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Old 01-16-2007, 03:33 PM   #7
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Default Always test ride

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Originally Posted by Mee-n-Mac
There's no real good way to find if a boat's tradeoffs are in line with your needs short of a test drive.
A test drive is always what I recomend....and if rough water handling is what you interested in, find a good windy day and call up a few Marinas and go check out the boats.....

I actually ended up with a smaller boat then I had intended....I went to a marina that had a couple of boats I was interested in on a day when the wind was blowing, they took me out and we bounced around... The next thing I new I was saving a couple of thousand dollars, going with a shorter boat, because I didn't feel the extra 2 feet of the bigger boat made much difference......
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