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Post by barryturano on May 15, 2020 9:32:10 GMT -5
Sounds like a few of the guys that fish with me. My old Albemarle had scuppers that were just above the water line. Always needed to wear boots.
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Post by hookedup on May 16, 2020 6:34:00 GMT -5
What Albe did you have? My 285 was high and dry and spoiled me - never had a drop of water in the bilge in over 10 years. I thought all boats were like that, until my Robalo and now the Sailfish. Not any problems, just didn't expect it after the Albe.
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Post by barryturano on May 16, 2020 10:46:50 GMT -5
My Albemarle was a 1999 242CC with a jack shaft. Great riding boat. Just tight for storage and the space between the leaning post and transom left a lot to be desired. If you had 3 guys in the back the water would come in through the scuppers and drip between the jack shaft deck plate and the stationary deck plates. Also if anyone was in the stern you needed to walk side ways it was really tight. I went to the 2660 because I wanted more beam, more length and more horsepower. Before I went to Sailfish I was looking at a Carolina Classic 28 with diesels. Then decided to look at a 2870 Pursuit walk around. Finally settled back on the center console 2660 with twin 250's.
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Post by hookedup on May 17, 2020 6:49:22 GMT -5
Good choice! Very happy with my Sailfish and the family absolutely loves it compared to the Albemarle. The Albemarle was a great boat for heading out 80 miles to the Gulf Stream to fish, but it drank fuel on the twin Volvos.
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Post by barryturano on May 17, 2020 8:19:04 GMT -5
The Carolina Classic was going to be a beast. I wanted to go straight inboard but the boat was 15000 pounds. I found a bunch with twin 240 hp diesels. Would have a 20 knot boat at cruise. Would be over 3 hours to the steam Several of them had towers which also added to the weight. Not the kind of boat that you can just jump on and go to troll Spanish by yourself if you get a nice morning or afternoon and you can't get a crew. I was looking for some more comfort (due to becoming an old fart approaching 73 is no fun) in fact it is kind of humbling. Also as you said the fuel burn would hurt. This boat is a partnership between myself and my son. I am going to try to become crew and not captain.
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Post by hookedup on May 17, 2020 18:29:24 GMT -5
Since the title of this thread has to do with how your boat sits, it seems appropriate to add this here. Took the boat out today to get new fuel and take it out for a ride (also caught a few blues). I noticed at the dock it was leaning more to starboard than I remembered. When I got back I found water aft on the starboard side. I didn't have the right tools, but I suspect some manufacturing junk ended up in the drain from starboard to bilge and the water accumulated. I'll go back after our week of 'Arthur' with tools to clear out the mess. I know we've all read a hundred times about holes clogging up usually due to lack of proper cleaning after manufacturer, but I thought I'd found it all. Obviously not.
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