32-36 DE Sportfishing boat 20knt plus?
We're selling our 32 Albemarle FB and with the price of fuel it's hard not to factor it into our next boat. i know alot of guys are going to DE boats. I've looked quite a bit and may not be able to get what we would want in a DE boat for the money we have which is about a $100k max. , definetly have togo used. We also need decent living quarters for at least 3 people to comfortibly stay on, where I definetly loose out on alot of the DE's is cruise speed which we want at least a 20 knt cruise speed. We also need one with a generator and Cruisair. We'd like tobe in the 32-36 range. Am I dreaming trying to find a DE like this or are there any that would fit our needs?
Boats like a 35 Maine Coaster would even be OK, if it had a bit more power then the ussaul set-ups, I used to fish on one with twin 250 hp cummins that cruised 20 knts easily. it was a bit loose in the ass on a following sea but not to bad. we ran it offshore quite a few trips with no problems, I think Harris made a boat that would work as well, I just really have to learn about the DE boats, i know getting one with twins kind of makes it no longer a true DE but if I still got good fuel mileage that would be fine, when I say good fuel mileage anything better then 1.5mpg at cruise would be fine. I'm reading alot of past threads on here to learn more about DE's, I would even be happy with just a Express Sportfish with s single engine diesel set-up but can't find any. thanks ,for your input.
We're selling our 32 Albemarle FB and with the price of fuel it's hard not to factor it into our next boat. i know alot of guys are going to DE boats. I've looked quite a bit and may not be able to get what we would want in a DE boat for the money we have which is about a $100k max. , definetly have togo used. We also need decent living quarters for at least 3 people to comfortibly stay on, where I definetly loose out on alot of the DE's is cruise speed which we want at least a 20 knt cruise speed. We also need one with a generator and Cruisair. We'd like tobe in the 32-36 range. Am I dreaming trying to find a DE like this or are there any that would fit our needs?
Boats like a 35 Maine Coaster would even be OK, if it had a bit more power then the ussaul set-ups, I used to fish on one with twin 250 hp cummins that cruised 20 knts easily. it was a bit loose in the ass on a following sea but not to bad. we ran it offshore quite a few trips with no problems, I think Harris made a boat that would work as well, I just really have to learn about the DE boats, i know getting one with twins kind of makes it no longer a true DE but if I still got good fuel mileage that would be fine, when I say good fuel mileage anything better then 1.5mpg at cruise would be fine. I'm reading alot of past threads on here to learn more about DE's, I would even be happy with just a Express Sportfish with s single engine diesel set-up but can't find any. thanks ,for your input.
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