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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 1760 G series hull too deep? For what? Draft? That won't be much different at all, the 1760 drafts very little at rest.
Everyone thinks up things they would like to see in a boat, and when written down and drawn out on a design suggestion form (yes, Tuffy did ask large numbers of owners, and not just once) one would be amazed at the conflicting 'must haves' and 'no, don't do thats'. What you see in the tooling can't be easily changed...molded parts are what they are. Lots of the ideas we see submitted won't work because the resulting part won't pull from a mold, think of that when considering what you would like to see.
Also, there's where gas tanks, foam flotation, wiring, hoses, livewell plumbing, etc has to go, and USCG rules and regulations to meet.
Not as easy as one would like.
The current interior design is a result of consensus, and if you look around, you will see that same consensus represented in most brands with 'tweaks'. Easier to add stuff to aluminum, by the way. The Lunds have some super cool interior features.
Muskie Deep V guys 'love' the Renegade and Ranger 690 series side tanks...right? Well, a few do, but the majority wanted more interior room and wouldn't buy a boat with big side tanks. The guys who didn't want the big Deep V open interiors buy low profile models. That's why you don't see the big side tanks like you used to...they don't sell well. |
