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Originally Posted by PhantomChaos
(Post 2302799)
"A trailerable go-fast cruiser?"
Did you want photon torpedos and a cloaking device too? What about a flux-capacitor or solar power? :D :D |
I have a 32 Fountain Sportfish Cruiser too. Its the best I've been able to find, but I want something bigger. Nothing out there!
So I am almost certainly going to build custom. Funny thing is, when I show the design concept to builders, they say "No way, will never sell" and when I show it to people actually ON THEIR BOATS, they say "I want one!" Regarding beam: Getting a wide load permit, and getting down the highway is easy even with lots of beam. Getting in and out of launch ramps, however, is a different story. At almost all launch ramps, I have very few inches on either side at least once, if not several times, getting from the street to the ramp and back out again -- and my boat is 8'4" wide. If the boat was 9 feet wide, I bet I would have gotten stuck several times this year (I did get stuck once on a busy weekend). If it was 10 feet wide, for certain I could only launch at three ramps between San Francisco and Newport Beach. So a wide beam boat is totally impractical if you expect to keep it on a trailer and actually use the boat. Keep it on a hoist, launch it once or once a year, then its no big deal. Do it every weekend? No way. |
I think it's going to be tough to find a boat in your weight range that is much bigger than a 330 which is about 11k dry the 350 is 13k and the 370 is 15k as far as Formula goes. Add a triple trailer and fluids/gear ?
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Originally Posted by carcrash
(Post 2302885)
I have a 32 Fountain Sportfish Cruiser too. Its the best I've been able to find, but I want something bigger. Nothing out there!
So I am almost certainly going to build custom. Funny thing is, when I show the design concept to builders, they say "No way, will never sell" and when I show it to people actually ON THEIR BOATS, they say "I want one!" Regarding beam: Getting a wide load permit, and getting down the highway is easy even with lots of beam. Getting in and out of launch ramps, however, is a different story. At almost all launch ramps, I have very few inches on either side at least once, if not several times, getting from the street to the ramp and back out again -- and my boat is 8'4" wide. If the boat was 9 feet wide, I bet I would have gotten stuck several times this year (I did get stuck once on a busy weekend). If it was 10 feet wide, for certain I could only launch at three ramps between San Francisco and Newport Beach. So a wide beam boat is totally impractical if you expect to keep it on a trailer and actually use the boat. Keep it on a hoist, launch it once or once a year, then its no big deal. Do it every weekend? No way. |
beam..aft cabin..standup.. could be the problem.
any two will give you heavy weight aft/stanup will enlarge beam ..that.. vicious circle! |
how about a sunseeker
http://www.offshoreonlyclassifieds.c...-o5031-en.html |
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If I went to a cruiser this would be my choice >
http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1734501/0 |
cobalt 360
cobalt 343 powerquest 320 sunseeker |
Brian, show him my BT. I even have a 16K Hydrohoist to go with it. All for well below his budget. Joe Murray
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