33 dancer.
All the rest are center console outboards.
No toilets. Cabins. Fridge. Any amenities.
What am I missing?
 
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If you’ve never had a pair (or more) of Yamahas screaming at 6100 on the governor trimmed to the sky hauling ass through the chop you’re missing out.

Less maintenance
500+ mile range per tank
Less maintenance
Cruise 45+
WTFO 60+
Less maintenance
Less maintenance

Did I mention less maintenance?
 
It's a different boat for a different use/way of boating. Nothing wrong with that. Some of them might look at your boat and think "What a waste - all that space and amenities that would never get used".
 
Pirate Lady said:
Sitting at our river bar, must be 30 boats on the long pier, rafted off, etc.
Cruisers- mine and a 33 dancer.
All the rest are center console outboards.
No toilets. Cabins. Fridge. Any amenities.
What am I missing?
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You maybe missing the possibility that the center console is their run-around-the-bay day boat and they have a larger mother-ship elsewhere?

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Stray Current said:
I love those regulators. Built to get themselves home.
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They really do handle like no other…. You need to ride on one to believe it for yourself. That’s my 23’ and I’ve had her out in 3-4’ short Lake Michigan “chop” and she eats it up. Took my buddy out one time to show him and we came back in and he says “the windshield isn’t even wet!”
 
tc410 said:
They really do handle like no other…. You need to ride on one to believe it for yourself. That’s my 23’ and I’ve had her out in 3-4’ short Lake Michigan “chop” and she eats it up. Took my buddy out one time to show him and we came back in and he says “the windshield isn’t even wet!”
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I've been 80+ out tuna fishing on a 26 in November. Conditions no 35' cc let alone a 26' had any business being in popped up. It was miserable but she still came home in one piece where lesser boats would have been beaten to splinters at the bond flange. Probably had an extra 1/2 ton minimum of ice from spray on everything. Never skipped a beat
 
Stray Current said:
I've been 80+ out tuna fishing on a 26 in November. Conditions no 35' cc let alone a 26' had any business being in popped up. It was miserable but she still came home in one piece where lesser boats would have been beaten to splinters at the bond flange. Probably had an extra 1/2 ton minimum of ice from spray on everything. Never skipped a beat
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I think that’s when they’re happiest!! Welcome to the 24° club!!
 
Pirate Lady said:
Sitting at our river bar, must be 30 boats on the long pier, rafted off, etc.
Cruisers- mine and a 33 dancer.
All the rest are center console outboards.
No toilets. Cabins. Fridge. Any amenities.
What am I missing?
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Those are fishing boats. You have a cruiser. I don’t fish so I have no interest in standing while I drive the boat the whole time.

To the other post about “maintenance “ Ever repower a 30ft CC w outboards? I’ll take maintenance anytime.
 
Well, as someone who recently moved from a 420DA to a 25' CC I can say they're just different tools for different jobs. It all depends on how you want to use your boat.

My 420 was on a lake 75 miles from the house so it was a boat and a condo. It was awesome at doing that.

We don't need the accomodations anymore so the 25 CC is for running 35-40mph up and down the coast and stopping at islands and restaurants along the way. Love both boats for what they are.

BTW, the vast majority of CC have full heads under the console. Mine has a pump out holding tank like a cruiser. Also, you don't have to stand while driving but it's nice choice, especially if the going gets a bit rough.
 
I hate sitting to operate. Every single cruiser has the seat too close to the helm to be able to stand without knocking your heels
 
We don’t fish so no CC for us but love the outboard speed /shallow draft/ efficiency
I’m surrounded by them here in Fla I think they are the coolest looking boats just not for me.
 
Different strokes. If we lived in Florida, that's 100% what we would have, though most likely a hybrid CC with a cuddy up front. In the great lakes though I like a bit more windshield to hide behind, and a bigger cabin to get out of the varying conditions.
 
Dam! I wish I took a picture. One CC boat came in with wife and 3 kids. Orange 5 gallon bucket strapped to transom. Wife said “I guess that’s what she pees in”.
 
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