j&lgray
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The Seattle Boat Show was the coming out party for the new Ranger 25-SC and it generated a lot of traffic and questions. Laurie and I had the pleasure of seeing the finishing touches put on at the factory and enjoyed listening to both John and Dave Livingston as they talked with great pride and pleasure at the modified design. Jeff will give the whole details on this boat but for us the highlights and changes made from the (cruising) Ranger 25 are pretty cool:
Essentially, the cockpit is about 16" longer and the boat really is targeted for the fishing folks. John and Dave did this by taking 16" out of the cabin by shortening the galley, you immediately notice that the portholes on the sides are gone, and that means the spice rack is gone. On the port side of the boat, the entrance to the "cave" is reduced but a very neat lifting table surface makes the entrance quite do-able. The V-berth, the pilot and navigator stations, the dinnette, and the head are all the same with some improvements. The separate shower assembly with the require plumbing is gone; the faucet head is long enough to hang on the wall and serve as a shower. The bench seat in the cock pit is improved by lowering it. The cockpit has two pads with power for down-riggers and is definitely fishing-friendly. The engine is the Yanmar 150 and the engine lid in the cockpit reveals all of it. There are a host of improvements in the engine and exhaust system, the swim step is molded fiberglass like on the Ranger 29, and the bow railing is shorted by one vertical on each side to make easier movement to the bow.
The price of the Ranger 25-SC is about probably 10% less than its cruising cousin.
We spent some time with the Ranger crew at the Boat show and helped talk with the huge amount of traffic to their display. There were many other boat builders who did not half the interest in their product line as the Ranger.
Great job to Dave and John Livingston for seeing the market and adjusting to it!
Essentially, the cockpit is about 16" longer and the boat really is targeted for the fishing folks. John and Dave did this by taking 16" out of the cabin by shortening the galley, you immediately notice that the portholes on the sides are gone, and that means the spice rack is gone. On the port side of the boat, the entrance to the "cave" is reduced but a very neat lifting table surface makes the entrance quite do-able. The V-berth, the pilot and navigator stations, the dinnette, and the head are all the same with some improvements. The separate shower assembly with the require plumbing is gone; the faucet head is long enough to hang on the wall and serve as a shower. The bench seat in the cock pit is improved by lowering it. The cockpit has two pads with power for down-riggers and is definitely fishing-friendly. The engine is the Yanmar 150 and the engine lid in the cockpit reveals all of it. There are a host of improvements in the engine and exhaust system, the swim step is molded fiberglass like on the Ranger 29, and the bow railing is shorted by one vertical on each side to make easier movement to the bow.
The price of the Ranger 25-SC is about probably 10% less than its cruising cousin.
We spent some time with the Ranger crew at the Boat show and helped talk with the huge amount of traffic to their display. There were many other boat builders who did not half the interest in their product line as the Ranger.
Great job to Dave and John Livingston for seeing the market and adjusting to it!