Recent content by Leigh

We are sea testing an 1801, brand new with a 115 Yamaha and it has failed. Miserably. Now they are putting a 150 hp and trim tabs on. we do a sea trial next week. We were looking at this boat for inshore (Tampa Bay, Florida flats) and offshore but the draft seems to be 14 inches.....I am...

the boat failed with the new prop. Bummer. We had 6 people, of which 3 are small. half tank of gas, full live well... the draft on the boat is no where near the 8 inches that Parker has in there specs. It is more like 14-16 inches. We were looking at this boat because it could do the...

We are changing the pitch on the prop from 19 to 17 for one more sea trial tomorrow. I am not holding my breath. We may have to look for another boat. :cry:

It didn't pass the sea trial. It took "forever" to get up on step. We are very disappointed.

My husband and I just put down a deposit on a 2008 1801 with a 115 Yamaha. We are going out on Saturday for the Sea Trial. We are very excited but have a concern is to whether this boat will be under powered? We will almost always have 4 people on the boat with a full livewell and a cooler...