looked at 26 there was only about 8" of room from the front edge of the rear seat to the front bolsters. The boat was a 1998 would a newer one have more room?

Nope...

Thanks for the answer love the boat but can't live with that amount of room

I just sold a Baja 26 Outlaw and it didn't have much more room behind the bolsters than the Prowler. You should look at the 31.

Hi, just bought an 03 prowler myself. Just wondering did you actualy sit in the back seats.
The reason for my question is that I was also concerned about this before getting the boat. However these are the most amazing well thought out boats for space and I have found that when you sit in the back seats if you want to stretch out your legs are actually below the line of the front bolsters so they dont impeed at all.
Sonic's have minimised this space and the space forward of the engine bay to help gain with the relitively enormous space in the front cabin. They are a fantastic 26' boat for useabillity to own. Probably the ony drawback we notice with the rear seat space is when getting in and out of the boat its a little tight to step down into.

Yea, I sat back there just not a lot of room at all. A friend just told me about a 31 for sale I'm going to take a look at it.