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Nickymalin
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Joined: Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:18 am Posts: 7
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Looking for some input
Want to buy a new rig and need help putting together optimal combo.
This will be a hunting and fishing boat but hunting takes precedent when it come to design. I hunt big water and typically have 3-4 guys and lots of gear.
I really want a center console unless someone can convince me otherwise. Would like to get max speed out of a single engine.
I would greatly appreciate any input. Boat size? Hull? Motor?
I’m thinking something in the 2060 size with a hoss 75
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Fri Mar 01, 2019 7:12 pm |
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Mallards Only
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Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:23 pm Posts: 404 Location: Idaho
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Re: Looking for some input
I have had several boats, including a CC fishing boat that I just sold. I will never go back to a CC and would especially not recommend one for hunting. CC's eat up valuable floor space.
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Sun Mar 03, 2019 9:20 am |
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Full Throttle
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2009 8:09 pm Posts: 1268 Location: North Texas
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Re: Looking for some input
_________________ WC Custom 1854
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Sun Mar 03, 2019 10:12 am |
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MNGunner
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:56 pm Posts: 2623 Location: Minnesota
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Re: Looking for some input
I have a 1754 Mod-V hunt deck (18'8" x ~56-58 the way Gtrax measures their hulls). 3 guys with decoys and lab is perfect. 4 guyts would be crowded for hunting, but probably doable.
The center console would take up WAY too much room for hunting out of the boat. Also it would get in they way of most blind systems. Even if you could get a blind up, it would cut off the front guys from the rear.
Mine is solely used for hunting. No extended front deck. Gas tank in the rear. two Gun boxes (haul guns, collapsible decoy retrievers, stand-up bar when not in use, etc).that double as benches. No catwalks. Leave it open as possible
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Sun Mar 03, 2019 10:44 am |
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Mallards Only
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Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:23 pm Posts: 404 Location: Idaho
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Re: Looking for some input
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Mon Mar 04, 2019 8:57 am |
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Russ
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:07 pm Posts: 4820 Location: West Monroe, LA
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Re: Looking for some input
Wow. You quoted the guy's post to counter, yet he was agreeing with you, although maybe not definitively that all CCs are bad.
#CFFITR #TheGhostBoat #whoneedsphysicsihaveamudmotor
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Mon Mar 04, 2019 9:05 am |
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Mallards Only
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Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:23 pm Posts: 404 Location: Idaho
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Re: Looking for some input
He was only partially agreeing, claiming that a CC somehow doesn't take up floor space on a 2060 boat. The OP said hunting takes "precedent" in the design and seems intent on a CC unless we convince him otherwise. My opinion is there is NO benefit whatsoever of a CC in a hunting boat. As MNGunner pointed out, CC's do not work well in hunting boats for several reasons and to claim a CC doesn't take up floor space is just untrue.
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Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:36 am |
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Russ
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Joined: Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:07 pm Posts: 4820 Location: West Monroe, LA
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Re: Looking for some input
He didn't imply it doesn't take up floor space. He said a 2060 has a lot and as long as you aren't hunting from the boat, it's fine. If you're hunting from it, the tiller is better. That's what he said, is it not?
OP, there are people on both sides of this. I have a 1748, and hunt out of a 2054 as much as I hunt out of mine. Both are tillers. The 2054 has more than enough space for hunting with a tiller or cc with 3 and a good chunk of gear, but it doesn't have a large front deck or any back deck or gun box or catwalks. Add any of that and the cc wouldn't work with 4 people to hunt. Add some width and that may or may not change, but it depends on what your definition of alot of gear is. It'll be fine transporting 3 or 4 sacks of decoys and a bunch of crap, and once the decoys are out you'd have that space back, so that's a decision you'll have to make. We hunt 5 in that 2054, so I'd bet it would wind up being your preference, and not as clear cut on mallard's opinion that it's bad. Your blind design would be more the driving force than floor space, I bet.
#CFFITR #TheGhostBoat #whoneedsphysicsihaveamudmotor
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Tue Mar 05, 2019 9:07 am |
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banded-mallard
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:18 pm Posts: 4310
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Re: Looking for some input
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Tue Mar 12, 2019 4:15 am |
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Gigafowl
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Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:19 pm Posts: 6441 Location: Trinity Bay - Texas
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Re: Looking for some input
Bingo - a good tunnel like a G3 with hydrolic jack plate and a 90 Yamaha
That is what I had years ago to fill those needs and it hauled an azzload down to the camp with those 4 guys
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Tue Mar 12, 2019 5:44 am |
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Mallards Only
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Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:23 pm Posts: 404 Location: Idaho
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Re: Looking for some input
And a Semi-V hull or your hunting partners will be pretty pissed off at you after a run over choppy big water when they're soaked from all the spray and need back surgery from the pounding they took.
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Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:00 am |
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Wchauvin
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sat Sep 30, 2017 7:10 pm Posts: 1872
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Re: Looking for some input
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Tue Mar 12, 2019 1:46 pm |
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Russ
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:07 pm Posts: 4820 Location: West Monroe, LA
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Re: Looking for some input
*grabs popcorn*
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Tue Mar 12, 2019 2:01 pm |
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BlueShamu
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Joined: Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:13 pm Posts: 5605 Location: D'town, LA
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Re: Looking for some input
Subscribed....
But, back on topic....
I had 1854 CC. Had an Avery Quickset that worked fine with it. Enjoyed the CC because I had a lot of LONG boat rides. The heck with holding that tiller for 24 miles each way to the camp! The console also makes for a good wind break....and something to hide behind when busting through low hanging limbs and buck brush.
That’s my $0.02.
Russ....pass the popcorn, please!
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Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:36 am |
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Full Throttle
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Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2009 8:09 pm Posts: 1268 Location: North Texas
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Re: Looking for some input
_________________ WC Custom 1854
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Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:15 am |
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Russ
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:07 pm Posts: 4820 Location: West Monroe, LA
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Re: Looking for some input
*makes fresh popcorn and shares with Blue*
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Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:58 am |
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Wchauvin
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Joined: Sat Sep 30, 2017 7:10 pm Posts: 1872
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Re: Looking for some input
*wants popcorn too*
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Fri Mar 15, 2019 4:02 pm |
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BlueShamu
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Joined: Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:13 pm Posts: 5605 Location: D'town, LA
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Re: Looking for some input
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Fri Mar 15, 2019 4:56 pm |
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Russ
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:07 pm Posts: 4820 Location: West Monroe, LA
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Re: Looking for some input
You ain't got time for popcorn. You're busy trolling.
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Fri Mar 15, 2019 5:03 pm |
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Wchauvin
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Joined: Sat Sep 30, 2017 7:10 pm Posts: 1872
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Re: Looking for some input
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Fri Mar 15, 2019 6:53 pm |
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Mallards Only
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Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:23 pm Posts: 404 Location: Idaho
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Re: Looking for some input
_________________ 1860 Prodigy
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Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:11 am |
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Wchauvin
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Re: Looking for some input
Lol
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