The Captain reviews the new Edencraft 255 Formula 

not even close

Veitch the most unstable boat on earth you mean

@@markuswilmes3694 sharper deadrise = less stability? No way Markus really

@@markuswilmes3694 i would disagree and say that the smuggler is probably more unstable as it runs 28 degree deadrise then possibly some of the cootacrafts. That is also why you see sea keepers going into veitch boats. 233s are also unstable but the compromise is comfort underway.

Yep for sure, I would prefer a Stabicraft 2750 Ultra Cebtre Cab and pocket the $120K difference.

Have you been on a WP263?? If you are talking about ride quality bashing through hours head on sea and a confused swell with chop I'll be honest. In comparison my old WP243 was only "half" as good as my mates 233 in a head on sea, my WP243 would struggle to keep up. lm only assuming the newer WP263 with an extra 2ft would be only slightly 25% better than the WP243 in performance. But in a following sea IMO the WP243 potentially out preformed the 233, it was absolutely a dream to drive, best mono I've ever been in and driven in a following sea, no breaching, well balanced, ran directly as pointed. Also the WP243/263 will definitely sit better at rest all day and every day long no doubt, also you mates will have less chance of getting sea sick bottom bashing all day long. But if you want a mono with an aggressive deadrise, as Rodger Vietch says and recommends, you WILL need a gyro. Nothing mentioned about a gyro or even a compartment to put one in the 255 which I thought was strange, specially with that big, weighty, top heavy looking hardtop. The 263 with it's less deadrise than both the 255 and Vietch, a gyro is potentially not required therefore yes will be a shit tonne cheaper. Maybe a 263 would be way more cheaper than 200k by the time the gyro's get installed I would think. 🤔 Fit-out obviously the 255 is marketing the non commercial.

You might be poor bro, no stress I am too!

@@Cheesy24A nah mate, not poor, just saying not worth the $$$ with many better priced and I believe better boats available.

@@Cheesy24A nah dude this boat just isn't worth half a mill. You could get a much better boat for that much.

I was watching it leaning thinking the same. Rather my 2300.

Agree a full cab Stabicraft would be much better money spent

Buying an optioned 25 foot Grady new here is ballpark around the same price, and the edencraft would be cheaper without twin 400s and the one of everything electronics package. I think new boats have just gone up a fck ton since the monetary policy and inflation that came after the dude ate the pangolin or bat and we all got paid to sit inside for three years dodging a sniffle. That said something like a Grady doesn’t “need a few tweaks”, they make so many of them and have done for so long the bugs are ironed out!

​@@trogdortheburninator8149this will annoy some people but american boats are crap compared to aussie boats. They have high cog and rock heaps. Can only compare up to like 25ft boats.

Oh and yeah 500k way to much!

@@webbey6479 prob depends on what you’re after. I think plenty of good Aussie cabin boats under 25 foot. In centre consoles in the 23 to 25 foot Americans definitely better and more offerings. I think the Veitch 23 the first decent looking local centre console I’ve seen other than the much smaller sea devil. I own an American boat, 33 feet, my second (last was 27 feet). Only had Aussie boats before that but all smaller (thus far have stepped up in size each time but unlikely to do that again next time). Definitely nothing locally made like what I have (proper bed, proper toilet, air conditioning, seakeeper, etc…) and very wide beam.

@@trogdortheburninator8149 been in stripers, gradys and one other that the name escapes me, in the 22 - 25ft range in 2 - 3m SW swell and hated it i preferred my haines 560f which i have had out in 5m + southerly swells game fishing. Tidal do an awesome centre console which i prefer over veitch cc. No doubt american boats have more bling i just dont rate them for offshore.

Makes sense though. If you have a few spare millions maybe, but if you "only" have 500k you probably wouldn't spend it all on either a Ferrari or this boat... You'd have to be absolutely mild. And I don't think there's an awful lot of mild people with 500k or a few millions laying around so...