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Boat Buyers Guide 2006
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Boat Buyers Guide 2006

Check out our new 2006 Boat Inspector! It's the only place online where you can look deeper into each boat and read bonus impressions from our editors. 

 

These are the most in-depth boat reviews anywhere, and they're easy to absorb. 

Interested in a certain boat? Find it here on the Boat Inspector roster and then start investigating. You'll find a 360-degree view, a slide show and short summaries of our editors' no-holds-barred impressions.

See our list below of 86 boat reviews, plus all the test data from our exhaustive sea trials.

 

Bowrider
Bayliner 195 Classic
Bryant 219 Bowrider
Bryant 240
Caravelle 232 Intercepter BR
Chaparral 276 SSi Sport Boat
Ebbtide 2000 Extreme SS
Formula 240 BR
Four Winns 190 Horizon
Glastron GXL 205 Collector's Edition
Mariah SX 19
Mariah SX 21
Monterey 234 FSX
Rinker Captiva 226
Rinker Captiva 246
Sea-Doo Islandia
Sea Ray 195 Sport
Starcraft C-Star 1700 Sport I/O
Starcraft Nexstar 2100
Sugar Sand Calais LX
Sugar Sand Tango Super Sport
Tahoe Q7i
Yamaha SX 210

Deck Boat
Bayliner 197
Hurricane SunDeck 260 I/O
MB Sports 24V Sport Deck
Nautic Star 210 DC Sport Deck
Starcraft 2080 Calais I/O

Overnighter
Baja 35 Outlaw
Envision 29 Concept
Mariah SC23 Cuddy Cabin
Maxum 2600 SE
Rinker Captiva 246 Cuddy Liberty Edition

Fishing
Blue Wave 2200 Pure Bay
Carolina Skiff 2585 DLV
Charger 190 SUV
Crestliner 1750 Sport Angler
G3 Angler V 185 XT
G3 Eagle 185
Lowe FS 175
Nitro 591
Polar Kraft Kodiak V 188 FS
Princecraft Pro 165 SC
Ranger 2000 Bay
Sailfish 2360 CC
Sailfish 2660 CC
Sea Chaser 1800 CC Offshore
Seaswirl 1952 Bay
Tracker Pro Team 190TX

Pontoon
Aloha Paradise Series 250 Sundeck
Avalon 24 Windjammer RC
Avalon Somerset 24 Elite
Crestliner 2885 LSI
G3 Sun Catcher LX3 22 Cruise
JC Neptoon 25TT
Lowe Suncruiser Jamaica 252
Manitou 20 Osprey Pro
Manitou 24 Legacy
Odyssey 322C Deluxe
Play Craft Patriot Extreme 2600
Premier 250 Escapade RE PTX
Premier 250 Escapade 10' Wide
Premier 250 Grand Majestic
Premier 310 Boundary Waters 10' Wide
Princecraft Versailles 22 LP
Sanpan 2500 RE Designer Collection
South Bay 925 CTT I/O
Starcraft Majestic 256
Sunset Bay 230 Cruz RE Deluxe (by Maurell Products)
Sun Tracker Party Barge 20
Sweetwater 2386 RE Sport
Voyager Express 23 Fish & Cruise (VEXP23FC)
Voyager Super 23 Center Console Fish (VS23CC)

Water Sports
Centurion Elite V Air Warrior
Centurion Avalanche C4
Centurion Enzo SV230
Correct Craft Air Nautique SV-211 Team Edition
Correct Craft Air Nautique 226 Team
Gekko GTR 22
Malibu Sunscape 21 LSV
Malibu Sunscape 23 LSV
Malibu Sunscape 247 LSV
Moomba Mobius LSV
Moomba Mobius XLV
Rinker R-1
Supra Launch 20SSV
Tige 20V
Tige 22Ve
Tige 24Ve


Originally Published: January 2006
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