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Fishing boat

#1 Post by dbroe333 »

Hi i am looking to buy a small fishing boat with a cuddy i am looking at a longliner 16 i will be using it in the sea but also in small lakes what do you recomend and what do you think of the longliner and also i am on a bugdet
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#2 Post by Tanglerat »

Good choice.
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#3 Post by carpets »

wont go to far wrong there mate..
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#4 Post by Stan »

Had one for years. Great boat.
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#5 Post by dbroe333 »

Thanks lads great help i think i am going to go with the longliner just wondering how will it handle in sea and also would you recomend a tiller engine
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#6 Post by JOHN1 »

grand sea boat i would prefare one with forward controlls as it ballances much better as tiller will have a lot of weight astern not great as its a displacement hull your max engine on it should be only about 15hp that will give you about 10kts.
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#7 Post by petekd »

I have one, I'll send you a PM.
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