Large Bowrider

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Ignore the annoying commentator. What do you think of this boat?

Its nice for 2 people as a weekend boat.
Not sure how the bowrider part handles stuffing the bow in the ocean!! Can it drain fast enough?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a64vJKlylwM

Taking this design I was thinking what would be cool is a collapsable design, like those folding cups. Then you keep the the full vberth which is dead space until you go to sleep. That would be cool.
 
I think it is pretty stupid. People that can afford that size boat, don't want a bow rider. Like you said, not an ocean boat. They should turn the bow into a hot tub -- then they'll have something.
 
Not my cup of tea but I can see the appeal. It s not a bow rider more like an express with seating at the bow instead of an often unused berth. Unlike a bow rider the bow sitting area appears to be well above water line

The traditional express has been pushed into near extinctions by he big center consoles. Most people who want a boat to spend week ends or a few days on will get a flybridge type boat, for day trips and occasional overnighting a big CC with a cabin will do.

Boats are all about compromises, and marketing. That s what this is about
 
My first thoughts too, Bruce. We need to know if he plans on taking it to Block Island? Is Dave really Bob?
 
Not Bob, and I do think this boat could handle a Block run, but I am curious how the bowrider part drains if it fills with sea water.
Most boats have self bailing cockpits, which means no power is needed to drain, if this does, then great, but if it needs a high power pump, then that can be a issue.

I think its a nice weekend boat and does have some innovative features. Not sure it is for me though.
 
I don't think I would like people in the bow area to walk barefoot on the teak floor that then turns into a table............no thanks
 
Notice he did not enter the forward stateroom on camera. Getting in there looks to be really hard with the floor of the Bowriding section hanging down taking up all the headroom. IMHO that boat is ugly.... And I would guess it is priced at cose to 1M..... No thanks....
 
Surprisingly, when I talk to sales people at MarineMax, when I first wondered about SeaRay's 29' bow rider, they told me there was strong demand for it and larger versions. I see them all over Lake Lanier now. Mfrs are responding. Reality check folks. Most people are not overnighting on their boats. They are day trippers or they sleep on deck. They want a place to pee and change as well as fridges, ice machines, but don't care about stoves. Big bow riders are selling like hot cakes right now and the market is responding. This 44' is an extension of that market

All this says another thing. People who are wealthy enough to buy these boats don't give a damn about the interest deduction either.
 
I could picture something like that in the Med off the coast of Amalfi.
 
No matter what boat I have and I switch a lot I still like the big bow riders. Everyone enjoys riding up front. Would love a 32 or 35 that sleeps 2. So far the biggest I had was a 27 ft and it was a fun boat.
Al
 
I think it's pretty nice!

And yes, it could make it to Block Island, easily.
 
I think that boat is pretty cool.

Great use of the space. I can see this type of boat catching on in a big way.

It would be great if there was a way to cover the bow when going on trips to try to keep the water from filling up that big area.
 
It is a re-purposed V435 Express Cruiser hull (the designer of my power cat did the same thing as well as the designer of my trawler). The most expensive thing in development with boats like this is hull design and building the molds. Check out the specs of the two. Same beam, same LOA. I say kudos to Four Winns for "creating" another model with very little out of pocket expenses. Not for me, but another product to offer without millions of R&D money spent.

V435 Express: http://www.fourwinns.com/overview/V435

H440 "Bow Rider": http://www.fourwinns.com/overview/H440
 
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Surprisingly, when I talk to sales people at MarineMax, when I first wondered about SeaRay's 29' bow rider, they told me there was strong demand for it and larger versions. I see them all over Lake Lanier now. Mfrs are responding. Reality check folks. Most people are not overnighting on their boats. They are day trippers or they sleep on deck. They want a place to pee and change as well as fridges, ice machines, but don't care about stoves. Big bow riders are selling like hot cakes right now and the market is responding. This 44' is an extension of that market

All this says another thing. People who are wealthy enough to buy these boats don't give a damn about the interest deduction either.
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I kinda like it. Until 2005 we had a 30' cruiser on Lake Norman, then moved to a smaller lake, bought a house and a 20' bowrider. Two years ago I put the bowrider in dry storage back on Lake Norman. Our previous stint on LKN all we saw were cruisers in the 25-35ft range, now for every 1 cruiser I see 10 large browriders. I always thought I would want another cruiser, but more and more I'm liking a nice bowrider with a head (ie Cobalt R5, SeaRay 240 Sundeck). We like to spend the day on the lake, with a few comforts, then stop off at a restaurant for dinner and head home - if it's raining or freezing cold, not going to be there. Not much interest anymore in spending a whole weekend on the boat, plus at least on LKN, your options for lakeside dining are much better when you don't have tie up a 35' boat. If I'm getting back into weekends on the boat, I'm looking at a sedan bridge, not a cruiser.
 
I like it. Provided the bow is self draining, (As CurrentSea says), I would have no problem taking to Block. I'm curious to see what would happen if the bow filled with water. One would hope they have examined this. I think its a great sound/river/lake day boat. One thing that would not work for me is the very small living space in the cabin. They did not show great footage of that but its obvious that is where they picked up a lot of space. I think it is very well though out.
 
I like it. As boating moves away from the so called middle class, who didn't mind packing a family of 5 every weekend into a 27 foot Rinker with an 8'6" beam for a cheap lake/beach home, to a hobby for the wealthy - boats like this make perfect sense. When you have a lakefront house, do you really need to drag your bedroom around all day on the water? And how often do most modern boaters see waves over two feet high? Even back in the old days, how often did anyone really use their galley oven? Head, ice maker, and fridge - that's all you need!
 
From what I remember, it wasn't about the size or design of the boat that was in the discussion about Bob and the bowrider to Block Island. I remember people saying that he was unable to do it because of his lack of experience, not the design or size of the boat.

Having said that, I think this boat AND BOB would make it to Block Island. He's had several more years of experience now.
 
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