Being an avid boater from Florida I have always held true to Florida built boats: spectre, pantera, donzi etc. how do the Cali built boats compare i.e. the Nordics, magics, dcb's. The Cali builds seem to have the bling factor, sharper designs, and look damn good. I'd just wonder how they would handle a 5 hour gulf or atlantic pounding....?

You just opened a can of worms,haha. Let me start saying that I like the Nordics of late, 28 and up for any rough water use! Know someone who owned an 1800 HP 35 Flame, after getting into a 42 Outerlimits his comment on the Nordic was ; they're lake boats,lol.

That's what I assumed. The Cali brands seemed to have kept putting product out between 2008-2012 inproving the look of the boats (graphics, molds, interior, etc..) while the majority of Florida boat manufacturers fell off the map during those years. For the fist time in my memory there is almost a shortage of 50K-80K late model pre-owned performance boats on our local market here.

JD You know you like em all .