bridour

I am new to boating and looking to up grade. I had a Baja 202 Islander and now looking to go up in size. I was first looking to go to a 25 Outlaw and now thinking of going to 29 or 30 with twins!!! Can someone help me with the pros and cons!! And give me some advice!! Is it go big or go home?

Crude Intentions

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Biggest downfall with twins. 2 of everything to break and maintain. I have a 272 sr1 with twins and I love it. Of course it is a smallblock boat so cheaper than big blocks.

2nd downfall to twins especially side by side. It's a b*tch to work on sometimes.

Pros- lose 1 you an still get home. Usually easier at the dock. Not that a small single is hard at the dock.

Love the twins and gonna keep it till I get to a 35-38 with twin big blocks.

Just my take

88242LS

Depends on where and what kinda boating you want to do, I had a 24 Formula and a 27 Formula with a single, we wished we skipped the 27 and went into the current 30ft with twins, I boat alot 80-100 hours this year wound up being around 85 hours almost identical to last year, cost me about 1200 more in gas, but worth ever penny, its nice cruising at 50/55 mph and not feeling like your straining the boat, as mentioned above the maintence is double and can be very hard due to the lack of room,, I got a guy thou LOL

commandersander

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Hey mike....I know about a soon to be radically customized twin bb 357sr1 that just might be available come summer time

Bigger boat, bigger water. If it is a heavy vee, then big water days in a single become glass days for you. Your boating season just got double/tripled....unless you can't afford fuel....then it got cut in half.

As above, you can limp home on one if you have a failure with twins.

With the single.....cheaper to run, maintain and insure. But, you are the basic minivan at the stoplight.

Sb or bb twins With through-hull always brings a crowd at the dock.....ramp....

I have a good mix of both.....and hands down, I enjoy 25' up twins over a single anything. Just me....

offshorexcursion

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tells us how you use your boat?

Family

How many people

Poker runs

Trailer it alot

Tow rig

Rough water

Stay overnight

etc.

Jason3603

Where you boat is relevant as well. If you are boating the smaller inland lakes a single 20-25 footer is perfect. Now if you are boating any body of water such as the Great Lakes or Ocean type waters you will want to be in the 30 foot range. Just my 2 cents.

Crude Intentions

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Hmmmm wonder what boat that is. No doubt it will be nice as hell. My 272 gonna have to do me a few more years till I I ish redoing it ten i can step up.

1989mach1

skip the 25 and go for some thing over 30 u wont regret it. it will be a much better ride and more options. the down side with twins for me was the gas, i stop keeping track when we hit 3,000 and that wasnt even half way throw the season....

commandersander

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+1.....and our season is year-round.....

B.O.A.T. Bring out another thousand......and that is just a fillup

ondtip

Like they said above. We need more info. The biggest thing is money. How big of a boat? How old are you going? If you find something right at 30 foot with older 454 mags, 365-385HP, I would think you would be better off with a higher HP single in the upper 20 foot range. Half the moving parts, much better on gas, and might even perform better, except you might give up the quality of the ride. If you are currently at about 20 feet, what about a 25-29 with some HP? That size boat can be extremely fun with a single engine over 500HP on a budget.