Re: My Four Winns VS Prospective Wellcraft - UPDATED finally took a test ride!!
Re: My Four Winns VS Prospective Wellcraft - UPDATED finally took a test ride!!
Well, I finally got to test the boat out today. Here is the update.
I went out with my mom and dad for about 3 hours today. We know the owners so they said pick it and have fun, they didn?t care if they want along or not.
This gave me a great opportunity to thoroughly test out the boat which I did. We were out for about 3 hours and covered about 57 miles or so. I had the opportunity to run the boat through smooth water, choppy water and rough water. All of which the boat handled well. We got banged around some in the rougher water, but the boat didn?t miss a beat. You can tell that Wellcraft built a very solid boat. Even though we were getting banged around a little bit, nothing on the boat was. After we retrieved the boat, I thoroughly checked it over again and could not find any loose fasteners, etc.
The acceleration seems to be better than my Four Winns which I was pleased about. Top speed of the day was around 48 mph which didn?t seem bad at all under the conditions. This was with 3 people, a normal load of toys and safety equipment and around 40 gallons of gas. However, this was not verified with GPS as I forgot to grab it. But I believe the speedometer was fairly close as it was moving faster than my Four Winns ever has. (It sure felt that way to me anyway.)
With covering the almost 60 miles, I believe that I burned around 10 gallons of gas which I thought seemed reasonable. No worse than what I am used to anyway. Even if I burned more than that, I am still pleased with the range of the boat.
The one thing that I probably liked the most about the boat was how it sat in the water. It has considerably more freeboard than the Four Winns. I didn?t worry about taking water over the bow or telling my parents that they couldn?t both sit up front because it lowered the boat too much. The boat also had plenty of rails and handles to hold on too as well. This would be very helpful for taking younger people out.
Over all, I was very pleased with the results and would really like to purchase the boat. Now my wife and I need to talk about it as she was unfortunately not able to make it out on the boat with us today. Hopefully we can make a decision and take care of everything this coming week!
Now, here is what you have been waiting for, the pictures!
If you have any thoughts on the subject, please let me know! Thanks for all the help everyone!
Appears to have been well cared for.
