Re: how good/bad are the Seasswirl striper 2301 WA boats
A good friend of mines dad has a Sea Swirl 2301 walk around. I just inverviewed him for about 20 minutes befor replying to this. He has had his for 5 years.
Trailering: On a load rite easy trailer, tandom axles, disk brakes on surge hook up. Does very well. Tows it with a Dodge Ram 1500 4.7l with 4.10 gears. Strongly recomends the disc breaks. When breaking cant tell its back there.
Hardware: hinges and such, A little above average. Better then on my Wellcraft. Not as good as Gradywhite.
Gell coat: All he said is its fine. Looking at it no blisters, but he takes very good care of the boat.
Manuverability around the docks: A little prop stear. Cant launch at dead low tide. Deep draft. Wind will blow it off the dock when comeing in so be good with a hook and spring line.
Underway: Does a nice job getting up on plain. Trims well with the trim tabs. Cuts threw the chop of other boats in a buisy bay with ease. Reverse chimes spray the water out to help keep things dry. 3-4 footers are handled well. Any launches give you a softer landing with the deep v of there hulls and there weight. Harder ride when fuel gets low.
Under cabin. Pretty bear bones. Not alot of flair down below. Get the plumbed in toilet.
Foward deck: Not really used that often. Just for docking. Wife wishes there was a pad for sunning. Get the windless. Get the ancor 1 size bigger then recomended.
Motor: Yamaha 250. No inboard. your on your own there. He said More motor the better. Big water with some buddies, no replacement for displacement. Would go bigger motor if he could.
Overall 8 out of 10. His wife rated it 4/10.
