A Motor boat? What gives? Yes, it’s a motorboat, deal with it. We also fish and lobster as well as enjoy the occasional cruise around the harbor or anywhere else. We’re looking for a nice small powerboat. We want something that can be powered by around 50hp and won’t kill us on fuel costs. We’d also like to be able to tow it with a normal car (<2,000lbs total, ideally closer to the 1k mark). Continue reading ‘Caribiana Skiff’
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The viper is another obvious option in this 20′ sportboat segment. It’s been around for over 10 years, but they haven’t been built much in that span. Originally they were built in the US but the Viper 830 killed that business. The molds have since been bought and production is again underway in the UK.
The viper is a very fun little boat with a easy setup, carbon right and spinnaker with a retrieval line. On paper it really is the ideal boat for us. I say on paper because I’ve sailed them twice, once on LIS with medium breeze and once in Marblehead in reasonably light breeze. They are very fast fun boats. My biggest concern is the amount of hiking required. They are very light on the ballast with only 275lbs in the keel, and that’s only four and a half feet down. That means even in a Marblehead breeze it’s a lot of hiking. I’m not 100% against hiking, it’s just that trapping would be a lot easier, and I’d also like to be able to sail this boat alone. I don’t think it’s realistic to sail a viper alone, and I also think it’s a bit too athletic for my 62 y/o father and myself to sail. Continue reading ‘Viper 640′
- esse 850
- summit 35
- pro 25
- js9000
- streamline
- t 680
- x-treme 25
site to do list:
- excel spreadsheet
This site is meant to be an online record of my search for the best sportboat for our family. I figure this will be the best way to share links, images and video footage found online with myself and my father and to keep all our thoughts organized. We’re looking for a ~20′ sportboat that is ideally raced with a crew of 2, 3 or 4. We really don’t care how many the rules say, we just don’t want to need railmeat. Continue reading ‘Welcome to surfacehoar.com!’