Bought a condo at Panama City Beach FL a year ago. I’ve resisted the temptation for a year but finally broke down 2 days ago and bought a boat to use both off shore and in the bay here. Ordered a Pathfinder 2700 Open powered by a Yamaha XTO 425. Won’t be built until early March due to high demand at the factory but at least I will get exactly what I want. Now I feel like a kid awaiting Christmas.

It is a very nice boat.

I have fished the 26.

Mike

I looked at the 26 HPS but I wanted something with more cockpit and less casting deck front and rear. Plus I typically run 30-40 miles offshore and bigger( and heavier) is better if the weather kicks up.

I had never heard of that boat before, so I checked it out. What a great boat! Very well thought out, designed and built to last. You done good!

I did the build-a- boat thing on their website and was satisfied with the price of a fully loaded rig. I took the spec sheet to the local dealer and asked him what he thought. Greatly surprised and pleased when he told me the actual price would be $36,000 less out the door than the MSRP.

Congrats!

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Pathfinder 2700 Open

Nice Boat and motor!

How do you keep a boat "safe" for the lack of a better word, if you are not there all the time?

Simple. It stays in a massive warehouse stacked 5 high on racks. Warehouse holds several hundred boats. I call them when I am driving down to Panama City Beach and they launch the boat with a gigantic fork lift and tie it up in a slip at the marina. It’s ready to go when I arrive. I leave it in a slip until I’m ready to go home, then they haul it out with the forklift. They will fuel it before storage if I ask. Nothing to do but get on the boat and fish. I only live 2 3/4 hours from the beach so we spend at least 3-4 days a week in the condo from March to November and shorter stays during the winter.

Sweet boat! Like how you worked out a plan to store it. No more towing and it will be in the water when you get there. That boat should be perfect for 2-4 people. I miss fishing out of ocean boat when we lived in Alaska. Every time wife sees me looking at bay boats she just says NO, lol.

I didn’t even order a trailer, as I don’t intend to tow it anywhere and it saved over $8000. A friend has the identical boat he just ordered with a trailer and if need be, I can use his.

Finally!! After 2 delays due to supply( especially Yamaha motor) shortages my boat is being built this week. Should have it well before the red snapper season opens in mid June.

Almost finished

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Took delivery today. Everything we wanted and more. I would post pictures but I don’t fool with postimages or imgur.

And yes, it’s a fishing machine.

Whoa, what a nice fat red! Can you keep those in Georgia? We have to return them here in SC.

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Originally posted by jdollar:
And yes, it’s a fishing machine.

Caught it in Panama City Beach FL, where my condo and boat is. There we have a slot limit- 18” to 27” may be kept. The area where we fish in the bay generally only has oversized fish. Almost never catch a slot fish so it’s catch and release. But the bull red fishing with crabs on an outgoing tide is pretty much a sure thing. Most of the fish are 25-35 lbs with an occasional 40+ lbs. Great fun.

Beautiful boat! I have the smaller Pathfinder 2200 TRS which I keep on a lift in Punta Gorda. Congrats!!