Lund or Crestliner? 18'

[kliph]

Originally Posted by Burr

Irwin and Genmar have not owned Crestliner or Lund for about a decade. Owned by Brunswick.

Kliph - on the new boat design - I want a tiller-wheel boat. No more chosing one or the other, I want both controls, and the best of both emphasized in design.

Then, make me batteries that are the same size and weight of credit cards - with the same portability.

I like all of those ideas.
And Brunswick is Mercury.

[Greg Pavlov]

Originally Posted by wannabefisherman

I've owned a Princecraft 186 Super Pro Platinum, Smokercraft Millentia 192 before I came down on deciding between a Lund 1875 pro-v ifs or Crestliner 1850 raptor. I knew what I liked and didn't liked from the previous boats.

Compared to the Pro-V:
Raptor is 7 inches longer
Raptor beam is 1 inch wider
Raptor is 130 lbs lighter
Raptor passenger capacity is 7 vs 4
Both rated for 200 hp

Both were pretty much in the same price range when I was negotiating, but went with the Raptor. ....

The Pro-V is actually a bit longer, no? And it's weight capacity is a bit higher as well. But IMO the two hulls are very very close to each other; the biggest differences that I could see were how the chines are formed and the strakes on the bottom of the Lund's hull.

[doubleheader]

Originally Posted by Gilligan

LOL! Don't plan to do any fishing out of either scyscrapers or airplanes!

Real boats have welded hulls! (tounge in cheek rivet guys) Helped make many components for this rig.


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Gilligan, too much freeboard for me

[wannabefisherman]

Originally Posted by Greg Pavlov

The Pro-V is actually a bit longer, no? And it's weight capacity is a bit higher as well. But IMO the two hulls are very very close to each other; the biggest differences that I could see were how the chines are formed and the strakes on the bottom of the Lund's hull.

You're right. sorry i got that wrong! i still like it though!

[Greg Pavlov]

Originally Posted by wannabefisherman

You're right. sorry i got that wrong! i still like it though!

I'm waiting on one.