Baja or Crownline?

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polarisrider1

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boatingbent said:
Go here http://crowniehq.net/ I am 1/2 owner of this site ....Approx 65% of the Members are crownline owners there are some Baja owners 10 Nordic owners which i have ...Mine is a 28 foot Nordic with a 525 Blue engine in it ...We even have a Boats for sale section ...I know A guy (brian Ritchie) in Central Arkansas who has a 225 Crown with an 8.1 in it for sale ......Anyways anybody that are into Boating come on over to the HQ there is no charge to become a Member although we do have a Donate button......

Below is my Nordic
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And I thought Nordic just built tugs.
 
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ezra

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polarisrider1 said:
I get what your saying, but some brands are pure junk. Remember Bayliner with a force motor.
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the force was a huge pos.but that sed my mother inlaw has the 1 good one they made thhing has to be 15 yrs old and never had 1 issue but then it is on a pontoon and she has prob never had it wide open ond I have only drove it a hand full of times.still shocks me that it still runs well. my bud did buy a bayliner last yr that is actualy a 1/2 decent lake boat but that is only because it was built as a big watter boat{would not work for that lol} think it is called a discovery 25 or somthing like that kinda a sail fishing boat look.I do know of a 6 yr old bayliner 19 with a 4cyl POS junk junk junk did not make it 1 mo last yr spider cracking on the whole thing top and bottem spliting apart to the point that when hitting sm waves you can watch them move in diff directions.I know he was parking with lower unit trimed up in a heavy muskrat area {his brothers dock} last 2 yrs praying they chewed up bellows and she would sink.but what do you expect for 9g new with a trailer?
 
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polarisrider1

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ezra said:
the force was a huge pos.but that sed my mother inlaw has the 1 good one they made thhing has to be 15 yrs old and never had 1 issue but then it is on a pontoon and she has prob never had it wide open ond I have only drove it a hand full of times.still shocks me that it still runs well. my bud did buy a bayliner last yr that is actualy a 1/2 decent lake boat but that is only because it was built as a big watter boat{would not work for that lol} think it is called a discovery 25 or somthing like that kinda a sail fishing boat look.I do know of a 6 yr old bayliner 19 with a 4cyl POS junk junk junk did not make it 1 mo last yr spider cracking on the whole thing top and bottem spliting apart to the point that when hitting sm waves you can watch them move in diff directions.I know he was parking with lower unit trimed up in a heavy muskrat area {his brothers dock} last 2 yrs praying they chewed up bellows and she would sink.but what do you expect for 9g new with a trailer?
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So you know what I am saying. 9 grand is still a lot of coin. Enough to canvas a Sea Ray anyways.
 
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1blue99srx600

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I grew up with Baja's a Force 235 a 280 Sport a Boss 232 and currently an Outlaw 25 SST. In my mind there is no other, these mentioned are not open bow boats and aside from the 232 handle rough water pretty well, the 232 has a different hull design not conducive in my opinion to rough water, out of all of them that was my least favorite. Castle Rock Lake is an inland lake but when the wind starts whipping it's rough and the 25 Outlaw is steadfast. The 235 and 280 went out on Lake Michigan multiple times and handled it great.

My two friends own a Crown Line and a Sea Ray the Crown line is a 23 ft deck boatish open bow front and the Sea Ray is a 21 ft open bow with deep hull, I have been on both a lot and I have to say both are great solid boats and neither have had any problems with the roughness of CRL.

The islander has the deeper hull like the Outlaw.

At one point Baja was owned by Brunswick which owns Bayliner, Currently Baja is owned by Fountain.
 

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lookin4snow

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boatingbent said:
My screen name over there is Bent Jorgensen ...What did you sign up as
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I signed up there as "lookin4snow" as well. Got a lot of feedback in a very short period of time.

Blue99, I have been on CRL a couple times. Indeed it can get stirred up and rough. Thanks for the feedback.

I like the Sea Ray's as well, but am not a fan of the 6.2 l motor that they are running. I would prefer the 350 Mag or a big block.
 
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Banks93

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Just another suggestion to through in if you are getting open bow. I would look at the Yamaha 242 or 240. You go 55mph and get to it fast and they are great for river running and beaching and having fun. You get more bang for your buck and the engine and maintenance up keep are far less then Baja or crownline. Just a thought.

They are a great boat in the 21-24' range.

I had a SX230 and if I was getting another boat I would be getting the 242 or 240.
 
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polarisrider1

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Sitting here watching boats at the gas dock. I am slipped down river about 100yds from gas dock. Doing my own survey. About 10 Bajas go by for any 1 of anyother brand to get gas. These glug glug boats do have 1 factor that the rest don’t, Hot chicks. So it is a pay to play system.
 
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Dave_B

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polarisrider1 said:
Sitting here watching boats at the gas dock. I am slipped down river about 100yds from gas dock. Doing my own survey. About 10 Bajas go by for any 1 of anyother brand to get gas. These glug glug boats do have 1 factor that the rest don’t, Hot chicks. So it is a pay to play system.
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Is that going to be another one of your pet peeves non Baja Boy!
 
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polarisrider1

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lookin4snow said:
Glug Glug boats - that's a new one to me! But it fits.
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It covers two bases. The sound they make at idle and how they drink the gas when up on plane. Glug glug glug. They get towed back to the gas docks all the time. Sure is windy at the boat today. Finally stopped raining and went from 78 degrees to 56 with this latest storm front going thru.
 
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polarisrider1

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We have some way cool go fast boats at the marina. I just don’t know how to get the picks from my phone to the JDee site without my laptop working.
 
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lookin4snow

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Stupid Fast!

I'll bet a ride in that would be a rush. But, fillin'er up with fuel would be depressing and the equivalent of a house payment:(
 
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boatssleds

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Take a good look at the Chaparral boats. Are 230 will do top speed of about 62.
This is a 2000 and it's for sale.
 

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