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After many days and many conversations with dealers from mostly the west coast I found a boat. I looked at Hewes Craft, North River and Duckworth. There is only one dealer for any of these boats here on the east coast. A dealer here in Maine just took on Duckworth boats in February. This was the first one he has sold. It has a 135 Honda and starting April 1st they come with a 6 year warrentee. I pick the boat up on Wednesday.20'6" long with a 96" beam 135 Honda and a 42 gal tank dry weight of 1,656 lb

I went to the only Duckworth dealer on the east coast on Wednesday. Man the 20' Adventure Sport was beautiful and I was very impressed with how well built they were. For me it would be a boat that really should last a lifetime.

Its not neighboring states you should be worried about. NYC is the hot spot

I fixed that for you. In a couple of weeks we may not have even peaked, sadly

I have a mast with two reels that i had in the bow of my smaller 16' boat. Being that far forward did work well. I will keep using that and just run a line to each planer line and pull the line back to hook the release into.

With rods?

If I mount my planner mast on the rail should I get the 36" or 72"? 72 may be to high?

Which track system will these fit?

I am setting up a new boat. What are some good options for rod holders and/or track systems that hold rod holders? I would also like to put planner reels on each side. Looking for options for those as well. Thanks I should add this new boat is a 20' Duckworth Advantage Sport. 4 rods per side and 2 off the riggers. Maybe two more on the stern

Do the scotties have the option to follow the bottom like the Cannons? Thats a very nice feature when fishing lakers here in Maine.

Not yet. When I looked on the dealer site from Ohio it didn’t show much for inventory so I figured I would need to wait forever to get the package I wanted.

Thanks, I have pretty much decided on a North River.

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Is this boat still available?

Very nice....

OMG...... I have caught many 100" blue finn tuna but that is a fish of my dreams.

Yes, between this 18 and a 19'. Rigged right I could fish salmon in a 3,000 acre lake here in Maine or stripers on the coast and the occasional blue finn tuna trip out to 12 miles.

Thanks. Check out the two options I called about above. The North River is older 2005 but only 120 hrs on the Yamaha

http://www.clemensmarina.com/boatdetail.php?id=3252 http://www.clemensmarina.com/boatdetail.php?id=3410 You talked me into it. These look like two options that would also be better boats in salt water. Notice the North River is a 2005 but its 96" wide vs the 2019 Hewes Craft at 86"

What are some other Brands that build aluminum boats that are as good or better then Lund? For fishing only

How do the Crestliners hold up compared to the Lunds? And is Lund still building the same qulity they were prior to being bought out by Brunswick? You know how things go. Normally when a company is bought out quality deteriorates.

Yes sir, I have a great relationship with the local Yamaha dealer. As a commercial fisherman that travels the cost of New England I see more Yamahas then all others combined.