Offshore bowrider

JeffN

JeffN

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OK< an old joke comes around again. I looked at a Mariah 30' offshore style boat when they closed their doors in 01. There's a nice one on the market and I'm wondering how they marketed the thing. This one is the bowrider/mid cuddy cabin style. They also made a normal solid bow 30'er but most went for the open bow.

Is there some sort of durable cover more than a sunbrella that can seal up the bow for offshore days?
 
Jeff a piece of Sumbrella no matter how well supported is not a match for a wave in the open Ocean.
Bill
 
If I remember correctly, there was an RO on here a few years back who had that same boat and regularly crossed to Bimini in it.
 
It's a nice looking boat but where does the water go once the bow section is overtaken with a wave?
Bill
 
Seems simple enough to me, just leave both doors open. The water in the bow would go straight through the cabin into the cockpit and (if you're lucky) out over the transom... just like in a big center-console!

You probably wouldn't even need to leave the doors open, a good wave will smash it's way through anyway.

(Not something I'd want to experience, though)
 
Not my cup of tea but it would take some serious seas and serious screw up to swamp that boat...

That said, there is a reason why you don't see many of these boats (or such design), why nowadays it s all big outboards and why Mariah is out if business. Intrepid, Whaler, contender and the like have taken over the day boat market in part because you can have the reliability of twins (or triples even)
 
Mariah put in too much up front equipment for the price, standard gps etc on most models(electric seats I think also). Nowadays it all seems to be fishing rigs and much less on the pleasure craft <30'.

I'd rarely go outside with most any boat being 10-15 miles N or S to an inlet(and the N one is Sebastian-nasty) but on a day like today, I think that model would be fine. I saw a pontoon come in Ft Pierce inlet today.
 
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Originally posted by Billylll

It's a nice looking boat but where does the water go once the bow section is overtaken with a wave?
Bill

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UMMM BILL MY GUESS WOULD BE TOWARDS THE TRANSOM AREA
 
+1 Pascal, well said

Outboards have come a long ways in the last 8-10 years. When the 4 strokes started to become popular, that was it...
 
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