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<blockquote data-quote="sweeney" data-source="post: 113196" data-attributes="member: 453"><p>personally we started running a 16.5 yar-craft with a 115, we would occasionally place in some of the bigger tourney's and won some smaller ones and company type ones, but on 25-35mph wind days we either beat the shit out of everything including ourselves or we limited fishing to backup and lower wind spots. Finally started to make grown up money and bought a used 18ft skeeter with a 175 first trip out in it put a crack in the hull like the crack in the liberty bell running in big waves. Got rid of that and got a 1785 yarcraft moved everything from the skeeter to that and fished it for 2.5 tourney seasons, I was always fixing stuff and the boat was just to short to handle big waves travel time was crappy on wind days going 7mph up and down the big waves. Then in 08 I said screw it if I want to fish these tournaments hard and feel like I am giving myself the best chance to win I'm buying a new boat. So I took a 6 or 7 year loan out on the skeeter I have now. Honestly best decision I made I don't worry about wiring problems, or other gremlins that come with buying a used boat, I take pretty good care of it other than not cleaning or tarping it enough and it has never let me down, granted I haven't won any of the big tourneys but I have cashed a few big checks at the big check bank, and made a little bit of dough to usually pay for gas and camping beer and bait. My tourney finishes have gotten a little better with the bigger boat, but I mostly think that not having boat issues and being able to go where I want when I want a lot more is the big reason.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sweeney, post: 113196, member: 453"] personally we started running a 16.5 yar-craft with a 115, we would occasionally place in some of the bigger tourney's and won some smaller ones and company type ones, but on 25-35mph wind days we either beat the shit out of everything including ourselves or we limited fishing to backup and lower wind spots. Finally started to make grown up money and bought a used 18ft skeeter with a 175 first trip out in it put a crack in the hull like the crack in the liberty bell running in big waves. Got rid of that and got a 1785 yarcraft moved everything from the skeeter to that and fished it for 2.5 tourney seasons, I was always fixing stuff and the boat was just to short to handle big waves travel time was crappy on wind days going 7mph up and down the big waves. Then in 08 I said screw it if I want to fish these tournaments hard and feel like I am giving myself the best chance to win I'm buying a new boat. So I took a 6 or 7 year loan out on the skeeter I have now. Honestly best decision I made I don't worry about wiring problems, or other gremlins that come with buying a used boat, I take pretty good care of it other than not cleaning or tarping it enough and it has never let me down, granted I haven't won any of the big tourneys but I have cashed a few big checks at the big check bank, and made a little bit of dough to usually pay for gas and camping beer and bait. My tourney finishes have gotten a little better with the bigger boat, but I mostly think that not having boat issues and being able to go where I want when I want a lot more is the big reason. [/QUOTE]
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