any help

[hibb dogg]

what is a cheap safe small boat that could be used for inshore fishing less than a mile out in calm summer weather how much do they cost?:g:

[ChrisP]

Sorry mate, that is the six million dollar question, I don't have the answer.

[caster]

First of all buddy you have to sort out how much you want to spend, then put aside enough for safety gear, before you buy a boat get some instruction on safety, handling, navigation and radio operating, getting out on the water is not a jolly it's a serious business because it can lead to a loss of life, sorry to pizz on your fire but i mean for you to be safe:kissing:

[glasgowdan]

2 grand would get you a useable and safe set-up

[harpo]

what is a cheap safe small boat that could be used for inshore fishing less than a mile out in calm summer weather how much do they cost?:g:

have a look at what their using in your area and have a chat with them the locals know

[albe2]

.I have a 16ft Longliner with 9.9hp and can get 6 or 7 miles off in the right conditions.Quite often the most hazardous conditions are found within a mile of the shore so don't think just cos you are not going far you are safe in a smaller boat.I have seen 12ft dinghys nearly sunk just from the wake of other small boats.Go for 15ft+ at least.

[blueskip]

I reckon that the smallest safe craft for your purposes would be a 13' 6" Dell Quay Dory, I had one for ages & they are very stable, & provided the hull isn't holed they are unsinkable! (try to pick it up at the bow or stern, if you can, its got an intact hull, if you cant, its full of waterfilled foam, leave it).
Stick a 6HP on the back, & it will take you fishing, once you have forked out for a spare engine (oars), lifejackets, flares, handheld VHF, etc, etc, etc, & although they are safe, they are not the "cleanest" boats, most of the waves that hit the bow, seem obliged to splash some part of themselves into your lap!
But that's all part of the joys of boating, good luck with your search, try either e-bay or for a more local option www.adtrader.co.uk they have a lot of boats on offer
blueskip

[wavelength]

Dell quay dories are fine if you want to test the unsinkable properties on every trip. The freeboard is so low (in order to keep the boat upright when swamped) th any passing water seems obliged to come and join you inside. Put it into reverse and it will immediatly swamp itself. Put it onto our local beach and cos there is no self draining splashwell water will come over the back and fill it up . We had a coastguard/lifeboat job with a 17ft dell quay last winter that had swamped on the beach cos of the transom. Not a beach boat.Something like a 14ft cjr or capri or a seahog 15ft hunter will do the job- but will go down like a brick if you manage to fill it :unsure:

[Jon Law]

.I have a 16ft Longliner with 9.9hp and can get 6 or 7 miles off in the right conditions.Quite often the most hazardous conditions are found within a mile of the shore so don't think just cos you are not going far you are safe in a smaller boat.I have seen 12ft dinghys nearly sunk just from the wake of other small boats.Go for 15ft+ at least.

Wise words :thumbs:

Hibb dogg, you could do a lot worse, than get a longliner.

[Simon F]

If you are only going less than a mile your choice should include all sorts of "non-planing" hull types as well. For those distances speed is not vital.

[Why Worry Angling Charters]

Try here loads of boats and all shapes and sizes
http://www.findafishingboat.co.uk/boatsforsale.htm

Ron :boat:

[blueskip]

Wavelength I must disagree with your "hatchet job" on the Dell Quay Dory, I had one for years, & although parts of the odd wave tended to find their way in to my lap, especially when pushing into a short chop, & the odd "plopper" coming over the stern, (which the pee pot soon baled out), I found mine to be a wonderfully stable fishing platform. Unlike the Longliner, which has the tendency to roll on anything resembling a wet lawn!
The answer seems to be dont go like the clappers in reverse, & if you are going to the beach, take a deck chair not a Dell Quay!
blueskip

[albe2]

Can't say i've ever had more than a cup full of water in my Longliner and as for rolling about,when that happens it's generally time to go home!

[wavelength]

Naw Blueskip not a hatchet job just my opinion. I have had fishing boats ( open dinghies, morebas,cjr14,virgo seahunter, seahog hunter etc etc ) and ribs for 30 odd years and personally wouldnt consider a dell quay at any cost whatsoever, but you had fun with yours which is great. Our fishing here is all beach launching (unless you just want a couple of hours out of our expensive marina around high water). When we land on the beach even on a calm day there are small waves that will fill the boat without a splashwell there to drain it away. On a rough day then such a boat will cause all sorts of problems. It might not be rough on launching but weather catches us all out sometimes. I would also feel unsafe with those low sides-but then again I'm a wimp-but wimps live longer. I'll give you a for instnce with 13ft dell quays. Many years ago on patrol in a coastguard rib we had the local yacht club out racing Fireball dinghies in the estuary. Their two cover boats were dell quays, and we said at the outset that those were the things we would be rescuing-sure enough all those flimsy fireballs made it home safe when the weather roughed up on them. The dell quays were awash to the gunwhales (but afloat and the right way up which is good) with petrol tanks floating upside down in the boats with the crew and butties and drinks cans and flares etc swishing about with them. Both boats were helpless and we towed them back with the very wet and tired crews on board our CG rib. No not for me thanks, but each to their own of course :)