I own almost exactly the same boat (2023) and love it, although I have struggled with a few things. First of all the good stuff: Absolutely fantastic in rough water. Have been in the gulf 10 miles off shore with no concerns of rough water. Lots of storage as mentioned in the video. It's like an old Cadillac during the 70s, you could stuff multiple bodies in those front hatches :). But there is no 'small storage' so have to lean on boxes of some sort to keep things organized. 250SHO pushes it very well but it's no speed demon. I weighed boat and trailer at truck stop and it's 5,200 lbs. Can get in skinny water with jack plate. Now things that haven't made me happy: wheels and tires absolutely suck which is too bad as I wanted the upgraded and thicker trailer. Not even a year and less than 3000 miles and one of the tires broke some internal belts and swelled up on the tread area. Bought 4 replacement 15" wheels and tires and will use the originals as spares. And they really suck to get off. Need a thin-walled 3/4 socket for axle/hub lug nets BUT a 13/16" for spare, go figure. It is a pain to load due to the flat profile on the front of the boat, even with no wind. I ended up making 2 bungee cords with loops that I throw on the trailer vertical rails in the back and other end on the back cleats. This keeps the boat centered as I pull it out of the water, and makes it center on the trailer. Before that I had to back into the water several times to get the boat to lay correctly on trailer skids. I put a RT Marine T-Top on the boat which allowed me to have more rod holders, lights, overhead storage and shade. Love the product but had to replace the Nylock nuts with double nuts as they backed off just on a 400 mile trip on the interstate (vibration and wind I guess). Put another Garmin up front and LiveScope mount using Beatdown Outdoors brackets. Another complaint is no rod holders in gunnel. I ended up using Cannon tracks on the top of the gunnels which was expensive but worked well. I also have downriggers that I use in the tracks. After 9 months and a crap load more money I have got the boat where i want it. But can't stress how much I'm disappointed in those wheels and tires. I forgot to mention that I was having TPMS air valves put in the tires. My local Discount Tire (even though they sell the tires and rims on their website) could not get the tire off the rim. I had to go to Butler Tire which deals with a lot of high end cars and really low profile tires. They got the tires off but it brought a lot of angst about trying to get a spare fixed on a long trip (or even finding a replacement tire), hence the 4 additional tires/wheels that I bought. Other than that absolutely love the boat. :)
I own almost exactly the same boat (2023) and love it, although I have struggled with a few things. First of all the good stuff: Absolutely fantastic in rough water. Have been in the gulf 10 miles off shore with no concerns of rough water. Lots of storage as mentioned in the video. It's like an old Cadillac during the 70s, you could stuff multiple bodies in those front hatches :). But there is no 'small storage' so have to lean on boxes of some sort to keep things organized. 250SHO pushes it very well but it's no speed demon. I weighed boat and trailer at truck stop and it's 5,200 lbs. Can get in skinny water with jack plate. Now things that haven't made me happy: wheels and tires absolutely suck which is too bad as I wanted the upgraded and thicker trailer. Not even a year and less than 3000 miles and one of the tires broke some internal belts and swelled up on the tread area. Bought 4 replacement 15" wheels and tires and will use the originals as spares. And they really suck to get off. Need a thin-walled 3/4 socket for axle/hub lug nets BUT a 13/16" for spare, go figure. It is a pain to load due to the flat profile on the front of the boat, even with no wind. I ended up making 2 bungee cords with loops that I throw on the trailer vertical rails in the back and other end on the back cleats. This keeps the boat centered as I pull it out of the water, and makes it center on the trailer. Before that I had to back into the water several times to get the boat to lay correctly on trailer skids. I put a RT Marine T-Top on the boat which allowed me to have more rod holders, lights, overhead storage and shade. Love the product but had to replace the Nylock nuts with double nuts as they backed off just on a 400 mile trip on the interstate (vibration and wind I guess). Put another Garmin up front and LiveScope mount using Beatdown Outdoors brackets. Another complaint is no rod holders in gunnel. I ended up using Cannon tracks on the top of the gunnels which was expensive but worked well. I also have downriggers that I use in the tracks. After 9 months and a crap load more money I have got the boat where i want it. But can't stress how much I'm disappointed in those wheels and tires. I forgot to mention that I was having TPMS air valves put in the tires. My local Discount Tire (even though they sell the tires and rims on their website) could not get the tire off the rim. I had to go to Butler Tire which deals with a lot of high end cars and really low profile tires. They got the tires off but it brought a lot of angst about trying to get a spare fixed on a long trip (or even finding a replacement tire), hence the 4 additional tires/wheels that I bought. Other than that absolutely love the boat. :)
Seems like getting to the bait well under the seat would get old really quick
Its about the same as lifting the lid on an aftermarket bait tank.
Mmm, mmm. Lotta engine.
Oh yes!
The question is, price
$79,995...water ready!