hydrasport seapro tidewater or triton - which is best?

[guiltypleasure]

I'm boat shopping for a 19' bay boat. All of these look like they suit my needs and I have a few sea trials next week. Anyone have any good or bad news about any of these brands that I need to be aware of? At this point I'm not worried about price (but I'm not made of money). What I want is a quality boat that I can use for 5 - 10 years and that is comfortable for my wife, daughter and a couple of friends. It's just for inland fishing and scalloping.

 

[5150abf]

Re: hydrasport seapro tidewater or triton - which is best?

I know a couple guys with Triton bass boats and they love them, one would assume the quality would transfer to other models, have never heard of the other brand.

 

[ovrrdrive]

Re: hydrasport seapro tidewater or triton - which is best?

Seapro's are great. I just bought a SV1900CC and I absolutely love it.

However, if money were no object I probably would have looked closer at the Triton. It's probably a nicer boat. I think it ran about $6k more than the Seapro.

By the way, the key to getting a boat you'll keep is to get the biggest motor they'll put on it when you buy it. Otherwise in a few years you'll feel the need to upgrade. My 1900 with the 150 Optimax runs like a scalded dog.