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We should definitely meet up when it warms up. Where do you normally ride at?I’m right up the road from you guys in Greenville. We should all meet up sometime when it warms up
What kind of boat do you have and where is picture taken?Another New Bernian, nice!
I am around the corner from @Paulie
Why settle get a boat and skis. Lol
While i love my boat for cruising and lounging. Some days its fun carving Brices Creek on my FZS.
Go for the boat. Fun for family and friends.
Get to see great sunsets and hang out at night.
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I have a 16 AR240 and that pic was last late summer in front of the new bern country clubWhat kind of boat do you have and where is picture taken?
Do you guys ever boat down to shaq island?@Shiver not many boat in the Neuse. Its very shallow in many areas and so wide that even light winds make it dicey.
The Trent is where the fun is and everyone hangs out.
@ENC boater lives on Brices Creek and he is always on the Trent.
Lots of fun there
So what made you guys get a jet boat over a center console or a skiff? Everyone I work with is telling to go with a flat bottom skiff.@AndyD , @bronze_10 , @Eric Ballard and myself did a great fall run from new bern to Beaufort for lunch then to Cape Lookout and back again
I've done it all too. From solemn skiing on a 10hp dinghy to kneeboarding behind a Hobie cat in a storm. You can tube behind a ski, but anything else sucks. Small wake and it gets yanked around. I've carried lots of stuff too, it's not comfortable.Wow You hurt my feelings about using a towable on a ski heck I have done that a few times even as old as I am and coolers and fishing rigs throwing a 7 foot cast net from the rear deck and catching grouper trolling with one I even have a trolling motor for my skies with removable brackets, but a boat is a hell of a lot more friendly for those things.
If you are looking for a family friendly boat I would rule a skiff out pretty quickly they are purpose built boats for those who like to fish the shallows. They are really rough in the chop and overall not very comfortable. If you do fish and plan to spend a lot of time offshore I would tell you to go center console though as they have some that are very family friendly. I live a little south of you guys on the coast of SC and I see a bunch of these skiffs running around and it always looks like they are taking a beating. I have had both boats and skis for years and I just sold my skis in the last year due to having a new child and I knew they were going to sit for a few years but once he hits about 5 I will buy another set as well. Honestly until that point over the last three years we had used the skis a lot more then the boat they were just so easy to tow that we could get away and do some little weekend adventures easily compared to the boat. Toughest part of the skis with kids is the no shade thing it wears on you and them quick. If I had no kids I think I would have a pair a skis and be fine but with the kids if I could only have one or the other the boat wins just tough to give up the amenities of a boat compared to the skis with kids.So what made you guys get a jet boat over a center console or a skiff? Everyone I work with is telling to go with a flat bottom skiff.
I actually bought my boat out of morehead city, we stayed in new bern and loved it. Had dinner at beer army in downtown new bern, great little place.Thank you guys for the input. I am located in New Bern NC and I will be using it in the nuese river mainly and island hopping on the sound side.