warrior or yarcraft

[gih]

I am in the market for a new boat. I have narrowed my choses to an Yar-craft 1895 Storm DC or a Warrior V193 DC. I will be fishing mainly on Lake Winnebago and Lake Michigan . I mostly troll but also do some jigging and casting . Any advise good or bad would be welcome. Thanks in advance.

[Stacker]

Its really hard for someone to make your decisions for you. All i can say is that both boats are very fine. The one thing i can tell you is this. DEALERSHIP. Make Darn sure they are a well respected dealership that can handle your problems in a fast and professional manner. With out a good sevice dept. the sale of the boat means nothing. Anyone can sell a boat. It takes a complete dealership to do it correctly. Oh you say, but a 30,00.00 plus boat should not have problems. Yes i agree but this is the real world and its going to happen.
Good luck.
Denny

[Lanceye]

My Buddies transom on his 2000 yarcraft developed a huge crack almost all the way around.He sent it back to the factory, instead of fixing it they pumped it full of some type of "filler" crap and sent it back. Needless to say it cracked again and the local fiberglass shop told him the whole rear end had to be replaced for about $4500. Yarcraft didn't want anything to do with him and he had to get a lawyer. It took the rest of last summer once he sent it back to Mich and it was finally returned to him in ND. Now he just wants to get rid of it and buy something else. Just food for thought.

[Terry/JNR]

I know of almost an identical situation on a Warrior.

[tim]

Everybody has a good/bad story about every boat that is manufactured. Like the one guy said, your dealership/customer service is a big deal. The dealer around hte corner from my house seels both Warrior and YarCraft, and he say's that he sells about the same amount of both boats. I personally had an older Skeeter S135T and looked at Warrior's for about 4 years, always thought that was what I would buy. I ended up buying the YarCraft 1895 Storm BT. The boat is everything it is advertised as and then some. You are going to hear pros & cons for boat boats, they are both sweet. Obviously I lean toward the YarCraft and that is what I bought. You really need to try and ride in both of them, see which one you like better, which one is layed out better, then make your decision.

Bob Schuette (Owner of YarCraft) stands behind what he manufactures. Give him a call at 906-863-4497, he would love to talk to you.

[AquaMan]

Both are excellent boats with good reputations. You will always get the errant reply that "this happened to my buddy" for one boat or another.

It is worth reading, but base you choice, not on that, but rather, which boat provides the best features YOU want, the dealer's packages/extras, and your wallet. In the end, you are the one that uses it and both boats are adequatley designed to handle the waters you listed. Both are well built and come with similar warranties. At least you are comparing apples to apples. What motor are you looking at? My choice would be the Honda, but you may want a bigger HP then Honda offers. Yamaha and Susuki are both very competitive as well.

I have looked at both and for my style of fishing, I want a YarCraft 1890 Storm BT. But my darn lottery tickets don't seem to be working right. Any ideas on how it to work?

AquaMan~~~~~~~~~~~~~

--- "It all begins and ends at the water's edge"

[TIMIN]

HOW CAN YOU STAND BEHIND YARCRAFT A COMPANY THAT SOLD FOLKS BOATS THAT DON'T EVEN HAVE MARINE GRADE PLYWOOD IN THIER FLOORS!
LOOK AT ALL THE USED ONES OUT THERE THAT HAVE THE FLOORS ROTTED OUT! AND SINCE THE COMPANY HAS CHANGED HANDS I TO KNOW OF FOLKS WITH BOATS THAT HAD THE TRANSOM NEARLY FALL OFF, J.U.N.K.

[Terry/JNR]

I don't think the posts, mine fore sure, wasn't to say the boats are junk. It was to advise of a known customer service problem with the company. As stated many times before, most boats on the market are good boats or they would'nt be around. The 2 posts are probally only a very small percentage of boats that actually had a problem. I know of several guys in both Warrior and Yarcraft that love their boats and have had no problems...hence they didn't have to try to deal with the company for warrenty repairs. Of the 2 boats, I've heard fewer complaints against the Yarcraft. With the cost of todays high dollar rigs, how the company backs their boats is probally the biggest factor to consider when looking to purchase one.

[AquaMan]

HMMM, NOW THAT WAS HELPFUL.

AquaMan~~~~~~~~~~~~~

--- "It all begins and ends at the water's edge"

[ezmarc]

I am the proud owner of the fastest, driest, most comfortable, driest, fish catchingest, driest, good lookingest,and driest J.U.N.K. boat in northern Ohio with no dealers around. Haven't needed one! Do I need to say that I love this J.U.N.K. boat. Oh Yeah! it's a Yar-Craft, maybe I missed something somewhere? Did I mention how dry it is, or how fast? Some people need to go away! I know a guy with a Warrior and it's pretty impressive too, but he didn't get invited to a pig roast last year.

Have boat will travel

[SoDakMac]

Warrior or Yar-Craft? This question has been debated on the board previously. As far as I know both companies are reliable and their boats are of excellent quality. As has been stated – you will find stories about both brands. I feel it is like the age-old question: which is better Ford or Chevy? I have an 1895 Storm DC that I love to put in the water. Great boat, great dealer, great company to work with. I will purchase another Yar-Craft when my wife says that I can. I also drive a Ford pickup so I am not sure where that leaves me.

[Grey Wolf]

South Dakot Mac, I've got both the 1895 Storm Tiller and hte Ford. Love em both wouldn't have anything else.

[MIke]

Tim - I also have a Skeeter S135 and I'd like to talk to another owner. Please email me.

[Chris G]

GIH,
I have had a 193 for three years and I fish Winnebago and Lake Michigan. I chose the Warrior because I wanted a boat that I could get to the rear corners for setting downriggers when trolling in Lake Michigan. I didn't want to have to kneel on livewells or storage compartments to do it and Warrior is the only boat that I found that didn't have somekind of box in the corner. I also prefered the Warrior over the others because it wasn't as deep from floor to gunwhale as some others which is nicer for rigging or three waying.I felt it was the perfect combination of what I wanted in a all around boat. I have been very happy with mine and would definetly recommend one. If you would like to know more or how I have it rigged, feel free to e-mail me.
Chris Gasser

[Tim]

Mike I tried you e-mail, but it didn't seem to work. My e-mail is tim.s.zwieg@healthpartners.com

[AquaMan]

Kuddos, Chris. You defined the EXACT reasons you chose one boat over another. Not because it is better then all the rest, but it offered the precise options you were looking for based on the style of fishing you do. That is excellent info and I thank you for the insight. When we can all offer this type of data all the rest is bogus.

Best regards

AquaMan~~~~~~~~~~~~~

--- "It all begins and ends at the water's edge"