downsize?

[Jake202]

We currently have a 25 ft Bennington and I am considering down sizing to a 22 or 23 ft toon. Most people I see on here tend to upgrade to a longer boat. Has anyone ever downsized and been happy? We usually have no more than 5 or 6 people MAX on the boat at one time and a smaller boat just seems like the more logical choice here. I bought a new 115 Yamaha last year and plan to just put that motor on the boat since it hasn't even reached 20 hrs. yet.

[NonHyphenAmerican]

I like our 22' SunCatcher with a 90hp Yamaha.

Does great, and is roomy for two and fine for 8.

[sunedog]

My first boat was 24'. Second was 21' Sun Tracker with no front porch. It felt as big as the 24 footer inside the playpen, but I missed the front porch. Current boat is 22' with about a 2' front porch. Just right size for us.

[Bamaman]

It's doubtful that swapping motors to another lesser boat would be cost efficient.

The dealer's going to hit you up heavily on depreciation--simply put. And he's going to have to put a new engine on your larger boat. He cannot buy a new engine from Mercury/Yamaha as cheap as bulk prices for motors by Bennington would be.

[Bamby]

Unless you are also considering downsizing for storage reasons, garage, cheaper storage facility or what-ever personally if you're honest with yourself I don't think you will realize any gains. In the real world there isn't enough difference between the two to really matter IMHO excepting storage.

[teecro]

Here I'm an exception that I'm all but completely content with an 18 foot boat. Absolutely no issue with 2 souls on board, cozy happy with 4 souls and just slightly over crowded with 7 on board....

[Bryden24shp]

I only "downsized" once. Went from the 27' Baja to the 24' Manitou. But I gained so much more space! The Premier is 25' and this new Manny will be 25'. I guess I'm stuck here for a while.