I really like the Boat Test videos, but the one thing he never seems to mention, at least the many boats I have watched him review, is the stated capacity of the boat. I mean, why wouldn't you just take 5 seconds to show the boat capacity plate, or yacht certified plate?
Agreed…. I would think that would be a boiler plate item, right in there with length, beam and weight. The one thing I do see them mention is if it is yacht certified.. not exactly sure what that means but capt Tripp said in one review you can fill all the seats up. I think the 27’ Yamaha’s are yacht certified… maybe on of our 27’ boat owners can chime in.
@Judge @mrcleanr6 I will venture a guess that yacht certified means there is just a weight limit and not one where there is a number of persons and persons weight which is less than the full cargo load.
I have plenty of points that are not brought up on our boats, for one, our boats all have a self bailing deck, that is a huge benefit but never mentioned on any of our boats let alone the FSH models that come with a raw water wash down system. I was so surprised to learn that not all boats have a self bailing deck, and that other boats have water on the deck go into the bilge then it gets pumped out, on a deck boat that is one thing, but a fishing boat where fish blood, bait etc. going into the bilge??? That would stink to high heaven. The FSH boats, with the exception of my boat, came/come with two deck drains in the aft corners. I added two deck drains in the aft corners to help with standing water and to be able to wash the funk over board. By the way, having a raw water wash down system is awesome, being able to wash the deck down during the day is great, someone spills a drink or a sandwich and the spread gets on the deck, just wash it overboard..
OLN, Ocean Life Network, also has a youtube channel that was launched back in September and that capt steve is apparently a big part of that. It appears to be focused on ocean boats only at this point. Steve seems to be a bit looser and more fancy free on the OLN channel. I watched most of the vids there and enjoyed them all, even if a couple had some over modulated audio.
These boat test channels and video’s are a lot like dirt bike magazines and I’m sure car magazines, they make their money from the manufacturers an advertisers, boating magazine is so top heavy with adds its ridiculous, but, it is still an outlet for people like us to get a look at these boats, their features and underway.
The best one I have seen so far was done by
@JetBoatPilot with the shootout between the Scarab 25’ open ID, and the Yamaha 25’ FSH Sport E, head to head in just about every aspect.
Boat test, so far, has been the only one to test and tout the merits of the sharrow props which are revolutionary to say the least.
