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what color boat should i buy??


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My dad and I have a black Lund Rebel SS XL and it is hard to keep clean and does show scratches/rock chips easily. I'm wishing we would have went with red instead.

Brian

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I've thought about this several times and I've decided on black. The reason being that there are a lot of black boats out there and it would make it harder to distinguish which one is mine from a distance. I like keeping my spots to myself.

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Lund Red, White, and Alumacraft Blue are my favorites. My boat is red and I don't have any regrets.

Also I used to like some of the dark green boat exteriors, just didn't care for green interior. Black is too hard to keep clean (my black truck is dirty even after I wash it).

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I'm guessing you would care about the color of a boat if you were in the market for something new as well. The guy is asking for advice, not to be ridiculed. Nobody needs a negative nancy around here.

I would consider something other than white as well. If you fish murky or stained water, keeping the water lines off of white is a losing battle. Good luck in your choice. I'd love to hear what you end up deciding on after the number of responses on this thread.

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thanks for all the advice, ended up signing the deal on a 2010 almumacraft trophy 175 in white, suzuki df 140, 70lb ap/us with copilot, full top set, bow pads (for the wife), few other goodies, more than happy with the deal we were able to work out, really is a good time of year to buy if you are in the market. ended up making the final call by looking at a bunch of used boats just to see how the paint looked after a few years, have to say new i think black looks the best on the showroom floor but after a few years of use the white/blue in general looked a bit better. obviously it's a function of how it's taken care of but based on the used ones we were able to look at the white generally seamed to show a bit less for rock chips and dock rash.

thanks again

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