Re: Any fellow Duranautic owners out there?
I've got two right now, a 12' V hull and an Offshore 14. I've had two Offshore 14s so far, this is the cleanest so far but someone went and cut the transom down in the middle.
I need to find a new top rail, the extruded aluminum piece that caps the transom. I can weld a piece back into the outer skin and make it factory again.
I sold my last one after 4 years, and stumbled on this one only a few weeks later for the cost of a few cases of beer. My 12' has never had a motor on it, just oars. I keep it around to use as a pack boat for camping and for exercise when fishing shallow ponds.
I had an early 16' but found the Offshore 14 to be the better boat, both are rated at 40hp and since the 14' doesn't have a bow plate, there's not much difference in interior room. With a 40hp on my last Offshore 14, I never did get to 'Top' speed, all I can say is that it was FAST. The 16 did well to but not as well as the 14.
My next project is to convert to Teleflex steering as my 1978 uses rope cable steering yet.
Both of the boats I have now came from Beacon, NY, my other Offshore 14, and my Offshore 16 were from Wappingers Falls, NY.
I looked at a new one, possibly a 16', but there's no local dealers and they've gotten downright pricey these days. Besides, mine do just fine.
Any idea when they moved from Beacon to Wappingers Falls?