seacraft 25 seafari- Owners

[FishStretcher]

I only have 40 minutes on mine, I am still rehabbing it.

It IS a tippy boat, very responsive. Nothing like the 20 footers. But my guess is that it would be quite dry. I might not want to sit in it and bottom fish as much as a flatter hull while in a New England slop. I suspect it will roll a lot more than a Whaler. But this isn't the boat for fishing 300 yds off the coast for scup, either. Or bumping along the shore. At least not for me, with an I/O.

I know there are plenty of times where the 20 doesn't have enough vee in the hull to deal with standing waves or river mouths (Piscataqua, Merrimack) at any real speed. I have gotten my butt kicked in the Piscataqua in a 34 foot aluminum "Alaska halibut" fishing boat. This would do better there. I don't know the other boats. So far, no regrets. That said, I am interested in the Big Fluke sponson modification. But that is dreaming on my part.


And it is a LOT bigger than a 20. I have never trailered a 23, but the 25 is a whole different animal. Light for its size, but the height alone makes it exciting.

But I really don't know much yet.