| Has anyone fished out of a skeeter wx2000t or a tuffy 2060 tiller?...The Tuffy is a little bigger tho with a bigger motor. How do these boats handle rough water?
i have the Skeeter tiller and have fished out of the Tuffy tiller multiple times, including this past summer.
the Tuffy is slightly longer, but the Skeeter is actually bigger due to the wider beam, with noticeably more interior room. the Skeeter is also a couple hundred pounds heavier, but the hull is designed as a tiller-only boat (rather than a converted console hull) so the lift design gets it up and going with ease in spite of the extra weight.
The Tuffy has a deeper V hull, which combined with the narrower beam makes for a great ride in rough water. The Skeeter's wider beam and shallower draft gets you closer to the water for figure-8s and working on fish in the net.
a new Skeeter is only rated for a 115hp, and gets in the 40mph range (mine has a 150hp and i've touched 49mph but ususally see 47mph fully loaded); the Tuffy is rated for a 150hp and runs in the upper 40s as well.
here's some videos of the Skeeter:
calm water:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04nk4pGamWw
rough water:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSokgnErWzA
have fun shopping!
Edited by M Winther 11/16/2013 10:14 AM
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