04-01-2014, 12:01 AM
You are asking an interesting question and pertains exactly to something I've gone through in the past and I'm going through again. When my children were young I purchased a 12-14 foot (don't recall for sure) Sea Nymph and it did nicely. My children weren't overly scared of water and it served me well. I didn't use for several years so a traded the boat and started doing most of my fishing from a pontoon.
Now I have grand kids and I want to take them out. I acquired another boat at no cost and got it ready to go. This boat is not nearly as stable as the other one and one of my grand daughters pretty much freaked out when I took her out on it. I think she'll get used to it, but it will be a battle every time I want to take her out.
From what I know of SC's I think it should serve you well, but if your kids are sensitive to rocking, then who knows.
I personally like to go small for several reasons. And it if was just me, I'd stay small. They tow easy, you can launch anywhere, they are easy on gas both when towing and on the water, easy to manuever, and just plain old less complicated. That being said, I have a desire for a larger boat so the kids will enjoy it more and also if they enjoy it more, so will I.
My recommendation would be to get a stable of boat as possible regardless of size. I don't know how to guide you in that quest as I'm on it myself. I keep thinking a drift boat would be nice, but I've never been in one and I think most if not all of them would require a long shaft motor. I think you will enjoy something with a flatter bottom and higher sides more than something with a V-shape. The SC's are V'd in the front but more flat as you approach the rear which is nice and is similar to the Sea Nymph I had and liked.
I don't know how helpful I've been, but my comments and thoughts may give you something to think about. I saw a great looking boat a few days ago (one I really wanted to go look at) for sale on Craig's list. In my opinion it was perfect and exactly what I was looking for. It was in Payette and looked like it would be very stable, but was still small and simple and appeared to be in great shape yet reasonable priced (or so I thought, but reasonable to one might not be to another). It had a flat bottom and was fairly wide. I've decided to wait for this year though. I'll pull up the ad for you if you are interested.
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Now I have grand kids and I want to take them out. I acquired another boat at no cost and got it ready to go. This boat is not nearly as stable as the other one and one of my grand daughters pretty much freaked out when I took her out on it. I think she'll get used to it, but it will be a battle every time I want to take her out.
From what I know of SC's I think it should serve you well, but if your kids are sensitive to rocking, then who knows.
I personally like to go small for several reasons. And it if was just me, I'd stay small. They tow easy, you can launch anywhere, they are easy on gas both when towing and on the water, easy to manuever, and just plain old less complicated. That being said, I have a desire for a larger boat so the kids will enjoy it more and also if they enjoy it more, so will I.
My recommendation would be to get a stable of boat as possible regardless of size. I don't know how to guide you in that quest as I'm on it myself. I keep thinking a drift boat would be nice, but I've never been in one and I think most if not all of them would require a long shaft motor. I think you will enjoy something with a flatter bottom and higher sides more than something with a V-shape. The SC's are V'd in the front but more flat as you approach the rear which is nice and is similar to the Sea Nymph I had and liked.
I don't know how helpful I've been, but my comments and thoughts may give you something to think about. I saw a great looking boat a few days ago (one I really wanted to go look at) for sale on Craig's list. In my opinion it was perfect and exactly what I was looking for. It was in Payette and looked like it would be very stable, but was still small and simple and appeared to be in great shape yet reasonable priced (or so I thought, but reasonable to one might not be to another). It had a flat bottom and was fairly wide. I've decided to wait for this year though. I'll pull up the ad for you if you are interested.
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