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Location: Hayward, WI | I now own Nick's 1760GT. Awesome boat. Had it on LOTW last year in some pretty big stuff and it handles it very well. Does a nice job of staying pretty stable at rest in big waves too. Like btfish says, the boat is VERY rigid and solid. No concerns there. The comfort of leaning over the side isn't an issue for me. The boat sits low enough in the water that unhooking and releasing fish is easy, and the side isn't digging into my stomach or chest.
I'd say my ONLY complaint about the boat is I will get spray coming off the bow when heading into a stiff wind and bigger waves at trolling type speeds. If you were a troller and fished big water a lot, that could get annoying. Anything faster than trolling speed and the boat rides super dry. I'm not sure if the capped model would reduce the low speed spray issue or not. My Alumacraft didn't do it nearly as bad, but I'm guessing that's because it bobbed around on the top of the waves moreso than cutting through them like the Tuffy does.
Overall the 1760 is a sweet rig, and I like the low profile and open floor the capless models offer. Would be interested to spend some time in one with a cap just to see the difference though.
Tucker |
