Puddlejockey
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Hey all! This may be a bit to "un" technical for this sub section; but I'd rather hear from folks with to much knowledge than those with not enough..🙂
My question is about the hull design/ handling characteristics of the 242, with the stepped hull, and when hanging a large 4 stroke off the transom:
The 242 Sport Coupe just may be the perfect boat for us- if I can get the admiral to understand that we aren't going to replace our old boat with a new boat without spending some dollars. 🙂 . I've been on the fence for awhile on a Ranger 23- but what "unsold" us was the lack of openness to the rear deck, and smaller cockpit for fishing.
The 242 Sport Coupe seems to directly address that- albeit in a wholly different hull!
In fact- we were going to run down to FLIBS from NC for the weekend just to check it out- but looked there wasn't a 242 Sport Coupe listed on display. bummer.
Our use is probably 70% day cruising- often in warmer weather and including some evening "picnics" , and probably 20-30% fishing...which for me means slow trolling at 1.5-2.5MPH. ( feel free to convert that to knots if you wanna be nautical about it...lol)
One of the things that I love about our current boat ( Pursuit 2460 Denali) is how soft she rides in confusing chop- and how true she tracks, even though it's a planing hull, at anything less than planing speed. She even tracks true at 8-10; which for that boat is that horrible "giant bow wave -dug in but still displacing" speed.
Our other smaller craft over the years- a KW oasis and a Stingray 23 ( again two very different designs) walked all over the place at that speed.
I know that that 242 Sport Coupe offers Downrigger pads and a kicker as an option (yay!), but how does she handle at those slower speeds? ( and hey_ it doesn't hurt to ask : and does anybody want to sell me a leftover 2018 or 19 at much less than it's worth, and take a 2003 Pursuit on trade, giving me more than it's worth? 🙂
Thanks in advance!
My question is about the hull design/ handling characteristics of the 242, with the stepped hull, and when hanging a large 4 stroke off the transom:
The 242 Sport Coupe just may be the perfect boat for us- if I can get the admiral to understand that we aren't going to replace our old boat with a new boat without spending some dollars. 🙂 . I've been on the fence for awhile on a Ranger 23- but what "unsold" us was the lack of openness to the rear deck, and smaller cockpit for fishing.
The 242 Sport Coupe seems to directly address that- albeit in a wholly different hull!
In fact- we were going to run down to FLIBS from NC for the weekend just to check it out- but looked there wasn't a 242 Sport Coupe listed on display. bummer.
Our use is probably 70% day cruising- often in warmer weather and including some evening "picnics" , and probably 20-30% fishing...which for me means slow trolling at 1.5-2.5MPH. ( feel free to convert that to knots if you wanna be nautical about it...lol)
One of the things that I love about our current boat ( Pursuit 2460 Denali) is how soft she rides in confusing chop- and how true she tracks, even though it's a planing hull, at anything less than planing speed. She even tracks true at 8-10; which for that boat is that horrible "giant bow wave -dug in but still displacing" speed.
Our other smaller craft over the years- a KW oasis and a Stingray 23 ( again two very different designs) walked all over the place at that speed.
I know that that 242 Sport Coupe offers Downrigger pads and a kicker as an option (yay!), but how does she handle at those slower speeds? ( and hey_ it doesn't hurt to ask : and does anybody want to sell me a leftover 2018 or 19 at much less than it's worth, and take a 2003 Pursuit on trade, giving me more than it's worth? 🙂
Thanks in advance!
