Bertram vs Seacraft

[bigeasy1]

John,
Carla has a Saltwater beast in the 27 Seamaster that will
run circles around any Bertram!!!!
For the asking price you could not even buy the engines
for any other boat!!

Trust me there would not be anybody that would not be looking at you while heading out to the deep blue...

See ya, Ken

Oh I know! it would turn heads,and boy would I love to own it.I look at the pics. of it several times a week.It would actually be an awesome great lakes boat,especially for my type of fishing (strictly trolling)
The other nice thing would be blowing by lots of other boats in the 30'and over range when caught in that crappy steep close wave snott.
Nothing would be better than rubbing it in to the guys(friends)in their so called high pedigree boat brands by blowin by em in the slop.
I know this sounds really "Juvenille",but there is one guy who has two Tiaras,(a 31 & a 36)He's a charter captain,and kind of a friend,but he's a bit cocky and arrogant.What ever he has,or whatever he does is the best(in his mind anyway).
That is one!!guy I'd love to go blowin by,especially with a 27'boat from the sixties.

Heck,I do it now in the 23 Tsunami.Had a guy in a 28'Baha cruisers(not Baja)say to me,"hey,how fast were you going when you passed me coming in?"
He asked because it was a bit nasty,steep waves,with a weird direction to them.I was able to get on top of them and keep a good speed while he was taking a beating.

If I didn't have the Tsunami,and was living up near the lake I would be giving serious thought to that 27,what a beauty.

And why wasn't I born rich so that I could have all the toys that I want(like that 27 Seamaster)and why do I,or we keep getting older.?

Old timer,
I've been down to Sayville a few times in the last month to see my son,one of these days I got to get in touch with you.Would love to see your rigs.
looks like you really can't compare the bertram 20 & 25 to the Seacraft 23' as the 20 Bert is quite a bit smaller and the 25 Bert is much larger.All beautiful boats however.

[cdavisdb]

Not really comparable is right. The best would depend on what you were doing. I've owned a 25 Bert, 20 Seafari and now a 25 Seafari. For me, the 25 Seafari is by far the best boat I've ever owned. If I just wanted to fish and did not want to go very far to do it, I'd take the 25 Bert. Old timer is right, its beamy, huge inside. We could take 4-5 tank divers and gear and feel like the boat was still empty, just a huge amount of space. In the conditions I used it in, stable, sea kindly and very efficient. Its also nimble for its size, helps when hunting spots. My fuel and speed numbers mirror old timers. However, the boat is slow, go fast and it eats fuel like you would not believe. A friend had one with twin 6 cylinder volvo 1/0s, I'm remembering 23 knot cruise, but slightly over half my fuel economy. Going 18-20 knots when you need to run 30-50 miles gets very old.