Chuck Newman
New Member
- Jul 6, 2019
- 5
- Boat Info
- 2019 SLX230
- Engines
- 4.5 Mercruiser w/Bravo III
Hi everyone,
I’m looking for some advice. As I near retirement (I’m 59), my wife and I are starting to think about what we want to do and where we want to go. We think the answer is a bigger boat. Isn’t it always?
We want to be able to use it at our 2nd home on Apalachicola Bay, but we also want to be able to cross over to Bimini and cruise around the Bahamas. A Great Loop trip could be part of that as well. Ideally, it would be trailerable (I have a 2500 diesel truck and lots of experience pulling trailers), to be able to move from the Gulf coast over to the Atlantic side and back. It would be able to sleep two couples for 3 or 4 nights at a time, but not really be a true live-aboard boat.
We have owned a couple of bow riders, and our current boat is a 230SLX. We also have a fair amount of saltwater time. We also know that it must be a SeaRay. I guess the real question is how big of a Sundancer can you tow regularly, and by that I mean without oversized permits, etc. Length shouldn’t be an issue, but I think beam is the question.
Thanks in advance!
I’m looking for some advice. As I near retirement (I’m 59), my wife and I are starting to think about what we want to do and where we want to go. We think the answer is a bigger boat. Isn’t it always?
We want to be able to use it at our 2nd home on Apalachicola Bay, but we also want to be able to cross over to Bimini and cruise around the Bahamas. A Great Loop trip could be part of that as well. Ideally, it would be trailerable (I have a 2500 diesel truck and lots of experience pulling trailers), to be able to move from the Gulf coast over to the Atlantic side and back. It would be able to sleep two couples for 3 or 4 nights at a time, but not really be a true live-aboard boat.
We have owned a couple of bow riders, and our current boat is a 230SLX. We also have a fair amount of saltwater time. We also know that it must be a SeaRay. I guess the real question is how big of a Sundancer can you tow regularly, and by that I mean without oversized permits, etc. Length shouldn’t be an issue, but I think beam is the question.
Thanks in advance!
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