Originally Posted by Nate5.0 (Post 4395535)

You can order bolster for 5 in a 38 Statement. Again, these are customer to order be it Statement, Nor-Tech, or who ever.

recent deliver...Cabin, bolster for 5, with rear seating for 4 along the back.

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Originally Posted by NASCAT (Post 4395557)

Nate- I have to say I wasn't aware Statement offered that option. I stand corrected!
There's no real right or wrong just different layout or configurations. Statements bow cabin seems to about eliminate the bow seating. Power lounger cool but not sure you could lay up there at speed like you can the helm loungers. I think NT does a good job utilizing the floor space wisely while also maximizing the seating. To me the front load head on the Statement pigeonholes the rest of the layout. It's a nice roomy head but when you take into consideration the amount of space it occupies & how it eliminates other bow seating configurations vs the amount of time spent in the head vs lounging in the bow area I think it's a limiting factor.

Just my $.02 from a guy that considered Sunsations, Cig's, Statements & Mystics before deciding on a Nor-tech.

Originally Posted by TheGladiator (Post 4395508)

Thx for the correction

Originally Posted by NORTECH-ANGLER (Post 4395515)

Well yes I can share. Lets put it this way. Nick is a great guy at statement. Hands down. Craig is a liar and snake. That being said Nick also can't say no to anything which in turn gets him into binds with projects and due dates. The punch list includes items that were changed from build process to lots of quality issues. The fiberglass had a few voids in the hull to the point I could stick the tip of my pinky finger in it. This is definitely not good. A handful of stress cracks in corners of compartments and doors.

The cuddy was not put together with the options and choices we agreed upon. Panels of interior of cuddy was fallen apart and down after my trip to key west in the first 10 hours. Compartments that opened did not fit well. Some rubbed and were bowed to were they didn't fit well. All the bilge pumps ran and burned up because all of the debris in the hull was never swept out which clogged the pumps up. Wow, this was fun to mess with all week long during key west trip. NOT. SeaDek sucks. IMO... The lines on mine didn't line up with compartments. But, it also stained up pretty bad after a few months. The material is soft and is easy to tear up. The areas exposed to sun faded pretty bad verses the areas that were NOT exposed. Stereo changes and brand was not installed per specs. Totally overlooked and already cut into the boat. Several other options not completed to contract. This pretty much sums it up. After several months of back and forth with an attorney things got resolved and the boat was sold to someone that was happy with it. Oh, I forgot my trip was delayed by a day because one of the Mercury Motors blew up. Mercury had a recall on like 14 motors and guess what 3 were on my boat painted to match. Nick scramble to get new ones from another sold boat they were not painted and swap them out. It was a true nightmare.

I wanted to keep this from public forum. But, everything is settled finally. The boat sold and most of the quality issues were addressed before new buyer took it.

Originally Posted by NASCAT (Post 4395536)

For the $$$ I think the Mystic is going to be the best value in that size range but agree transportation becomes quite an ordeal.

Originally Posted by Wildman_grafix (Post 4395507)

Been awhile since I was in a AT, is the current fiberglass floor non skid?

Originally Posted by 33outlawsst (Post 4395614)

At 400K the fish had better jump in the boat, while drinking a cool beverage :drink: