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Best wishes as you research your Perfect choice. XF20 will be a great choice. 12 MPH winds on a reservoir will kick up some waves. You can safely run this. Best yet the family can move around on the XF20 without rocking the rig. Best yet. A 90hp or 75hp will be economical to operate. Put a port a po...

Bob, yes, sitting and fishing is comfortable and safer for us older models.
Consider you need room to turn around without stepping off the deck, plus dealing with a trolling motor.
Consider adding bracing under the deck, to support the pressure of leaning back.
Best wishes

Designlady. You got 17 years out this design. Use knotless yellow pine. Bed it in epoxy, lay a bit of fiberglass cloth and resin over it. Reinstall and go fishing Best Wishes.

Well done. Go fishing.

Dang. It’s a small world. ALDI is offering frozen Barramundi

All the flavor of Australia without saltwater crocodiles.

Eric, best wishes as you sort out your business and financial life. Been there, done that.
You can do this, Press on

Dear Ken, You are an inspiration. At some point we do have to say Godspeed to a dying mate. Then a reality check on age offers other opportunities. My wife and I just revisited Riverside Marina and Resort on Homosassa River. We spend our honeymoon there in 1971, no Fishing. Boy, that area has change...

It was 34 degrees when we left the dock in Leeville Louisiana Thursday 11/15/2018. Dang it was cold. The bayou waters were still muddy from 12 to 20 mph wides for the past 3 days. We fished them too. Only 6 Speckled trout. It took us 5 hours to catch 5 keeper Redfish to limit out our two man 10 each...

Evan, nice design, consider using gas charged lifts to overcome the roof weight factor. Best wishes

Piperdown, welcome. Yep a good bit of church can’t harm a boat builder. Have fun with your build. Ask questions, not a soul here hasn’t messed up any step of a build. They share sage advise temped with wit and wink.