Suggestions for a 15' boat

bilproject · 01-29-2008, 09:54 AM

After my first year of hauling to Bear Island (boy did I do some hauling) I just purchased a used 16' Grumman with a 28Hp Johnson. Picked it up for little money and I'm spending the winter refubishing it. the inside of the 5 rows of bench seats are foam filled. The toon is better for hauling but hard to fish from and takes up a lot of room at the public dock (that's probably my biggest beef with them). I decided the 14 was to small as I borrowed one to do some of my hauling. Pay attention to the weight capacity of the 14's as the vary greatly from around 500# to 1000# go to the Lowe web site and look at the Sea Nymph utilites.. There's a big increase in capacity going to a 16'. The 16' will also handle that rough day better with a load onboard. My plan is to leave the aluminum boat out at the island year round.

01-29-2008, 09:54 AM	#11
bilproject Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bear Island/Fort Myers, Fla Posts: 231 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1 Thanked 59 Times in 41 Posts	After my first year of hauling to Bear Island (boy did I do some hauling) I just purchased a used 16' Grumman with a 28Hp Johnson. Picked it up for little money and I'm spending the winter refubishing it. the inside of the 5 rows of bench seats are foam filled. The toon is better for hauling but hard to fish from and takes up a lot of room at the public dock (that's probably my biggest beef with them). I decided the 14 was to small as I borrowed one to do some of my hauling. Pay attention to the weight capacity of the 14's as the vary greatly from around 500# to 1000# go to the Lowe web site and look at the Sea Nymph utilites.. There's a big increase in capacity going to a 16'. The 16' will also handle that rough day better with a load onboard. My plan is to leave the aluminum boat out at the island year round.