Ok gang. I'm looking for a small boat that I can haul around and use instead of using my fish and ski all the time. I came across this one on craigs list and looked like a pretty good deal, perhaps a little high on price, but I think if I could talk him down a little it would make a fine boat.

I normally fish smaller inland lakes, as well as Lake Erie( this is why I feel I need a deep v) Normally it's me and one other person fishing. I'm a large guy at 280lbs. I feel I would probably have to install a 45+ lb trolling motor to move it around. Any idea what kind of draft this thing would have?

Let me know what you all think

http://cleveland.craigslist.org/boa/664874931.html

Bill

Looks solid to me. Stable/good deck.

As long as the leaky rivots are going to be an issue looks good. I walk around in 16 footer with no issue and 200 lbs. Usually its me, the wife and dog with no problems

looks good to me.

here is a hint on saving some $$, this is what I did. get a quick release for your TM on you FS and you can just switch it from boat to boat.

I used to do this with my TM and DF from my big boat to my small boat. when I ended up upgrading the TM and DF on the big boat the small boat got its own stuff

Be very wary of Grumman leaky rivets. I think you can find something that doesn't leak for close to that price. I would keep looking. Yes leaky rivets can be fixed but they are also a pain in the ***, especially on grummans. Those things have thousands of rivets in them. Personally I would keep looking.