FamilyRide
Good luck with the new boat, I' new to the site but have a 25.5
Crownline with the 454, you're right at 5200lbs. I can still get a speeding ticket.

 

The Crownline 230 was our other choice. The Sea Ray deal was just to good to pass up. Of course, that means I can't go to the Crownline ralley at Lake Texoma this weekend though. I guess I could always crash it

Those Crownies are some kind of boat nuts. A lot of really good people.

 

The best website for boating is www.offshoreonly.com then go to "The Board".
Even if oyu don't have one of the high dollar rigs (I don't), you'll fit right in. These are some of the best, friendliest, helpful and fun people around.
If you have questions on maintenence, repairs, operation, cleaning, etc, this is the place to go.

 

Iggy,

Thanks. Just what I need, another forum to hang out at. Seriously, thanks. It looks pretty good.

 

I have a 31 foot Lowe deckboat with a V-hull, and it has twin Johnson 150 Fast Strikes on the back, and it is a great, great boat. Never got bad on me, even in storms and really choppy waters, but I only run it on Cherokee Lake in Morristown, TN, and it's not that wide of a lake on the main channel. I am gonna take it down to Clark Hill in Georgia/SC and then I'll see how it holds up when the wind gets up on that wide mother-of-a-lake.