PT,

The builder of this boat, has them. Thanks for the offer. And, I agree with you. Fun thread. I know our information will be evaluated when the engineers start specing this boat out. That is just way cool in my opinion. 10 years ago, we, Joe and Jane public, were rarely the voice of the customer when it came to hunting and fishing products. Now, these companies come to us, through FM, to find out what they need to do better, need to less of, or even to find the origins of the next generation of a product.

I don't know how many of our ideas will end up in the final product, but it sure is fun knowing that our opinions matter.

Northlander,



I am writing that one down. Of course, I will remember it the way I want to:

"On April 18th, 2008, Northlander publicly confessed his closet desire to own a Crestliner."

You might even be surprised how much you would like them now. Don't be afraid to look.

Oh Ray you know better. Lund all the way baby. Althugh I really like the newer Triton glass boats. Thats my dream boat there.
But I will say that if a boat gets made that has everything on these posts, or a good portion of them, and is at a decent cost to the consumer I will buy it even if it is a Chrestliner. A boat like that has never been done before and it will be a awesome fishing machine. Even on a Chrestliner Hull.

Well it is coming!!
Thank you all for your input on this new model! We will be posting pictures of the prototype models soon!
Yes there will be two versions of the next great 18.5 foot boat, a trolling edition and a casting edition!
Northlandr get your check book ready, There is nothing left out of this boat that you guys/gals have asked for! The price will be very appealing as well! Keep tuned in pics coming soon!

The next great 18.5 foot fishing boat would be a Crestliner Fish Hawk 1850 Contender or Tournament package, with a 17 degree hull, instead of a 12, and rated for a 175 instead of a 150.

There you have it.

Ill be taking a look at that trolling model for sure. Let me know when I get to give it the old Lake Superior Trolling break in.

Any news or updates on this?

Please tell me it will be something like I described above

Ya whats up with pics of this boat? I cant tale the suspense.

Did anyone mention a jet boat so you can get in shallow water?

Thanks for waiting. The boat you were all helping design is the Raptor and Crestliner just posted the info on their newly redesigned website. There is a Raptor for the Bass/Musky fisherman and a version for the walleye type fisherman. Check them out.

I figured it was the new Raptor. I heard about it from a few behind the scenes. I will be heading over right now.

Wow.. looks like quite the rig!

marine_man

its a great looking boat. I hope they will sell a few of them!

Did they actually put livewells up next to a bowmount? If so that wasnt too well thought out. Lots of pounding going on up there. Even if its only a baitwell I still dont like the idea. Dont need that extra weight in the bow thats for sure.
I also couldnt really tel much from the pics that had. Not any good over head views of the whole boat. At least that I could find.
I would like to get a good view to see if they really did listen to us.
I did like the pic of the boat with no carpeting. Thats a nice idea. No carpet anyplace.

there is a baitwell there.