When did "mid-cabin" boats start appearing on the powerboat scene?
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When did "mid-cabin" boats start appearing on the powerboat scene?
As we all know most performance boats are closed deck. ive noticed the mid cabin thing (half open half closed bow) becoming popular. I was wondering when it started coming about and what manufacturers embraced the trend?
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The first ones I remember seeing in the offshore style were Nordic and Sunsation. I would say it started within the last ten years. Most recently, I saw Donzi offer a mid cabin on their 35 ZR. Looked sharp. I'm sure there are people who know more precise info than me.
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i honestly discovered it by mistake while shopping last year, while i found it odd as well i can say i absolutely love it, and it made talking the wife into it easier, seems more of a west coast thing and donzi and sunsation are the only east coast versions that i know of, i think donzi has a zxo that goes back into the early 2000's, west coast goes back into the 90's
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I came across an old Concord brochure from the late 80's early 90's. they used to make a boat called a cc-7 that was a mid cabin but they quit making it because it never really took off, maybe it was ahead of its time, lol. it was a 23 ft mid cabin, its a good looking boat if you ask me, ive attatched some pics, let me know what you think. Im tyrng to convince Brian that he needs to start building them again.
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I would love to have a 25-35 foot performance boat with an open bow and a fiberglass insert i could put on when it came time to run poker runs. I have seen eliminators with the fiberglass insert and they look sleek!
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Whats appealing about them is that you have the open bow with additional seating for friends but you still have a mid cabin that you can duck out of the sun or lock your valuables up inside. I guess if you can drop in a filler cushion in the font seats and snap on a cover, you can still use it as a traditional bed.
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im wanting to think the CC-7 was setup to snap a cover over the bow and you could put an insert in to make a sleeper out of it. they also made a dc-7 which was closed bow version and had a full bed and love seat set up under neath
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But would have to be a snug fitting and well built fiberglass cover that truly looks like a closed bow when on. Strong enough to walk on etc..