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| Happy Fish Hawk owner here, but at the recent Minneapolis boat show, I looked at boats in the 18' range and the Alumacraft Competitor 185 stood out to me. Big front deck, and a nice conversion bench on the back. The one I saw had a 150hp Yamaha VMAX SHO. (I like having motor options, too, with the Alumacraft.) Retailer indicated $32-33k.
The Ranger 1780 looks nice as well but it has a max 135 hp and I'm only aware of Honda making a 135 so you might end up with a 115 unless you went with the Honda.
Both the Competitor 175 and 185 have a 150hp max, both with a 95" beam.
To the OP, if you're on big water a lot, then fiberglass makes sense, but if not, perhaps keep some coin in your pocket and go tin? | |
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