Recent content by Roccus

Can you imagine having a budget of 300-400k and deciding that’s the boat for me?! To each their own, but that’s just not a lot of boat when you get into that price range. Never mind all the issues with Parker build quality these days

2003 2120. 200hp Yamaha with 700 hours. $16,000 in November 2019. Sold it in November 2020, solid little boat but just a terrible ride in any kind of sea other than flat calm.

How much fuel and water were in the bilge? Most sc Parker’s smell of fuel a little bit. Did you smell fuel when you sea trialed the boat before purchase? Pin hole leaks are common in Parker fuel tanks, and might sneak by a short pressure test, but wouldn’t account for a lot of fuel in the...

My wife hated the Parker pilot house. Made her seasick from how it rolled so bad whenever we weren’t steaming. This was a 2120 so very different boat but the famous pounding ride of a Parker goes across their line up. I moved up to a downeast boat with a keel and an inboard diesel. Much better...

2120 is a great boat for its size, very capable, but a comfortable ride is something it will never accomplish. Least comfortable boat I’ve ever been on, but really solid and fishable.

crooked pilot houses, rusting hardware, cracked transoms, rotten cores from factory installed hardware not being bedded properly, fuel tanks corroding/leaking after a few seasons, stringers and decking not properly encapsulated and water proof etc etc. I know all mass manufacturers have boats...

Growing up, Parker’s were always a top tier boat in my eyes, maybe not the fanciest or most accessorized but In terms of build quality. Unfortunately, now Parker is more aligned with Robalo, seaswirl, hydrasport etc etc. Hopefully the factory will issue new hardware, and try to make it right...

I really hope they can make it right for you. It’s the best 18’ hull by far in my opinion, nice lines, so fishable, and big for its class.

Parker’s quality standards have decreased dramatically over the years. I wouldn’t consider a boat built after about 2016, but when they sold the company the first item of business was to increase profitability by decreasing manufacturing costs as much as possible and that has resulted in some...

Wow nice! A 38 northern bay is about the holy grail for Downeast boats that make for nice sport fishers and aren’t just for hauling gear. And very true what you said about the trade offs and the lack of keel on smaller outboard “downeast” (if you can call them that without a keel) boats.

Like any boat there are tradeoffs, and generally a downeast will be slower than a 2320, but not always by much, and will be faster in most kinds of chop or any weather you encounter. My boat is trailerable, though wide at 10'6" but cruises at 23-25kt burning 6gph, my 2120 cruised about the same...

No matter what you do, trim tabs, seaspension, etc. a parker pilot house will have a terrible ride compared to many other boats. There is nothing better than the keel on a Downeast boat to cut through chop, make for soft landings and provide stability while drifting. If you like the...

Didn’t Parker make a few boats back in the day with a keel? That would solve the issue. I just moved into a 26’ Webber’s cove downeast boat. Cruises 25 through 3’ chop without really feeling it and burns only 6gph. The trade off of course is that in flat water I don’t go any faster and top speed...

Hey Everyone, It was a tough call, but I sold my parker 2120 with an f200 and 800 hours last fall for $23k (I mention price just cause I think it’s helpful for people to have comps for what these actually sell for), I grew up with a 1999 1801 and have always really liked parker boats and...

I started asking 29k for mine, and got so many people that just wanted a ride, or people asking me if I’d take 15k for it etc etc. selling a boat is a pretty terrible process, so after 5 weeks on the market I just took the 23k to be done with it.