Have any of you heard of Noreast boats?
I first came on this forum last fall, and have gradually become downeast-boat obsessed.
I want to find something that would ride a chop better than our current mass-market bowrider, that might also be a bit more utilitarian. I have learned a ton here. I was originally thinking about a knock-around small boat, but am now thinking something in a 20-22' range.
This eventually brought me to my holy grail of boats, the General Marine 20. I was in Massachusetts (7 hours from home) looking at another boat that it turned out I didn't like, and saw that I was only another couple hours from General Marine in Maine. Having spoken with Stacy there previously, I decided to pop up there to see what he had.
I immediately fell under Stacy's spell, in a good way, which was actually quite rewarding. He is a truly fascinating character, and a brilliant boat designer. I want to have him build me a boat just so I can spend more time hanging out with him. But we finally got down to talking real numbers, and it was a wakeup call to how expensive these boats are for a regular guy like me. I sincerely believe they are worth every penny. But... wow, it is hard to justify, especially because I am a fairly casual boater.
While talking boats with Stacy, I learned about a guy that used to work for him that now builds his own boats. He also builds Maritime boats. His other boat I learned about is the Noreast 18. This boat is apparently essentially a scaled down General Marine 20. It appears to have the same general characteristics as an Eastern/Seaway 18/19, but with a more advanced hull design. Even though I was thinking about something a bit bigger, I am going to check out these boats on my next boat-finding trip to Maine in the next month.
I'd like to see how big they are in the real world, because sometimes these boats surprise you. For instance, the General Marine 22 is really enormous when I'm right next to it. So maybe this 18 could work.
Has anyone here heard of these Noreast boats? They seem to have all the attributes of the best kind of boats discussed here. I'm surprised I have never seen them mentioned.
David
I first came on this forum last fall, and have gradually become downeast-boat obsessed.
I want to find something that would ride a chop better than our current mass-market bowrider, that might also be a bit more utilitarian. I have learned a ton here. I was originally thinking about a knock-around small boat, but am now thinking something in a 20-22' range.
This eventually brought me to my holy grail of boats, the General Marine 20. I was in Massachusetts (7 hours from home) looking at another boat that it turned out I didn't like, and saw that I was only another couple hours from General Marine in Maine. Having spoken with Stacy there previously, I decided to pop up there to see what he had.
I immediately fell under Stacy's spell, in a good way, which was actually quite rewarding. He is a truly fascinating character, and a brilliant boat designer. I want to have him build me a boat just so I can spend more time hanging out with him. But we finally got down to talking real numbers, and it was a wakeup call to how expensive these boats are for a regular guy like me. I sincerely believe they are worth every penny. But... wow, it is hard to justify, especially because I am a fairly casual boater.
While talking boats with Stacy, I learned about a guy that used to work for him that now builds his own boats. He also builds Maritime boats. His other boat I learned about is the Noreast 18. This boat is apparently essentially a scaled down General Marine 20. It appears to have the same general characteristics as an Eastern/Seaway 18/19, but with a more advanced hull design. Even though I was thinking about something a bit bigger, I am going to check out these boats on my next boat-finding trip to Maine in the next month.
I'd like to see how big they are in the real world, because sometimes these boats surprise you. For instance, the General Marine 22 is really enormous when I'm right next to it. So maybe this 18 could work.
Has anyone here heard of these Noreast boats? They seem to have all the attributes of the best kind of boats discussed here. I'm surprised I have never seen them mentioned.
David
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