2010 Clearwater Skiff 210DL

   Ok, so you are looking for a good workboat with plenty of deckspace or you are looking for an unsinkable that can work the shallows…. You want a new boat but cant afford some frou frou flats boat rigged out for the casual fisher and then have to rip all that crap off to rig it for your line of work. Take a look at these Clearwater Skiffs…..

   From the bottom up they are an excellent workboat with full flotation integrated into the hull. Now these boys are taking what Carolina Skiff does just a few steps further. The floatation in these hulls is based around a COOSA transom and the rest is composite foam and fiberglass – Much in the spirit of a Carolina Skiff or a Boston Whaler they are unsinkable yet Clearwater takes those extra steps.

    Look at the rub rails and you can see they are reinforced so unlike a Carolina Skiff these puppies will still have nice edges in a few years (this is being written by someone who runs a Carolina Skiff Daily)   They took an extra step again in turning down and in with the side rub rails so they are stronger and less likely to break and crinkle when left rubbing against the docks or dragging nets up – heck they look and feel solid enough to handle crab traps and lobster pots for a good many years.

    This one I played with is a 21 because Marine Dynamics in Englewood, Florida does not yet have a 24 for me to do a fair comparison with. This boat has a wonderful center console with the controls located to where you can run it all day without getting fatigued. That seat behind the center console is actually a livewell for those tropicals and seahorses you get with the rest of your catch – or use it as a baitwell for rigging your long lines.  The fore and aft compartments/decks are not some flimsy crap like a lot of other skiffs on the market – Nope these are good, solid fiberglass composite that can take a beating. At the same time those compartments serve to reinforce the boat, making for one very solid skiff. In the deckspace arena this is one of the roomier skiffs out there and Clearwater Skiffs did not skimp on the deck surface, it is good, thick and can take it well when you goof and set the corner of your crab trap into it – This is one sweet thick deck surface that must have been thought out by someone who has spent a lot of time on workboats and did not like patching fiberglass. They did a good job and picked some excellent resin when they laid the glass on this deck.

   Economy wise a flat bottom boat is hard to beat. Decades of service have proven this. Here in Florida we have a lot of grass flats, shoals and shallows that make a flatbottom skiff desireable not just for the working person but at the same time for the person who just needs something that floats, has an engine, wont sink and will get them out to their favorite spots and back – the beauty is that the Clearwater Skiff 210DL costs less new for next years model (2010) than most used bay boats and if treated properly will last just as long. Since there is a lot less stuff to go wrong – a lot less will go wrong and that makes good economical sense for say the yankee who comes down here for the winter and just wants to get out on the water and doesn't need all the frills or simply wants to add a couple of rod holders and go fishing their favorite flats.

  All in all these are solid, practical workboats that can carry a load well and they are based around the standard of generations of fishers, workers and folks who just need a good, economical tender vessel that wont rob them when they buy it or at the pumps either one.

   Give Mark a holler at 941-716-4200 to arrange a seatrial or just check out one of these boats up close and personal today.