Originally Posted by chrisf

noboat,

I will tell you why I am focusing on Bajas. 2 primary reasons. Clean interiors and availability. To me, the Baja's have the "whitest interior". My Bayliner has glued carpet, wood particle board flooring, the vinyl takes ocean tar too easily, ugly loud colors and scratches everywhere. Just a real dirty boat after a day with the family and Cheetos. I am a 90 degree angle kind of person. The Baja I think gives the simplest, cleanest interior with no gimmicks. After a dirty day, just pull the carpet and hose down, instead of a weekend of scrubbing and vacuuming. IMHO, some other manufacturer's boats (especially West Coast custom shops),focus more on the paintjob, the mid cabins, tunnels to the bow, bimini, and give you a 5 liter for the engine, all for $70,000 (40K used). Plus, there is only one available if you are lucky, not the myriad of Baja models available.

One more thing. Maybe it is a Socal thing, but Baja people tend not to put 10K sound systems in their boats. Now, I am a subwoofer kind of guy myself, but I am not going to pay a premium on a used boat for it! I never find this an issue with the Baja's.

For the record, I am open to any manufacturer with clean roomy interiors, deep v deadrise (23-24), great engine options, and a decent used price and availibility. Something in my mind has to click, and so far, it is only the Baja's that have caught my eye.

Chris

Originally Posted by chrisf

noboat,

No to Powerquest, I will research. The 260 legend sx looks nice though, is it expensive?

Scarab 22, I don't like the crawl through cuddy. 21d deadrise not enough. Haven't looked at a Scarab 29 yet

Formula, see post above, can't seem to find what everybody is talking about (242) 1998 or above

Sunsation 288 too expensive around here (80-100K)

Checkmate 218, not enough deadrise (20d). Convincor not available anywhere around here, so haven't given thought

Keep the ideas coming though!

Chris