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Cuddy cabin or open bow?

The 2 best days in a boat owner's life?

The day he buys the boat and the day he sells the boat.

Open bow for lakes or delta use.
 
Johndicezx9 said:
The 2 best days in a boat owner's life?

The day he buys the boat and the day he sells the boat.
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Definition of a boat:

A hole in the water into which you pour money. :laughing

Old saying:

If you wait long enough and look hard enough, the boat you want will be available for free.

I've known some folks who've experienced that. :laughing
 
Bust
Out
Another
Thousand!!
 
Open bow. Screw in public and give people something to look at.
 
Archimedes said:
I've owned both and, while I agree that the Cuddy typically gives better visual lines, the open bow is way more usable. Plus, the new open bow designs over the last decade have made them much better looking. I'd never buy a closed bow boat again.
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As long as everybody is all happy humpin' in the great open outdoors the open bow seems like the most usable boat. Of the two I'm looking at the cuddy is gorgeous and turnkey with ~300 hours on the motor, but the open bow has a new higher performance motor that needs a little bit of upholstery work, and is 40% cheaper of the same year and size models.
 
open bow, deff. If you want a alot of folks, cant beat a party barge/poontang boat. We rented one, fish, eat, partayyy. Lots of fun. But has the aerodynamics of a cinder block through molasses
Also, do some research on mercruiser/volvo penta out drives. Many swear by the volvo
 
I've always liked the cuddy cabin/closed bow design. I've owned a bow-rider before and the folks up there seemed to be a little separated from the folks in back. Also, if there's only one person up there, it makes the boat yaw if you don't have trim tabs. Also, as others mentioned, cuddy's tend to be a good place to tend to your nether regions (either recreationally, or excrementally)
 
I have always preferred the cuddie cabin. Too bad Ant is a porker, otherwise I would buy one.

At this rate- I will have to buy an aircraft carrier to take him out on the water.
 
Lefty, Ant wasn't questioning your fondness of boats when he asked if you like seamen.

In other news, I'm going to look at the open bow tomorrow and will keep you all posted. The feedback has been helpful and appreciated. It looks like I need two boats!
 
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CockyRooster said:
Lefty, Ant wasn't questioning your fondness of boats when he asked if you like seaman.

In other news, I'm going to look at the open bow tomorrow and will keep you all posted. The feedback has been helpful and appreciated. It looks like I need two boats!
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Careful. Soon, you're gonna need a bigger boat.

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All the boat manufacturers in the world in business for years and years and not a one of 'em has ever built a boat the right size.

I ask you, fellow boat owners, if you've ever owned a boat that wasn't four feet too short?
 
Also keep in mind engine economy. We got an old clean bayliner cuddie this year for a screamin deal. At first I was kinda disapointed that it only had a 3.0L 4 cyl engine but soon found that it could pull tubes, knee boards, or a wakeboarder just fine. We went out 6 days before filling it back up and it only cost $45 to fill. On the other hand my buddies $50,000 Malibu with a V-8 can pull more tail but eats $100 worth of gas in one Saturday afternoon. Our lake doesn't have gas pumps so he either has to bring cans in the back of the truck or trailer it back into town to fill it up when we are camping on the lake for the entire weekend. I even had to pull him in with my $4,500 boat when he ran it out of fuel.:rofl:twofinger
 
angelsndevils said:
Also keep in mind engine economy. We got an old clean bayliner cuddie this year for a screamin deal. At first I was kinda disapointed that it only had a 3.0L 4 cyl engine but soon found that it could pull tubes, knee boards, or a wakeboarder just fine. We went out 6 days before filling it back up and it only cost $45 to fill. On the other hand my buddies $50,000 Malibu with a V-8 can pull more tail but eats $100 worth of gas in one Saturday afternoon. Our lake doesn't have gas pumps so he either has to bring cans in the back of the truck or trailer it back into town to fill it up when we are camping on the lake for the entire weekend. I even had to pull him in with my $4,500 boat when he ran it out of fuel.:rofl:twofinger
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If economy is a concern boating is not for you.
 
angelsndevils said:
Also keep in mind engine economy. We got an old clean bayliner cuddie this year for a screamin deal. At first I was kinda disapointed that it only had a 3.0L 4 cyl engine but soon found that it could pull tubes, knee boards, or a wakeboarder just fine. We went out 6 days before filling it back up and it only cost $45 to fill. On the other hand my buddies $50,000 Malibu with a V-8 can pull more tail but eats $100 worth of gas in one Saturday afternoon. Our lake doesn't have gas pumps so he either has to bring cans in the back of the truck or trailer it back into town to fill it up when we are camping on the lake for the entire weekend. I even had to pull him in with my $4,500 boat when he ran it out of fuel.:rofl:twofinger
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Same here. I used to have a 19 foot Regal that "only" had a V-6. Then again, 230HP was nothing to sneeze at and the economy was better than the V-8. 'course, I only had that boat for 6 weeks before I clipped the outdrive on a rock at Shaver Lake. To fix it cost $250 more than I paid for the whole boat. Insurance totaled it out and that was that. I picked up sailing the next weekend (logic being that if you can't go 40 kts, you can't clip a rock at 40 kts...this was years before America's Cup, mind you).
 
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