03-29-2013, 02:23 PM
I just spent the last two years researching new boats. My final decision was a Ranger Reata 1850ls with 150hp outboard.
My search began by looking at Trackers and Lunds. I very quickly moved away from them, and set my sights on a Crestliner. I fell in love with the Crestliner boats. I went to the boat show and stopped in at the Robertson Marine booth and looked at their Crestliner on display. I loved it.
then I went into Robertson's show room in SLC. That was the day I changed my mind. Over a year later, I hooked up my Ranger and drove it home.
To be honest, I don't think you'd go wrong with a Crestliner. They are probably a bit more expensive than a Lund or Tracker, but they are nicer boats. You can rig them for everything that you want to do. I wouldn't fault a guy for a second for buying a Crestliner, and I think I probably would have been happy with a Crestliner. For my money, I decided to take that next step up and went with the Ranger.
The best piece of advice I can give you is to go see Rick at Robertson's Marine in downtown SLC. Look at the Crestliner's he currently has in stock (he's got some very nice boats right now!). Robertson's is a great place -- I've never shopped for an motorized vehicle where the salesmen continued to tell me "let's wait....let's wait...". Awesome experience with that dealer.
Good luck.
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My search began by looking at Trackers and Lunds. I very quickly moved away from them, and set my sights on a Crestliner. I fell in love with the Crestliner boats. I went to the boat show and stopped in at the Robertson Marine booth and looked at their Crestliner on display. I loved it.
then I went into Robertson's show room in SLC. That was the day I changed my mind. Over a year later, I hooked up my Ranger and drove it home.
To be honest, I don't think you'd go wrong with a Crestliner. They are probably a bit more expensive than a Lund or Tracker, but they are nicer boats. You can rig them for everything that you want to do. I wouldn't fault a guy for a second for buying a Crestliner, and I think I probably would have been happy with a Crestliner. For my money, I decided to take that next step up and went with the Ranger.
The best piece of advice I can give you is to go see Rick at Robertson's Marine in downtown SLC. Look at the Crestliner's he currently has in stock (he's got some very nice boats right now!). Robertson's is a great place -- I've never shopped for an motorized vehicle where the salesmen continued to tell me "let's wait....let's wait...". Awesome experience with that dealer.
Good luck.
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