202 islander is a fast little boat. bottom is very flat-that's where the speed comes from. will beat you to death in anything bigger than a 6 inch chop. just about everybody makes a 23 cuddy that is a cross between a family cruiser and a perf boat. i would check out a few of these.

There is a lot in your range, maybe a 22 Pachanga or if you can find it, even a 27 pachanga. if you do not mind an older boat. If you really wanted a boat that is the family cruiser/performance boat crossed, that is a HUGE market, Sea Ray is king in and cruiser market, but you have Wellcraft, Four Winns, Sun Runner (If you want to look at an older boat).

The first rule in buying a boat is do not ever let her be involved in the process..... The second rule is refer to rule #1

One of the crew we run with has a 22 Pachanga, cockpit too small for 6 adults, plus it's a little small, really a 20ft boat, would like to stay in the 90's for a boat as I had prev a 1987 Baja 22 Force and a 1989 Regal Velocity 23, looking to move up in room but with decent performance, at least 55mph minimum top speed. My first pick would be a Baja Outlaw 24 but hard to find at my price range.

IMO a 20' boat out on the bay is looking for an ass kicking except for maybe a few pristine days out of the year. it gets fairly rough on that water just by the wind alone. 20' is a lake boat not for open water. i would be looking for something in the 27-30' range. Dream for the perfect days but plan for the worst. IMO

Found a couple on Craigslist to look at this weekend in nearby MD , 1994 Baja 236, 1994 Wellcraft 23 Nova and a 1996 Baja Islander 27 ft, figure a 27 bowrider could handle wherre we need to go. All 3 have the base 7.4 Merc with Bravo 1.

We have a 2001 Wellcraft 20 Excalibur SC Cuddy we just listed. Volvo 5.0GI/ Duoprop. It has bottom paint but has been kept in our hi and dri since 2003. Asking $13,900 but open to offers. The Excalibur is much deeper then the 202 Baja so you would get a better ride.

We have a 2001 Wellcraft 20 Excalibur SC Cuddy we just listed. Volvo 5.0GI/ Duoprop. It has bottom paint but has been kept in our hi and dri since 2003. Asking $13,900 but open to offers. The Excalibur is much deeper then the 202 Baja so you would get a better ride.

Thanks Anchor, not sure if it's going to be big enough but you aren't that far, might swing by Friday as I'm off work for a look.

Sounds Good............

Do yourself a favor and get a deep vee, had a 24 ft checkmate on the the northern Chesapeake, beat my brains out in that, have a 41' Chris, was coming from Baltimore to NE one time, a strom came up so fast, my pop was on the radio, getting the lifejackets out thought we were going down, there was at at least 10 to 12' swells, the water was so rough it picked the 41 footer up and turned me 180 degress, my dad come flying up on the bridge yelling why did you turn the boat back, i said i didn't it was the wind and waves, morel to my story is it can get pretty snotty out on the bay and it can come up real real fast....i think a 20 foot boat is to small, even a 24' boat unless its a real deep vee.....