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Location: Kodiak, AK | And I think it's different things being argued....seating in bay boats vs family comfort. Well, bay boats aren't meant to be "sat" in like in a multi-species boat. They don't have the fancy, cooshy, shock absorbing seats like muskie/walleye boats do. But that's because they're meant to be ran standing up, which is (in my opinion, having run in standing and seated boats in big water) far more comfortable and stable than sitting. With my leg as it is, I've been boat whoring all summer and seated the whole time...lemme tell ya....I'll never own a seated boat again. I feel like I can't see anything and my back, abs and kidneys take all the abuse...even in a 620.
So no, bay boats don't have carpeting, four captains chairs, arm rests and shock absorbing seat posts. But what they do have is room to stand and take the ride with your legs and whole body. Much safer and less fatiguing than sitting....again, just in my experience.
As far as windshields and such, when you're standing it suddenly becomes second nature to duck behind the single cener console when spray comes over the bow. I noticed the other day riding in a Tuffy and a then a Smoker Craft with a windshield that seated behind a walk through windshield, you just sit there and let it block the water...and you still get wet. Standing, you just naturally duck behind the console and you actually stay pretty dry. I dunno, I just find it more comfortable and dry standing in my boat than I do sitting in others.
jonnysled - 8/18/2011 6:00 PM
the one i had is pictured in the photo above on the trailer ... it's owned by jeff breidenbach now and is used on lake st. claire, mi. and hauls around a little black kid....
Here's my little black kid. He loves bay boats!
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