"Crownliner" wrote in message
news:8U2Mb.20110$I06.147105@attbi_s01...
although i am in a champion right now, i assure you the skeeter will be a
great boat and not dissapoint you. i have no stake in them either, but
they
are an ass kicking boat. i have fished out of many and love the ride and
layout. no one i know has had any problems with the stringer system.

peace
crownliner

"Eric Ryder" wrote in message
et...
Drooled on this one at the Salem NH outdoor show today. Skeeters had
already made my short list of next-boats, but this thing about sealed
it.

Stuff it has, but my current boat sorely lacks:
75 additional ponies
2' length
18" beam
rod lockers that you could sublet
several gasketed dryboxes
prolly 15+ mph
room for a third passenger
every box, including livewells is lit
hyd steering
cooler!

Things it should have had, IMO:
hyd jackplate (it had a ~12+ setback, manual adjust jackplate that
looked
damn solid, not to mention stem mounted trim/tilt and hotfoot throttle)
better console sonar (never been a flasher user, too late to change now)
well for the elec motor control
rounded livewells
no wood in the transom

Features that popped out at me:
decent trailer
nicely planned electric system
finish (tho this one had some show marks on it)
excellent rep demonstrating (Keith Snyder @ Irwin Marine Hudson NH)
the decks are removable with minimum hassle for major rerigging if
required
there is next to no wasted space in this boat - really unbelievable how
much
acreage there is for storage and fishing
they have knocked the weight out with the cap construction

The boat has an aluminum stringer system - any good/bad word on this?
Skeeter has been using aluminum braces for some time - did early boats
have
flex problems?

I have no financial interest (YET) in this company,
Sorry about the drool marks if ya buy the show boat,

Eric


I have a Skeeter myself. It is a 1982. The transom ewas rotted out when I
obught it. Being the naive buyer i didn't realize it at the time. Anyway.
Mine saw some very rough use before I got it, and it still floats. I filled
it up with water a couple times this year, and it got me back to shore.
Once because I forgot the bilge plug, and twice when a livewell over flow
hose came loose.

I also put it airborn over a rock one day trying to dodge a pair of assholes
water skiing out of the mouth of Ferguson Lake. It was a scary experience,
but other than some new gouges ont he hull it and we survived the
experience.

I'ld say it is a pretty tough boat overall. It goes plenty fast with a 150
HP motor on it, so your 20 footer with a 225 should also be pretty darn fast
if the hull design is as good.

My onyl real complaint is that if you come off step quick you will soak
anybody who doesn't stand up right away. It takes a pretty good wave over
the back.


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