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Posted: 5/25/2020 9:33:56 PM EDT
I am looking for an aluminum boat, maybe 18', that I can fish lakes, maybe go out into the Puget Sound to crab, can handle a large enough outboard to tow a tube for the kids, and possibly trailer up to AK to use as a river hunting boat.  I dont know a ton about boats but is there anything that can do all that I am asking?  The biggest boat I have owned, and do now, is a 15' flat stern canoe so be gentle!
Link Posted: 5/25/2020 9:37:40 PM EDT
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Xpress Xplorer bay CC, they have a 18 and 20’ version.
Link Posted: 5/25/2020 9:37:46 PM EDT
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Triton, ranger, crestliner, xpress. To name a few.
Link Posted: 5/25/2020 9:46:42 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Unapologetic_Patriot:
Xpress Xplorer bay CC, they have a 18 and 20’ version.
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I like the looks of this one, they dont seem to have many (any) dealers West of the Mississippi.
Link Posted: 5/26/2020 9:40:46 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By NoImpactNoIdea:
I am looking for an aluminum boat, maybe 18', that I can fish lakes, maybe go out into the Puget Sound to crab, can handle a large enough outboard to tow a tube for the kids, and possibly trailer up to AK to use as a river hunting boat.  I dont know a ton about boats but is there anything that can do all that I am asking?  The biggest boat I have owned, and do now, is a 15' flat stern canoe so be gentle!
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For AK it depends on what rivers you are going up.
Most rivers you do not want a deep vee bottom. No more than 10-15 at the most.
SeaArk,Wooldridge,Alweld and the sort are good river boats.

Hewescraft,Wooldridge,duckworth,northriver make good ocean/bay boats.

Gets spendy.

Link Posted: 5/30/2020 10:38:00 PM EDT
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Stabicraft.
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