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 Post subject: Cuddie is back for 2012?
PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 12:51 pm 
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 12:54 pm 
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Yup. Good move to bring a cuddy back. They are really popular here in Michigan.

It's called the S215. 21'4" LOA. Cuddy has 6 foot of snoozing space. Also an SS model available.
At the dealer meeting they also launched the new H210 (seenit here already),and H210SS.
SS packages feature available with the H210 SS and S215 SS models. Package features
include through-hull exhaust, custom graphics, carbon fiber vinyl enhancements and Sure-
Load TM custom matched trailer with aluminum wheels and more.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 1:04 pm 
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S215 for 2012

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Sweeeeet !!

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 1:22 pm 
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Nice looking boat, little short on rear seat legroom though. Maybe it will go well and they will come out with a 24-25' cuddy, that will be what I'm looking for next.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 1:34 pm 
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Love it!!!

Kind of reminds me of the Searay 220SS.

I agree though... this would be awesome in 24-25-26'. I love my 255 Sundowner, and I used to have a Vista!

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 1:42 pm 
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Gosh. That boat looks really good.

This more angular look fits this boat better than the H series, I think.

I feel almost obligated to say, I hope they consider putting a nice big outboard on the back of this boat.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 2:02 pm 
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Nice, now let's see it with an OB, that will free up more rear seating space, and knock 400 lbs off the stern end....a nice ETEC 250 would move that along nicely....
I like the lines overall, but the engine cover and sun pad take up a lot of space in the rear...
Is that 21.5 measurement excluding the extended swim platform?

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 2:09 pm 
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Technologic80 wrote:
Love it!!!

Kind of reminds me of the Searay 220SS.

I agree though... this would be awesome in 24-25-26'. I love my 255 Sundowner, and I used to have a Vista!


My next boat will be a 24-26' cuddy, I like the 248 but we really dont overnight much and I'd rather have something a little lighter and I can put on the trailer myself.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 2:39 pm 
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Other than the platform, which I still don't like, I love the rest of it. Add one more inch to that sunpad, though, and I'll have to call BS. I'd love to have a cuddy, but not with the heat we have here.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 4:17 pm 
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Yes, if they make one make one at 24- 25' and I'll be visiting the dealer. The seakeeping of our 245 Sundowner is so much better than our 225 was, I couldn't go back to a shorter hull/ waterline length. It'd for sure not be that dreary grey colour and need proper bow rails though, not those silly little ones ( they look like the ones from around 2000, that they used on the short lived 215/ 235 Sundowners.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 5:13 pm 
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Cap'n Morgan wrote:
Yup. Good move to bring a cuddy back. They are really popular here in Michigan.

It's called the S215. 21'4" LOA. Cuddy has 6 foot of snoozing space. Also an SS model available.
At the dealer meeting they also launched the new H210 (seenit here already),and H210SS.
SS packages feature available with the H210 SS and S215 SS models. Package features
include through-hull exhaust, custom graphics, carbon fiber vinyl enhancements and Sure-
Load TM custom matched trailer with aluminum wheels and more.


Here's a couple of pics of that new SS.

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Winnisquam Marine has a page full here:

http://www.winnisquammarine.com/2009_four_winns.htm

CAUTION!!! VERY PIC HEAVY!!

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:23 pm 
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nhprinter wrote:
Cap'n Morgan wrote:
Yup. Good move to bring a cuddy back. They are really popular here in Michigan.

It's called the S215. 21'4" LOA. Cuddy has 6 foot of snoozing space. Also an SS model available.
At the dealer meeting they also launched the new H210 (seenit here already),and H210SS.
SS packages feature available with the H210 SS and S215 SS models. Package features
include through-hull exhaust, custom graphics, carbon fiber vinyl enhancements and Sure-
Load TM custom matched trailer with aluminum wheels and more.


Here's a couple of pics of that new SS.

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Winnisquam Marine has a page full here:

http://www.winnisquammarine.com/2009_four_winns.htm

CAUTION!!! VERY PIC HEAVY!!




LUV IT!!!

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:26 pm 
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That's just sexy, I love cuddies. I wish I had one :(

I have to say that FW in 2012 is making the nicest boats on the water. Any interior shots?

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 11:52 am 
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Are they really measuring the LOA -- 21 ft 4 inches -- to the end of the swim platform ????

No wonder there is no legroom for the seating right behind the driver and front passenger.
This sales length versus usable length and space is really getting out of hand (not that it hasn't been for years)

I also think they are trying to fill every potential desire too much.
That sunpad is an example -- A sunpad like that on a cuddy???
To each his own I guess.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 3:53 pm 
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If that 21'4" is to the end of the swim platform, to me that is just too small for what the boat most likely costs. The rear seating looks cramped.
Smaller boats need better utilization of space. Look at most fishing style boats, they make much better use of space, and they use materials that will hold up better under normal use. I look at these beautiful boats and think, nice but so much work, and so little room. What's the price point on this one?

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