"Stuff" in Offshore Boats
 

I would like your opinion on all the shi...stuff people are putting in offshore boats these days.

I've become a serious minimalist in our boat after getting my clocked cleaned a few times in Florida this winter, and sure enough the one thing that I thought was superfluous in our boat broke!

I can just imagine if I would of had a DVD, a flat screen TV, a generator, a fridge, an AC units or anything of that nature it would of ended up at the bottom of the bilge in a million pieces small enough to be pumped out by the bilge.

What's the opinion of the OSO crew here. Apart from Allan4 being a putz! :D

I wonder if this dude had a fridge how it would of faired!!!

Some boats have problems on there own!!!

Honey how's the microwave doing? !

What microwave?

ABSOLUTELY !!!

"Less is More" is the Theme of my next boat !!!

Depends on how you boat I guess. I do not need a lot on my boat but some do. If you properly install things like a DVD or LCD pannel they will last in a landing even on the above pictures NO PROBLEM. However most DO NOT install things properly so they have problems. Pam will not sleep on the boat but I love to.... So any time she is around we either hotel it or cabin or what ever, so there is really no need to have a lot of amenaties in the boat.

Jon

I'm with Fever Mike on this one. If you want all that, buy a Searay. Heck, I can't even stand a bimini on one.:p

Yes, less is more, A plasma may still he hanging from the wall but it's internals are scrambled eggs. Those frigs don't get cold anyway. Is that your boat GL? I would run some 3 inch deck screws from the inside out, this will also give you a nice non skid deck from the screws sticking out.:D

I agree. Instead of having the fridge get an Ice chest. I am sure the Igloo won't have a problem in 6 footers.

Everything else needs to be tied town. Every time I go out and it is rough, I have a big pile o' crap waiting for me at the foot of the cabin.

Panther

That would be a 382 Formula. Owned by a Left coast gentleman who goes by Poodle. :D :D :D

Have owned Both types and have had Fridge, Microwave, Door hinges, TV, etc. break. Give me the clean Min cabin and a rocking drive-train !!!! My .02 but everyone is different. The wife though requires an area to change the three to five times a year she comes on the boat.;)

Murphy's Law: If something can go wrong, it will. That stuff is bound to give a headache down the line...

I personally dont like alot of stuff in the cabin. But it is nice to have it when you do. I just need a place to sleep when i have had one too many drinks.

Well I have to have and like having all the crap, If I didn't have a enclosed head I would have to take my wife to shore every hour, and my seven year old will go in and nap or watch some TV and rest after swimming all day,

But, when I got stuck out in a storm in the gulf stream on my way to the Bahamas the two things that broke were the fridge and 164qt. cooler. The fridge was full of wine, the cooler water, beer, soda, V8, of about 150 bottles of stuff 1/2 made it. The glass was so smashed it was like sand. I never seen anything like it and hope to never see it again. Sonic fixed the fridge for free igloo replaced the cooler.

Everyone has their own opinion, but I think that if you need all those plush ammenties you would be in line for a performance cruiser. I think that all the type of stuff would get banged up if you were running in any choppy conditions. I would rather not have any of the extra's cabin ammenties if it would help to keep the price of the boat down. I guess I should have an opinion, because my father has a cabin cruiser which is always accessable when I'm boating.

less is better but can understand others and their amenities:bunny: :bunny:

I think WickedWon has an opinion on this subject:D :D

Less... Less.... less... Nothing worse than hammering over the waves and hearing an A/C compressor banging away under a cabinet in it's mounts... or finding a refridgerator in the middle of the floor with all your stuff broken and leaking into the bilge.... or pots and pans clanging.... I tore all that **** out and put in a cooler held in place with bungee cords... problem solved...

I agree with Audio..Has a lot to do with installation "Habits".... OL does NOT seem to have any problems Keeping a fully loaded Boat and cabin together.

I like to go FAST so the less the better.My 10 Meter Fountain had a cabin,which was used alot when I was single!When I ran offshore the whole thing fell apart,so I removed it.My Pantera was faster with no cabin full race setup.My new boat is a 28SKATER no cabin and very fast.Also you can do in the back seat what you can in the cabin.

Have to agree with going with less. Like others, it all ends up in the floor of rough days anyway. Besides, park next to a cruiser buddy and use his frig and a/c!:D

This is off Tres's site. Doesnt look like it is going anywhere. Not that I want one but I think it can be done.

You keep preaching that, but in reality....

Steve1 I agree, but there is some things that just plain do not belong in my opinion in a twin stagger 1200 HP boat.

It my not fall out like some of the others I have owned, but it still may not survive in the long term. Anyway my .02 in what I drive.

Cannot wait to get on the water cold today here !:D

Well GL, you've seen all the accessories I carry in the boat. Question answered I think :)

About 10 seconds later this happened......

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Rough day:(

This is why I got a gladiator
 

"Stuff" in Offshore Boats (Post #1)

GL I agree with you
I've become a serious minimalist in my boat That is why I got a gladiator just pure go fast.

Pleaseeeeeee
 

The ones that really run them don't have any of that stuff. This whole topic, for those that have been doing this for a while, is moot. If you have an Offshore boat that is capable of running at speed in the rough, AND YOU DO IT, none of that junk lives. If you have a crusier cabin treat it as such, just remember if you get caught up "in the moment" the damage done is hard to describe or repair.

If your cabinet doors, tv's, microwaves, wetbars, a/c units ect. are living, you have a good feel for the boats limitations and that's a very good thing, but you ain't running hard. ;)

And GL why do you continually bring up these "reality" topics ? Freak'n KILLJOY :D :D Whats next a " Should Real Hotrods Have Innerliner's" thread :eek:

C'mon .... really ????:p

Re: Pleaseeeeeee
 

Cabin Fever.

Yahh we carry all your freakn shi...stuff.
As long as you have the Scotch to pay for transport! Oh yes I mean Rye for Canucks.

It's "their own" ya GOOF!!!! :D :D :D :D

This thread is about "OFFSHORE" not "ONLAKE" boats. You don't count. :D :D :D :D

Probably because of all the other chicks you're had in there......women are funny about that! :D :D :D

to much stuff
 

If you want to carry all that stuff you need to get one of these mother ships



Rick OSG

This is my observation from the boat shows.
The first place alost every prospective buyer goes when looking at our V bottoms is the cabin. They don't look in the engine room, study the helm for layout or ergonomics or look at much of what you use the most. It's like it doesn't matter, only the glitz below. Fridge, Microwave, Flat Screen TV, DVD, Gen, Air, Full size head, Ultra Leather sofa, Ostrich skin.....
When we see the boats a year after the delivery we often find the packaging still in the microwave, the TV remote still in the bag, etc.
We would rather leave all of the "Stuff" out but whenever we build one stripped down it's seems they are harder to resell.
TS

So True
 

Terry, you just made me laugh. I was recently on one of your GOOD customers boats ( a loaded 50') and I was teasing him about all the amenities, when I asked him how often he used any of them the answer was of course " never". All I could think about was how much work was involved (designing mounts, wiring, breakers, plumbing, venting, access ect...) to install all that stuff !

BTW If you have to have it all, a 20,000 pound, four engine 50 footer probably has the best chance of not spitting the microwave door across the cabin ;) :D

Let me re-phrase this;
Nort has problems.


:D