Atlantic City Charter Recommendations

[Water Rat]

I have found myself in charge of arranging for a charter for 8-10 guys on Saturday, 10/6/07, in Atlantic City, NJ.
Thought I would call upon the knowledge of any CSC members
in the area for recommendations on a good boat/capt. This will be an inshore day trip, bass/blues affair (couldn't convince anyone to do a canyon/tuna trip). Ideally looking for a nice sportfish in the mid 40'- mid 50' range; this group will be more interested in kicking back and shooting
the breeze with a few cold ones vs. filling a boat with fish. Any input is much aprreciated.
Thank you,
Chris

[Capt Chuck]

kicking back and shooting
the breeze with a few cold ones

Heck with the 40' Chris, jam 'em all on that sweet SeaCraft of yours. After a few brews they'all be buddies anyway

[peterb]

Chris,

Hope all is well with you.

Here are a couple of ideas.

First, there is a very informative Southern NJ fisherman's web site called http://www.thebassbarn.com. If you look at the web site, you will see a number of boats advertised that should fit the bill.

Second, either Finster or Don B should be able to come up with some recommendations. After all, Atlantic City is in their backyard. Stoney may hae some ideas as well.

Good luck.

Peter

[oz775]

Look for the Atlantic Star out of Kammermans Marina in AC- been in the area for many years-I think its a 46 or 48 Viking.

[Water Rat]

To all, thank you very much for the replies. This is a bunch of college buds that don't share my enthusiasm for a canyon overnighter.

Capt. Chuck, thank you for the kind words. I actually kept the SeaCraft out of the water this season. Some family medical issues would have kept me from using/fishing her much, so have decided to take this as an opportunity to do something really stupid like a total restoration/refit. I may be calling upon you and others here soon for advice on that.

Peter, thanks for the advice - will definitely check out the bassbarn as well. Hope the new boat is all you hoped it would be.

Oz - am googling for that one now. If available that would fit the bill perfectly.

Regards,
Chris

[peterb]

Chris,

I love the old "Water Rat" of yours. For those of you that are not familiar with this boat, check this out.

web page

What are you thinking of doing to the boat?

Good luck in AC.

Peter

[Water Rat]

Peter,

You are making me blush with all the nice things said about my boat. To answer your question, thinking of doing what I've been putting off for several years, pulling the boat apart to redo decks (wet core), transom (wet core), stringers (wet foam), paint, etc. Goal would be to bring it structuraly and cosmetically back to/better than new. To that end, I am open to any and all advice from CSC members who have been there/done that. Unfortunately, I lack the skills most of you have, so will be having most of the work done professionally.

[lost2a6]

Chris, I also like to drool over your boat. Did you come up with the name as a result of it having the ole big block?
My Seavette has the big block as well, and I was going to name it "Wet Rat", however I think that I have settled on "Nauti-Rat".

[Water Rat]

The name has been the same since 1979 when we bought the boat new (1978 leftover - party that placed order for the boat didn't take delivery, so we traded in our 20' SeaCraft center console). Original power was an OMC sterndrive with a 305 block, 230hp. Though a bit underpowered, the decks were much drier then. Not too wet now (unless you've got more than one guy in a cockpit corner), but I keep so much stuff in the cabin I think it acts as a good counterweight. I'm planning on addressing this with work to be done.
Also, do like the "Nauti-Rat".

[lost2a6]

Cool, I was just wondering because with the small block chevy they called it a mouse and with the big block it was called a rat. I was wondering about your boat self-bailing, on mine someone had done away with the self-bailing and just let the deck drain to the bilge. I was going to try to change it back but looking at the water line, I think that I'll leave it as is.