[BigLew]

Snookerd,

We Tsunami/Scepter owners have had a secret for a while. In the northeast and elsewhere where the water gets nasty and wet and the wind blows cold during the early and late months of fishing season we really appreciate a DRY warm sweater or sweatshirt, whatever and at least a soft top with drop curtain for the ride home. That's pretty hard to do on a CC. The CC's are great boats and I've been in more than a few, though never a SC CC, I really can't imagine the ride being that much better when it counts without the comfort that a Scepter version offers.

My Scepter is out of the water and will get repowered in some fashion before it gets wet again. It is an I/O and the engine box is something to deal with, to be sure. I'm just not sure it would be worth giving up the: bait station, extra couple of seats in pinch, casting platform, greater/higher power options and some of the other things I like about my Volvo Penta. I have found it to be more reliable and owner friendly regarding service than the Mercruisers my friends and I have owned, or the stories I heard when I worked part time for West Marine.

Just my 2 cents.