 whippersnappyr wrote:(remember that 15 knots is more than twice the wind force as 10 knots) and wave height up to 0.3m. |
| rusty360 wrote: Hey I've had both. The mac 360 was a great boat super stable etc but the sides are lower than the smart wave, and much much wetter! The smartwave is much better layed out, small anchor well, the bin seating at the back, place for ya fuel tank, higher sides, better dryer ride, still super stable. IMO the smartwave is the better boat, the only thing is buy one with the 20inch long shaft transom mine was only the 15inch and did used to get a wee bit of water over the back if you slowed down to fast I'd own another one.
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| Quiltro wrote: Hey guys, thank you so much for your comments and advice in the process of finding my first dinghy. ... Thanks for the advice on trying Ali boats and those little catamarans! |
spin king wrote:
went and tested one out, couldn't believe how wet they were, have a purchased a 4200 now |
| spin king wrote: but yeah do buy a 3500 and enjoy and learn boating in a very safe practice boat, then move up in size if you need to. here's me my wife our then 4 and 1 year old out on raglan harbor |
| OneWayTraffic wrote: A plastic welder could fix the Fatcat spray issue. I had some HDPE plates welded to my boat to fit the dinghy wheels. Welding a strip down the sides would help a lot, if anyone reading this already has a boat like that and has this issue. OP, I'd go for the 4200 in an open boat if you can swing it, or a 4m pontoon. But if it has to be a 3.5m boat the SW is really hard to beat. |
, though the 4200 with center console also looks very nice, unlike the sw3500 with CC, which seems to use ALOT of real state in that boat. Quiltro wrote:
Hey Spin King, thanks so much for your input. re the FATCAT's I am test driving it tomorrow actually. But after seeing some videos about (and also someone else commenting here) it seems that the boat despite being/looking extremely spadeful seems like a 'wet' ride. much so than many other dinghies? I wonder why they would add or extended those gunnels a bit? anyhow, will report back tomorrow after the fact. Also, thanks for sharing those photos, I could resist to sneak out through your instagram account, and it seems you've had a blast with that SW3500! however I was wondering about that other grey boat that shows up on some of your photos, is that the SW4200? or is it also a SW3500 e-Fish? |
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