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What's all the talk about a wet ride with Crestliner boats?
I can't purchase a boat until I get home in 1 month. I've decided I like Crestliner's alot and have narrowed it down to the superhawk or sportfish.
So of course being overseas, I have had alot of time to research boats, and there seems to be alot of talk about Crestliners having a wet ride. Is this true crestliner owners ? I've had a lund and a fisher, and when the water gets rough with high winds, there all wet aren't they ? I'm not interested in a ranger style of boat, I prefer higher sided alum boats. |
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I have a Crestliner Sportsman and absolutely love it. Wet ride? Honestly, never heard that before. The boat cuts through the water with no one getting a wet ride. IMHO you have made a great choice.
Andy |
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JY,
TO put it very simply - a metal boat will have a wetter ride than a glass boat. The reason is very simple. Metal can not be formed with a double reverse bend. The metal simply will not stretch as needed for that to happen. But, any shape that a mold is made can form a glass boat, as long as the top of the mold is bigger than the bottom of the mold. As a result, it is easy for glass boat designers to put a nice flare on the bow of a glass boat as well as nicely formed spray rails to further deflect the spray. In contrast, metal boats tend to have vertical sides with a rail riveted or welded to the side somewhere to slow down the rising water from the hull. ----------- A dry or wet ride is a matter of degrees. Any boat - can have a wet ride given certain conditions. Every boat can have a very dry ride given certain conditions. Lets just say that if a person fishes all conditions from flat water to 5 foot waves, going into the wind, cross wind and down wind at speeds ranging from 0 to maximum speed - the glass boat will have less water in it than the metal boat at the end of the testing. All of the boats will have water in them. It is all about degrees. Again, due to the shape of the hull possible with glass, it is easier to shape a hull which will typically give a softer ride with less pounding than the same boat made of metal. But, it is up to the buyer of the boat and to decide for themselves. Depending on the places where the boat is used, the type conditions under which the boat will be operated, one boat may be much better for the owner than the other style boat. It is just a matter of personal choice. Virtually all of the boats on the market today have good and bad points. Virtually all of the boats will generally work very well for their intended market. Virtually all of the boat will generally give the owners long life and many years of happy boating if properly cared for and not abused by excessive speed in rough water. So, at the end of the day, do your research, always - always, always - take some rides in the boat type, brand and style that you intend to purchase. Try to run any boat in smooth, intermediate, and rough water at idle, mid range, and wide open, down wind, upwind, cross wind and at 45 degrees. Then and only then do you, the buyer, appreciate the good, the bad, and the ugly about any boat that you might be considering for purchase. I doubt that any buyer of an automobile would purchase a new vehicle without taking a test drive in the car being considered or a model like the one being considered. So, why should a buyer of a boat do anything less. I hear so many stories of new boat buyers going to a boat show in the middle of the winter and signing on the line for a boat when they have never been in the boat that they are buying and have never even seen that boat on the water. Many many folks end up being less than happy as a result. Crestliner, Lund, skeeter, Yarcraft, and many others all make very good boats. Consider your needs carefully, test ride any possible boat types and or styles before purchase and then buy and use happily. Take care REW |
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Here is another good way to get an idea about a boat before buying it.
Stand about 10 or 20 feet in front of the boat, and look straight down the boat from the bow to the stern. Look at the shape of the sides of the boat, as well as any spray rails etc. Look for a good method that is designed into the hull to deflect spray away from the cockpit area of the boat. The driest boats will have very large flares in the bow area to fully deflect spray away and down from the sides of the boat. In contrast, wet boat will have sides that are near vertical and will allow rising water from hitting a big wave, continue to rise up and beside the cockpit area. Then, if in a quartering or side wind, the rising water will be blow en into the cockpit area making for a very wet ride. Also, the longer and the deeper the v as you look down the hull will give you the smoother ride as you encounter heavy seas. The shorter or more blunt bow and flatter bottom will give you a harder and more pounding ride. Take care REW |
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I ran a 1850 Sportfish for several years. Very solid boat and it depends on the operator and the wind direction. Max the engine for the boat or at least 80 % of the max H.P. This is a heavy boat. Any other questions just let me know.
Bud |
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That's total bull honky
To say fiberglass is drier than aluminum is farce. I owned a fiberglass and took waves over bow. Crestliner is wet compared to some riveted Starcrafts and say some Lunds. There all great and offer advantages over one another. If your spending $40k it better be dry. Rangers will do better in 2 foot seas and can cruise fast but 3 foot waves changes the game. I own Crestliner superhawk and it's not perfect but pretty dam nice. I have owned couple superhawks and will most likely keep this one just took it off market.
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CAM THINGY Last edited by beeman; 08-13-2011 at 11:52 AM. |
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Quote:
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You disagree that's fine
Agree to disagree lol, yarcraft and ranger both nice boats but I am Aluminum guy. REW is right on. If that is case jet man how come I see posts about fiberglass rigs spearing waves? Last thing I would want is boat that takes it over front. I have been out in nasty stuff and those poor souls in ranger bass boats get wet in 1 footers lol. 3 foot curlers there seriously screwed. My only suggestion is what ever the poster buy's make sure front will lift over waves. This debate is like Chev verses imports you would never catch me in Chev truck.
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CAM THINGY Last edited by beeman; 08-13-2011 at 02:17 PM. |
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you are correct
[QUOTE=beeman. REW is right on[/QUOTE]
REW is right on as you say and he very ably made the case as to why glass is drier. It is all right for you to like your aluminum boat Beeman but REW speaks the truth
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REW is right
I have owned 4 Crestliners. I less than fondly referred to them as my Wetliners. They were. Once I could afford it, I made the switch to fiberglass and have never looked back. Properly designed fiberglass hulls are drier and smoother to ride in. Caught a lot of fish in my Wetliners, but I paid the price for doing so when it got rough. Based on my experiences, I would have to concur with REW.
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