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Apparently it's real and at the Ft. Lauderdale Show. I live on the Gulf Coast, so I too would like to see a version of this with offshore cred.
I never get permission to to LCK during poker run. Mean wife, lol
You DO NOT want a CC jet boat to go offshore, trust me. I used to be the sad owner of FSH 190 and it was horrendous. Sold it less than 10 months after purchasing it and bought a proper CC boat. My new boat is by no means perfect and without its own problems but it is at least capable of going offshore without CONSTANT attention to the helm and wheel.
This was probably my last year. I'm not in a position to keep up with the partying at that level anymore. Love looking at the boats, but the rest of the weekend is too hard on me, and I know if I go, I'll party, and I'll just be taking a break from it for awhile.
So what does one need to go offshore? How far do you consider offshore? Does jet propulsion not cut it? Why or why not? Not being smart, just curious. I am like @Ramblin Wreck in that I am not a hardcore fisherman, but I would like to go fish occasionally here in NW Florida. The majority of my boat time is with the family and friends anchored at Shell or Crooked Island or doing light watersports. This boat is intriguing to me.
So, don't take this the wrong way, but if you are not a jet boat owner anymore why are you still active on this site? You have 134 messages and your a Jetboaters Lieutenant? Just curious...
Anyone may be a member. It's not something you gain by a paticular boat being owned. Anyone can post helpful things!
SMH why would anyone buy a CC and use it solely as pleasure day cruising boat?
Looks intriguing to me. I don't fish, ever. I can see some utility to it as a pleasure boat. If nothing else rafting up with others would be a helluva lot easier instead of climbing over the seats and crap to grab the boats as you come in. Be nice to coach skiers and boarders near the boat without getting on top of seats etc as well. Lots of good reasons to get to the edge of the boat without climbing on seats BESIDES fishing.
I thought the same thing initially, but people in this thread seem to think CC cruisers are a big thing. I'll have to defer to them. I am a lake boater where I don't know what the point of this boat would be, but I don't know what you guys are doing on the coasts.
I think the whole Cushion is removable@DieselCamel looks like you could take those back pads/seat cushion off as one complete set. But can you take just that one pad off...the one that is flipped up? Just to make a dedicated walk through. Looks like it is sewn together at the joint? I see how the pad is flipped up so you can walk back and forth without stepping on the cushion, but in real life I (nor my kids) are going to flip the cushion up and then put back down. After a while it is going to get pretty trampled looking. I'm guessing they have it flipped up at a boat show just for this reason...less trampling. But I think about how many times on a normal outing I am going back and forth from swim platform...don't want to be on the cushions that whole time...or am I missing something.
And in @ClemsonTiger 's defense, I appreciate his point of view as a person that had a FSH and realized it didn't fit his needs. If a lurker is on here and trying to make a decision on what boat to buy then good to have that opinion. Now could he go about it with a little less sledgehammer and a little more rubber mallet? Sure, but that's his prerogative. I have a buddy that has a 19ft seahunt with a 150hp yamaha. But he fishes 80% of the time and entertains kids 20% of the time. His seahunt works for him. That thing is great for fishing (inshore). The motor is whisper quiet when at idle (and barely noticeable at speed) and you can walk away from the helm and not think twice about it as it will track straight. This is important as it's damn near impossible to fish and drive at the same time, especially if you are by yourself. And if all of the sudden your boat has turned around and is running over your lines you have a huge mess real quick. I think this is the point ClemsonTiger is trying to make (the rubber mallet version).
Lots of people buy center consoles that don’t fish Here’s one that comes to mind I’m sure no fish will ever be Caught off of this boat
Let’s grab the most extreme and rediculous example and tout it as proof of point.