Thanks Tom

I should have been clearer about the water I boat in. Normally if you head out in the morning it is pritty calm, but as the day goes along the seas build. When I am heading back home the waves can really pick up and 4 footers are common, and sometime they can get 6 or so feet. I have allways been able to make it back in my 20 footer, but a extra 4-5 foot of boat would make me feel safer.

I don't need a fishing, or ski boat. My fater has a center console fishing boat, and we have a little jet boat to ski behind or bom around the little bays.

I am looking for a boat to take few friends allong for day trips and to bomb around in in. A big cabin is not the most important thing, but it is hard to find a true performance boat without a pritty good sized cabin.

I am not looking to race my current boat does 55-60 mph, but it would be nice to be able to run in the high 60 mph to mid 70 mph range. It would also be fun to give them cigarettes, fountains, formulas, and scarabs a run for their money. Hey I am a drag racer after all and drive a pickup truck that runs high 10's to low 11's in the 1/4 mile. So I guess I like to go fast.

What have you looked at so far, and what do you like the best?

It hasn't been mentioned yet but I would take a very hard look at the 25 Shockwave Tremor. 24 deadrise hull with no pad. Excellent rough water ride, great freeboard, built very solid, and their gelcoats and rigging are top notch. And its a full sized 25. It measures 24'10" without the swim step and has a 100 inch beam.

Ive had mine in the ocean and its awesome.

Some of the other boats mentioned here are not full sized 25's, are real narrow, and are not deep v's (and some have pads). As a result, they are not the best offshore choices cause they are small lake boats.

Just my .02 cents

24' SKATER!!

Although I am selling mine dont over look the Sunsation. I have run it in 4 to 6 footers when alot of bigger boats have turned back. if I had not found an Apache that suits my needs and parts I have collected .... hell I wish I could keep both.

Powerplay. I own a 25 Open Fisherman and it is fast, handles rough seas very well, and is extremely stable. I have an obvious bias but I have been on other boats that just do not perform like this one. Pantera would be my second choice. Very nice boat.

Checkmate all the way! Hard to beat the performance and quality of the 253!

X-driver

It would have to be a BANANA

And this one

You do realize that your shockwave has a 21 degree bottom ?? Now thats a "lake boat"