redbaronace
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Hello there. My name is Bryan and im in the Seattle area. We are in the process of selling our 19' Arima Sea Ranger (fishing machine), in favor of a 22 or 25 Cruiser. Even prior to our Arima purchase, we considered the C-Dory boats for the cabin as we previously came from a 20 Bayliner Trophy with Alaskan Bulkhead Cabin.
In the end, we went Arima route as it was wider beam than the similar sized C-Dory. We also liked the fact that it was very trailerable and economical to run with a 115 Yamaha Fuel Injected 4 stroke.
Now, we are selling our boat and will likely end up with a 22 Cruiser. This chosen because it can be pulled with our current truck 05 Tundra and is not so large that it wont fit in our driveway. The next boat after that would hopefully be the Tomcat 24 or 255 but that might be years down the road, if ever.
My question is if anybody is local whom could show me their 22 or 25' cruiser. It does not matter the year though our budget lends itself more to the older ones (mid $20k range). I am trying to get a handle on the size of the interior and whether it is big enough in the medium term for myself, wife and growing kids (ages 2 and 4).
If anybody is local and has a boat they could show, I would appreciate if you could PM me and I could meet you wherever is convenient for you. I am not asking for a test ride while that would be fine as well if you are already going out, but rather just to meet with an owner and talk with them about their boat while looking and sitting in it.
Thanks so much.
In the end, we went Arima route as it was wider beam than the similar sized C-Dory. We also liked the fact that it was very trailerable and economical to run with a 115 Yamaha Fuel Injected 4 stroke.
Now, we are selling our boat and will likely end up with a 22 Cruiser. This chosen because it can be pulled with our current truck 05 Tundra and is not so large that it wont fit in our driveway. The next boat after that would hopefully be the Tomcat 24 or 255 but that might be years down the road, if ever.
My question is if anybody is local whom could show me their 22 or 25' cruiser. It does not matter the year though our budget lends itself more to the older ones (mid $20k range). I am trying to get a handle on the size of the interior and whether it is big enough in the medium term for myself, wife and growing kids (ages 2 and 4).
If anybody is local and has a boat they could show, I would appreciate if you could PM me and I could meet you wherever is convenient for you. I am not asking for a test ride while that would be fine as well if you are already going out, but rather just to meet with an owner and talk with them about their boat while looking and sitting in it.
Thanks so much.