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Musky53

Posted 3/17/2010 12:43 PM (#429415 - in reply to #429400)
Subject: Re: Crestliner Vs Alumacraft

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I have had an Alumacraft Navigator 165 Tiller for 6 years and just sold it to buy an Alumacraft Tournament Pro 185 tiller. I like tillers since I troll a lot. I cannot speak for the Crestliners since I have never been in one myself. It looks like a nice boat of course. But, I love the Alumacraft. The beams are very wide on all their models. They have a ton of storage as well as a real nice and high casting decks. The one thing I noticed on other boats like Lunds is that the casting decks are not very high. I love that about the Alumacraft. Again not that other makes are inferior by any means. I just prefer the way Alumacraft does their decks. I can also store 8ft rods no problem. The Tournament pro actually has 13 dedicated rod storage tubes. Front trolling motor batteries are nicely stored in the floor and out of the way. My only complaint is that the tillers are pretty under powered. I was only able to get a 90hp motor on an 18ft boat. If you are going console than that is not an issue. I hope this helps.