Recent content by DanTheMan

I'm coming off a 1987 Sea Ray Sundancer 270 with the deep v hull. I do all of my boating on Lake Erie which has similar short period steep breaking waves and the Sea Ray does great. It's still no fun once you get consistent 3-4' waves but the boat will punch through them up on plane as long as...

Colby thanks for the info on the towing weights since that's a big factor for me. I'll need a truck to tow this and was hoping I could get away with an F150 w/ towing package or a Tundra with them having around a 12-13k towing capacity and a 2000-2500 payload. The 25 might be pushing it but I...

Something else I didn't think to mention, for these trips I'm imagining at least initially I think I'd have a goal of being out for 1 or 2 nights at a time - not to extreme or too long to get overly cramped with two adults and one or two kids hopefully.

Thanks for sharing those thoughts, I appreciate the insight. Will the 23 Venture be a more similar ride to the 25 cruiser? Choppiness is definitely a reason I was looking at the Ranger Tugs and Cutwaters but given the primary purpose for this boat would be more inland lake and waterway cruising...

Hello, My name is Dan and I'm new to this forum. I've been reading posts for the last couple of years as I've been honing in on what purpose I really want out of boating and it's becoming clear that a C-Dory or similar style boat would fit the bill. My two biggest criteria are something that...