Re: Am I the Only One?
This is my first posting and I want to say this is a great tool for any caliber of boat owner. I have found it very useful and have practically rebuilt my boat with iBoats and my manual. To the point here...
I just bought my very first Center Console, a 18'4" Steury Center Console with a Johnson 1993 88 SPL outboard. Traded a car for it, I really wanted the boat. I have been looking on the internet for info on this boat with limited results. I could not find a single Steury center console for starters and not my model for sure. I am very impressed with this boat overall. I live at Channel Islands Harbor near Ventura Ca, Anacapa is 13 miles from Harbor, this boat is used to fish offshore and get to the Islands. In the month I have owned it it has been out to the islands 4 times. The second time we got caught in Santa Anas coming home (be sure to really check the weather reports well, trust me) blowing in excess of 50mph and running through 7-9ft wind swells at 2 secs. Let me tell you, she went straight and was dry as a whistle when we finally got back to port an hour later. She is built solid with an incredible amount of space for the size. Below is some info on the boat, I will try and get some pics up soon. If anyone else has one I would love to hear from them. This 1975 center console seems to be built better then any current center console in its class including Whaler.
Max HP - 150
Beam -7'4"
Length - 18'4"
Hull -Deep V
Free Board/ Cockpit depth - 25" rear tappers to 27" front
Full Bow Rail
32 gallon bow ice chest located under bow seat
Twin saddle bag 19 gallon tanks (38 gallon total plus 6 gallon aux)
Full fiberglass console with windshield and front seat with storage
Self bailing hull (as found out first hand, works very well)
42 gallon live bait well mounted under the driver bench seat
She plains easy and is a fairly dry ride in chop. Any info would be great, I really love this boat!