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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 'i don't like the vertical bar immediately behind the rear carpeted deck/livewell. why is that needed?'
That's the splashwell. If the well isn't there and one takes some water over the 25" transom coming off plane or in heavy trailing water ( the 1890 is a big water walleye rig first, and a big water Esox rig second), it needs to drain to the outside of the boat....not the inside by USCG regs since the hull isn't a self bailer, and that belly band is beveled on both sides so it isn't a 'tripper'.
Here's an image of the 1890, please look at the floor plan.
http://www.tuffyboats.com/boats/1890
The 1890 splashwell is an even measure across the rear, and is finished in anti-skid that actually covers up the pretty polyflake for a reason...so one can stand in it, and the laminate thickness back there is easily 4 times that of the competition for the same reasons. It's even height with the livewell, battery storage, and oil tank access. Every square inch of that splashwell that isn't taken up by the motor (Tuffy designed it to use a minimum of rear cockpit area) can be walked on and fished from; that's the difference I was pointing out.
Please look at this image of a Ranger 1860: http://www.rangerboats.com/flash/floorplan.cfm?mid=5767&gid=36
What you see in the rear of that rig is the splashwell, and it's raised as much or more than the 1890 'bar'. It's actually a bit wider in the center in the motor well than the 2010 1890, and isn't very fishable, especially if it's at all rough.
Here's the 619:
http://www.rangerboats.com/flash/floorplan.cfm?mid=5746&gid=35
Same rear design, only a little more area is used for the splashwell and motorwell port and starboard and note the 'oval' on both sides...that's space that is rear deck on the 1890.
Compare the front deck in the 1860 to the 619 and 1890. Another consideration is the 1860 is carried at standard on a single axle trailer instead of a dual. The difference in cost of the trailer alone is in the thousands of dollars.
Tuffy builds the rigs they offer as a more utilitarian rig...compare a mid-level F150 to a Denali. There's a market for both.
One more observation; dead rise in the hull or lack thereof doesn't necessarily mean the boat will plane faster or run better or even draft allot less water with a smaller outboard all things considered. That's a function of the entire design including weight distribution, running bottom design and much more, witness many of the bass boats out there with almost no V.
All in all, there's lots of good choices out there! |
